# David di Donatello for Best Costumes

The David di Donatello for Best Costumes (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior costumista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of film costume designers who have worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. It was first presented during the 1981 edition of the David di Donatello award show.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are indicated in bold.

### 1980s

1981
* Piero Tosi – The Lady of the Camellias
* Gabriella Pescucci – Three Brothers
* Luciano Calosso – Fontamara
1982
* Gianna Gissi – Il marchese del Grillo
* Luca Sabatelli – Portrait of a Woman, Nude
* Enzo Bulgarelli – Forest of Love
1983
* Gabriella Pescucci – That Night in Varennes
* Nicoletta Ercole – The Story of Piera
* Lucia Mirisola – State buoni se potete
* Lina Nerli Taviani – The Night of the Shooting Stars
1984
* Nanà Cecchi – Hearts and Armour
* Ezio Altieri – Le Bal
* Maurizio Millenotti – And the Ship Sails On
1985
* Enrico Job – Carmen
* Lina Nerli Taviani – Kaos
* Mario Carlini – A Proper Scandal
1986
* Danilo Donati – Ginger and Fred
* Gino Persico – Camorra
* Aldo Buti – The Venetian Woman
1987
* Gabriella Pescucci – The Name of the Rose
* Anna Anni and Maurizio Millenotti – Otello
* Gabriella Pescucci – The Family
1988
* James Acheson and Ugo Pericoli – The Last Emperor
* Nanà Cecchi – The Gold Rimmed Glasses
* Carlo Diappi – Dark Eyes
1989
* Lucia Mirisola – 'O Re
* Danilo Donati – Francesco
* Gabriella Pescucci – Splendor

### 1990s

1990
* Gianna Gissi – Open Doors
* Milena Canonero and Alberto Verso – The Bachelor
* Maurizio Millenotti – The Voice of the Moon
* Danda Ortona – Scugnizzi
* Graziella Virgili – The Story of Boys & Girls
1991
* Lucia Mirisola – In the Name of the Sovereign People
* Odette Nicoletti – Captain Fracassa's Journey
* Francesco Panni – Mediterraneo
* Antonella Berardi – The Amusements of Private Life
* Lina Nerli Taviani – The Sun Also Shines at Night
1992
* Lina Nerli Taviani – Rossini! Rossini!
* Enrica Barbano – The Wicked
* Gianna Gissi – The Stolen Children
1993
* Elisabetta Beraldo – Jonah Who Lived in the Whale
* Lina Nerli Taviani – Fiorile
* Sissi Parravicini – Magnificat
1994
* Piero Tosi – Sparrow
* Maurizio Millenotti – The Secret of the Old Woods
* Gabriella Pescucci – For Love, Only for Love
1995
* Olga Berlutti – Farinelli
* Elisabetta Beraldo – Sostiene Pereira
* Moidele Bickel – La Reine Margot
1996
* Jenny Beavan – Jane Eyre
* Beatrice Bordone – The Star Maker
* Luciano Sagoni – Celluloide
1997
* Danilo Donati – Marianna Ucrìa
* Patrizia Chericoni and Florence Emir – Nirvana
* Lina Nerli Taviani – The Elective Affinities
* Francesca Sartori – The Prince of Homburg
* Alberto Verso – The Truce
1998
* Danilo Donati – Life Is Beautiful
* Vittoria Guaita – The Best Man
* Maurizio Millenotti – The Bride's Journey
1999
* Maurizio Millenotti – The Legend of 1900
* Gianna Gissi – The Way We Laughed
* Gino Persico – Ferdinando and Carolina

### 2000s

2000
* Sergio Ballo – The Nanny
* Alfonsina Lettieri – Canone inverso
* Lucia Mirisola – La Carbonara
2001
* Elisabetta Montaldo – One Hundred Steps
* Maurizio Millenotti – Malèna
* Odette Nicoletti – Unfair Competition
2002
* Francesca Sartori – The Profession of Arms
* Nanà Cecchi – The Knights of the Quest
* Maria Rita Barbera – Light of My Eyes
* Silvia Nebiolo – Burning in the Wind
2003
* Danilo Donati – Pinocchio
* Mario Carlini and Francesco Crivellini – Incantato
* Elena Mannini – A Journey Called Love
* Francesca Sartori – The Soul Keeper
* Andrea Viotti – El Alamein: The Line of Fire
2004
* Francesca Sartori – Singing Behind Screens
* Gemma Mascagni – What Will Happen to Us
* Elisabetta Montaldo – The Best of Youth
* Silvia Nebiolo – Agata and the Storm
* Isabella Rizza – Don't Move
2005
* Daniela Ciancio – The Remains of Nothing
* Maria Rita Barbera – The Life That I Want
* Catia Dottori – Sacred Heart
* Gianna Gissi – An Italian Romance
* Gemma Mascagni – Manual of Love
2006
* Nicoletta Taranta – Romanzo Criminale
* Francesco Crivellini – The Second Wedding Night
* Annalisa Giacci – Fuoco su di me
* Tatiana Romanoff – My Best Enemy
* Lina Nerli Taviani – The Caiman
2007
* Mariano Tufano – Nuovomondo
* Maurizio Millenotti – Napoleon and Me
* Nicoletta Ercole – The Unknown Woman
* Mariarita Barbera – My Brother Is an Only Child
* Lina Nerli Taviani – The Lark Farm
2008
* Milena Canonero – I Viceré
* Ortensia De Francesco – Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!
* Catia Dottori – Hotel Meina
* Maurizio Millenotti – Parlami d'amore
* Silvia Nebiolo and Patrizia Mazzon – Days and Clouds
* Alessandra Toesca – Quiet Chaos
2009
* Elisabetta Montaldo – The Demons of St. Petersberg
* Alessandra Cardini – Gomorrah
* Mario Carlini and Francesco Crivellini – Giovanna's Father
* Daniela Ciancio – Il divo
* Lia Morandini – Caravaggio

### 2010s

2010
* Sergio Ballo – Vincere
* Luigi Bonanno – Baarìa
* Lia Francesca Morandini – The Man Who Will Come
* Gabriella Pescucci – The First Beautiful Thing
* Alessandro Lai – Loose Cannons
2011
* Ursula Patzak – Noi credevamo
* Alfonsina Lettieri – Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio
* Nanà Cecchi – Christine Cristina
* Francesca Sartori – La Passione
* Roberto Chiocchi – Angel of Evil
2012
* Lina Nerli Taviani – We Have a Pope
* Rossano Marchi – Kryptonite!
* Alessandro Lai – Magnificent Presence
* Francesca Livia Sartori – Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
* Karen Patch – This Must Be the Place
2013
* Maurizio Millenotti – The Best Offer
* Patrizia Chericoni – Siberian Education
* Grazia Colombini – It Was the Son
* Alessandro Lai – Apartment in Athens
* Roberta Vecchi and Francesca Vecchi – Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood
2014
* Daniela Ciancio – The Great Beauty
* Maria Rita Barbera – Those Happy Years
* Alessandro Lai – Fasten Your Seatbelts
* Bettina Pontiggia – Human Capital
* Cristiana Ricceri – The Mafia Kills Only in Summer
2015
* Ursula Patzak – Leopardi
* Marina Roberti – Black Souls
* Alessandro Lai – Latin Lover
* Lina Nerli Taviani – Wondrous Boccaccio
* Andrea Cavalletto – Greenery Will Bloom Again
2016
* Massimo Cantini Parrini – Tale of Tales
* Gemma Mascagni – The Correspondence
* Mary Montalto – They Call Me Jeeg
* Chiara Ferrantini – Don't Be Bad
* Carlo Poggioli – Youth
2017
* Massimo Cantini Parrini – Indivisible
* Cristiana Riccieri – At War with Love
* Catia Dottori – Like Crazy
* Beatrice Giannini and Elisabetta Antico – La stoffa dei sogni
* Cristina Laparola – Italian Race
2018
* Daniela Salernitano – Love and Bullets
* Massimo Cantini Parrini – Bloody Richard
* Nicoletta Taranta – Agadah
* Anna Lombardi – Brutti e cattivi
* Alessandro Lai – Napoli velata
2019
* Ursula Patzak – Capri-Revolution
* Giulia Piersanti – Call Me by Your Name
* Massimo Cantini Parrini – Dogman
* Loredana Buscemi – Happy as Lazzaro
* Carlo Poggioli – Loro

### 2020s

2020
* Massimo Cantini Parrini – Pinocchio
* Nicoletta Taranta – 5 Is the Perfect Number
* Valentina Taviani – The First King: Birth of an Empire
* Daria Calvelli – The Traitor
* Andrea Cavalletto – Martin Eden