# List of Italian Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Italian Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Italian filmmakers, actors, and films that have either been nominated or have won an Academy Award.

## Best Actor in a Leading Role

This list focuses on Italian-born actors.
Best Actor :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1961 | Marcello Mastroianni | Divorce Italian Style | Nominated | |
| 1975 | Giancarlo Giannini | Seven Beauties | Nominated | |
| 1977 | Marcello Mastroianni | A Special Day | Nominated | |
| 1987 | Marcello Mastroianni | Dark Eyes | Nominated | Most nominated actor for foreign language performances. |
| 1994 | Massimo Troisi | Il Postino: The Postman | Nominated | Posthumous nomination. |
| 1997 | Roberto Benigni | Life Is Beautiful | Won | First Italian actor to win Best Actor for a foreign language performance. |

## Best Actor in a Supporting Role

This list focuses on Italian-born or with Italian citizenship actors.
Best Supporting Actor :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1957 | Vittorio De Sica | A Farewell to Arms | Nominated | First Italian man to be nominated for an acting award. |
| 1973 | Vincent Gardenia | Bang the Drum Slowly | Nominated | |
| 1987 | Vincent Gardenia | Moonstruck | Nominated | |

## Best Actress in a Leading Role

This list focuses on Italian-born actresses.
Best Actress :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1955 | Anna Magnani | The Rose Tattoo | Won | First Italian actress to win for Best Actress. |
| 1957 | Anna Magnani | Wild Is the Wind | Nominated | |
| 1960 | Sophia Loren | Two Women | Won | Second Italian actress to be nominated. First Italian actress to win for Best Actress in an Italian-language film. First individual to win for a foreign-language performance. |
| 1964 | Sophia Loren | Marriage Italian Style | Nominated | |

## Best Actress in a Supporting Role

This list focuses on Italian-born actresses.
Best Supporting Actress :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1955 | Marisa Pavan | The Rose Tattoo | Nominated |
| 1973 | Valentina Cortese | Day for Night (La nuit américaine) | Nominated |
| 2024 | Isabella Rossellini | Conclave | Nominated |

## Best Animated Feature

This list focuses on Italian-born directors.
Best Animated Feature :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2021 | Enrico Casarosa | Luca | Nominated | First Italian director to receive a nomination for an animated feature. |

## Best Production Design

This list focuses on Italian-born art directors.
| Name | Year | Award | Film | Result |
| Charles Novi | 1943 | Best Art Direction – Color | The Desert Song | Nominated |
| Gabriel Scognamillo | 1953 | Best Art Direction – Color | The Story of Three Loves | Nominated |
| Arrigo Breschi | 1960 | Best Art Direction – Color | It Started in Naples | Nominated |
| Veniero Colasanti | 1961 | Best Art Direction – Color | El Cid | Nominated |
| Piero Gherardi | 1961 | Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | The Sweet Life (La dolce vita) | Nominated |
| Dario Simoni | 1962 | Best Art Direction – Color | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| Piero Gherardi | 1963 | Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | 8½ | Nominated |
| Dario Simoni | 1965 | Best Art Direction – Color | Doctor Zhivago | Won |
| Dario Simoni | 1965 | Best Art Direction – Color | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Nominated |
| Luigi Scaccianoce | 1966 | Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | The Gospel According to St. Matthew | Nominated |
| Piero Gherardi | 1966 | Best Art Direction – Color | Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti) | Nominated |
| Mario Chiari | 1967 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | Doctor Dolittle | Nominated |
| Renzo Mongiardino Giuseppe Mariani Dario Simoni Luigi Gervasi | 1967 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | The Taming of the Shrew | Nominated |
| Lorenzo Mongiardino Carmelo Patrono Gianni Quaranta | 1972 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Fratello sole, sorella luna) | Nominated |
| Gianni Quaranta Franco Zeffirelli | 1987 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | La Traviata | Nominated |
| Elio Altramura Gianni Quaranta | 1987 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | A Room with a View | Won |
| Bruno Cesari Osvaldo Desideri Ferdinando Scarfiotti | 1987 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | The Last Emperor | Won |
| Bruno Rubeo | 1989 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | Driving Miss Daisy | Nominated |
| Dante Ferretti Francesca Lo Schiavo | 1989 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Nominated |
| Dante Ferretti Francesca Lo Schiavo | 1990 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | Hamlet | Nominated |
| Ferdinando Scarfiotti | 1992 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | Toys | Nominated |
| Luciana Arrighi | 1992 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | Howards End | Won |
| Luciana Arrighi | 1993 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | The Remains of the Day | Nominated |
| Dante Ferretti | 1993 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | The Age of Innocence | Nominated |
| Dante Ferretti Francesca Lo Schiavo | 1994 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | Interview with the Vampire | Nominated |
| Dante Ferretti Francesca Lo Schiavo | 1997 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | Kundun | Nominated |
| Bruno Cesari | 1999 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Nominated |
| Luciana Arrighi | 1999 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | Anna and the King | Nominated |
| Dante Ferretti Francesca Lo Schiavo | 2002 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | Gangs of New York | Nominated |
| Dante Ferretti Francesca Lo Schiavo | 2004 | Best Art Direction | The Aviator | Won |
| Dante Ferretti Francesca Lo Schiavo | 2007 | Best Art Direction | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Won |
| Dante Ferretti Francesca Lo Schiavo | 2011 | Best Art Direction | Hugo | Won |
| Alessandra Querzola | 2017 | Best Production Design | Blade Runner 2049 | Nominated |

## Best Cinematography

This list focuses on Italian-born cinematographers.
| Name | Year | Award | Film | Result |
| Tony Gaudio (shared with Harry Perry) | 1930 | Best Cinematography | Hell's Angels | Nominated |
| Tony Gaudio | 1936 | Best Cinematography | Anthony Adverse | Won |
| Joseph A. Valentine | 1937 | Best Cinematography | Wings over Honolulu | Nominated |
| Joseph A. Valentine | 1938 | Best Cinematography | Mad About Music | Nominated |
| Joseph A. Valentine | 1939 | Best Cinematography – black and white | First Love | Nominated |
| Sol Polito | 1939 | Best Cinematography – color | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Nominated |
| Tony Gaudio | 1939 | Best Cinematography – black and white | Juarez | Nominated |
| Joseph A. Valentine | 1940 | Best Cinematography – black and white | Spring Parade | Nominated |
| Tony Gaudio | 1940 | Best Cinematography – black and white | The Letter | Nominated |
| Sol Polito | 1941 | Best Cinematography – black and white | Sergeant York | Nominated |
| Sol Polito | 1942 | Best Cinematography – color | Captains of the Clouds | Nominated |
| Tony Gaudio | 1943 | Best Cinematography – black and white | Corvette K-225 | Nominated |
| Tony Gaudio (shared with Allen M. Davey) | 1945 | Best Cinematography – color | A Song to Remember | Nominated |
| Joseph A. Valentine (shared with William V. Skall and Winton Hoch) | 1948 | Best Cinematography – color | Joan of Arc | Won |
| Nicholas Musuraca | 1948 | Best Cinematography – black and white | I Remember Mama | Nominated |
| Pasqualino De Santis | 1968 | Best Cinematography | Romeo and Juliet | Won |
| Vittorio Storaro | 1979 | Best Cinematography | Apocalypse Now | Won |
| Giuseppe Rotunno | 1979 | Best Cinematography | All That Jazz | Nominated |
| Vittorio Storaro | 1981 | Best Cinematography | Reds | Won |
| Vittorio Storaro | 1987 | Best Cinematography | The Last Emperor | Won |
| Vittorio Storaro | 1990 | Best Cinematography | Dick Tracy | Nominated |
| Dante Spinotti | 1997 | Best Cinematography | L.A. Confidential | Nominated |
| Dante Spinotti | 1999 | Best Cinematography | The Insider | Nominated |
| Mauro Fiore | 2009 | Best Cinematography | Avatar | Won |

## Best Costume Design

This list focuses on Italian-born costume designers.
| Name | Year | Award | Film | Result |
| Vittorio Nino Novarese | 1949 | Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | Prince of Foxes | Nominated |
| Maria De Matteis | 1956 | Best Costume Design – Color | War and Peace | Nominated |
| Piero Gherardi | 1960 | Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | La dolce vita | Won |
| Piero Gherardi | 1963 | Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | 8½ | Won |
| Vittorio Nino Novarese | 1963 | Best Costume Design – Color | Cleopatra | Won |
| Piero Tosi | 1963 | Best Costume Design – Color | The Leopard | Nominated |
| Vittorio Nino Novarese | 1965 | Best Costume Design – Color | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Nominated |
| Vittorio Nino Novarese | 1965 | Best Costume Design – Color | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Nominated |
| Piero Gherardi | 1966 | Best Costume Design – Color | Juliet of the Spirits | Nominated |
| Danilo Donati | 1966 | Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | The Gospel According to St. Matthew | Nominated |
| Danilo Donati | 1966 | Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | The Mandrake | Nominated |
| Danilo Donati | 1967 | Best Costume Design | The Taming of the Shrew | Nominated |
| Danilo Donati | 1968 | Best Costume Design | Romeo and Juliet | Won |
| Vittorio Nino Novarese | 1970 | Best Costume Design | Cromwell | Won |
| Piero Tosi | 1971 | Best Costume Design | Death in Venice | Nominated |
| Piero Tosi | 1973 | Best Costume Design | Ludwig | Nominated |
| Milena Canonero shared with Ulla-Britt Söderlund | 1975 | Best Costume Design | Barry Lyndon | Won |
| Danilo Donati | 1976 | Best Costume Design | Fellini's Casanova | Won |
| Ambra Danon Piero Tosi | 1979 | Best Costume Design | La Cage aux Folles | Nominated |
| Milena Canonero | 1981 | Best Costume Design | Chariots of Fire | Won |
| Piero Tosi | 1982 | Best Costume Design | La traviata | Nominated |
| Milena Canonero | 1985 | Best Costume Design | Out of Africa | Nominated |
| Enrico Sabbatini | 1986 | Best Costume Design | The Mission | Nominated |
| Anna Anni Maurizio Millenotti | 1986 | Best Costume Design | Otello | Nominated |
| Milena Canonero | 1988 | Best Costume Design | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Nominated |
| Gabriella Pescucci | 1988 | Best Costume Design | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Nominated |
| Milena Canonero | 1990 | Best Costume Design | Dick Tracy | Nominated |
| Maurizio Millenotti | 1990 | Best Costume Design | Hamlet | Nominated |
| Franca Squarciapino | 1990 | Best Costume Design | Cyrano de Bergerac | Won |
| Gabriella Pescucci | 1993 | Best Costume Design | The Age of Innocence | Won |
| Dante Ferretti | 1997 | Best Costume Design | Kundun | Nominated |
| Milena Canonero | 1999 | Best Costume Design | Titus | Nominated |
| Milena Canonero | 2001 | Best Costume Design | The Affair of the Necklace | Nominated |
| Gabriella Pescucci | 2005 | Best Costume Design | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Nominated |
| Milena Canonero | 2006 | Best Costume Design | Marie Antoinette | Won |
| Antonella Cannarozzi | 2009 | Best Costume Design | I Am Love | Nominated |
| Milena Canonero | 2014 | Best Costume Design | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Won |
| Massimo Cantini Parrini | 2021 | Best Costume Design | Pinocchio | Nominated |
| Massimo Cantini Parrini | 2022 | Best Costume Design | Cyrano | Nominated |

## Best Director

This list focuses on Italian-born directors.
| Name | Year | Award | Film | Result |
| Frank Capra | 1933 | Best Director | Lady for a Day | Nominated |
| Frank Capra | 1934 | Best Director | It Happened One Night | Won |
| Frank Capra | 1936 | Best Director | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Won |
| Frank Capra | 1938 | Best Director | You Can't Take It with You | Won |
| Frank Capra | 1939 | Best Director | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Nominated |
| Frank Capra | 1946 | Best Director | It's a Wonderful Life | Nominated |
| Federico Fellini | 1960 | Best Director | La dolce vita | Nominated |
| Pietro Germi | 1961 | Best Director | Divorce Italian Style | Nominated |
| Federico Fellini | 1963 | Best Director | 8½ | Nominated |
| Michelangelo Antonioni | 1966 | Best Director | Blowup | Nominated |
| Gillo Pontecorvo | 1966 | Best Director | The Battle of Algiers | Nominated |
| Franco Zeffirelli | 1968 | Best Director | Romeo and Juliet | Nominated |
| Federico Fellini | 1969 | Best Director | Fellini Satyricon | Nominated |
| Bernardo Bertolucci | 1972 | Best Director | Last Tango in Paris | Nominated |
| Federico Fellini | 1973 | Best Director | Amarcord | Nominated |
| Lina Wertmüller | 1975 | Best Director | Seven Beauties | Nominated |
| Bernardo Bertolucci | 1987 | Best Director | The Last Emperor | Won |
| Roberto Benigni | 1997 | Best Director | Life Is Beautiful | Nominated |

## Best Documentary Feature

This list focuses on Italian-born producers/directors.
| Year | Winner | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1961 | Romolo Marcellini | The Grand Olympics | Nominated | |
| 1968 | Emile de Antonio | In the Year of the Pig | Nominated | |
| 1976 | Tony Ianzelo | High Grass Circus | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Luigi Falorni | The Story of the Weeping Camel | Nominated | Nominated with Byambasuren Davaa. |
| 2016 | Gianfranco Rosi Donatella Palermo | Fire at Sea | Nominated | First Italian production to be nominated for Best Documentary. |

## Best Documentary Feature (Short Subject)

This list focuses on Italian-born producers/directors.
| Year | Winner | Film | Status |
| 1952 | Alberto Ancilotto | The Garden Spider | Nominated |
| 1972 | Giorgio Treves | K-Z | Nominated |
| 1976 | Tony Ianzelo | Blackwood | Nominated |

## Best Editing

This list focuses on Italian-born editors.
Academy Award for Best Film Editing :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1937 | Basil Wrangell | The Good Earth | Nominated | Wrangell was an Italian born-American film editor. |
| 1987 | Gabriella Cristiani | The Last Emperor | Won | |
| 1991 | Pietro Scalia | JFK | Won | |
| 1997 | Pietro Scalia | Good Will Hunting | Nominated | |
| 1997 | Simona Paggi | Life Is Beautiful | Nominated | (original title: La vita è bella) |
| 2000 | Pietro Scalia | Gladiator | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Pietro Scalia | Black Hawk Down | Won | |

## Best Picture

This list focuses on Italian-born producers.
| Year | Winner | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1946 | Frank Capra | It's a Wonderful Life | Nominated | Capra was an Italian-born American producer. |
| 1965 | Carlo Ponti | Doctor Zhivago | Nominated | |
| 1994 | Gaetano Daniele Mario C. Gori Vittorio C. Gori | Il Postino: The Postman | Nominated | |
| 1997 | Uberto Pasolini | The Full Monty | Nominated | |
| 1997 | Gianluigi Braschi Elda Ferri | Life Is Beautiful | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Alberto Grimaldi | Gangs of New York | Nominated | Nominated with Harvey Weinstein. |
| 2017 | Luca Guadagnino Marco Morabito | Call Me by Your Name | Nominated | Nominated with Peter Spears and Emilie Georges. |

## Best International Feature Film

In this category, Italian films have 28 nominations, 11 wins, and 3 honorary awards. They have the most wins and the second most nominations after France.
| Year | Film | Original title | Result |
| 1946 | Shoeshine | Sciuscià | Honorary Award |
| 1948 | Bicycle Thieves | Ladri di biciclette | Honorary Award |
| 1949 | The Walls of Malapaga | Le mura di Malapaga | Honorary Award |
| 1954 | La Strada | La Strada | Won |
| 1957 | Nights of Cabiria | Le notti di Cabiria | Won |
| 1958 | Big Deal on Madonna Street | I soliti ignoti | Nominated |
| 1959 | The Great War | La grande guerra | Nominated |
| 1960 | Kapo | Kapò | Nominated |
| 1962 | The Four Days of Naples | Le quattro giornate di Napoli | Nominated |
| 1963 | 8½ | Otte e mezzo | Won |
| 1963 | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Ieri, oggi, domani | Won |
| 1964 | Marriage Italian Style | Matrimonio all'italiana | Nominated |
| 1966 | The Battle of Algiers | La battaglia di Algeri | Nominated |
| 1968 | The Girl with the Pistol | La ragazza con la pistola | Nominated |
| 1970 | Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto | Won |
| 1970 | The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | Il giardino dei Finzi Contini | Won |
| 1973 | Amarcord | Amarcord | Won |
| 1974 | Scent of a Woman | Profumo di donna | Nominated |
| 1975 | Seven Beauties | Pasqualino Settebellezze | Nominated |
| 1977 | A Special Day | Una giornata particolare | Nominated |
| 1977 | I nuovi mostri | I nuovi mostri | Nominated |
| 1979 | To Forget Venice | Dimenticare Venezia | Nominated |
| 1981 | Three Brothers | Tre fratelli | Nominated |
| 1987 | The Family | La famiglia | Nominated |
| 1988 | Cinema Paradiso | Nuovo Cinema Paradiso | Won |
| 1990 | Open Doors | Porte aperte | Nominated |
| 1991 | Mediterraneo | Mediterraneo | Won |
| 1995 | The Star Maker | L'uomo delle stelle | Nominated |
| 1997 | Life Is Beautiful | La vita è bella | Won |
| 2005 | Don't Tell | La bestia nel cuore | Nominated |
| 2013 | The Great Beauty | La grande bellezza | Won |
| 2021 | The Hand of God | È stata la mano di Dio | Nominated |
| 2023 | Io capitano | Io capitano | Nominated |

## Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1988 | Fabrizio Sforza | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Nominated | Shared with Maggie Weston. |
| 1989 | Manlio Rocchetti | Driving Miss Daisy | Won | Shared with Lynn Barber and Kevin Haney. The first Italian to win this award. |
| 2001 | Aldo Signoretti Maurizio Silvi | Moulin Rouge! | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Aldo Signoretti Vittorio Sodano | Apocalypto | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Aldo Signoretti Vittorio Sodano | Il divo | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Alessandro Bertolazzi Giorgio Gregorini | Suicide Squad | Won | Alessandro Bertolazzi is an Italian-born English. Shared with Christopher Nelson. |
| 2019 | Dalia Colli Francesco Pegoretti | Pinocchio | Nominated | Shared with Mark Coulier. |
| 2023 | Aldo Signoretti | Elvis | Nominated | Shared with Mark Coulier and Jason Baird. |

## Best Music (Original Score)

This list focuses on scores by Italian-born composers.
| Name | Year | Film | Result | Notes |
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | 1945 | Guest Wife | Nominated | |
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | 1946 | Song of the South | Nominated | Shared nomination with Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott. |
| Gian Carlo Menotti | 1951 | The Medium | Nominated | |
| Henry Mancini | 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Won | |
| Vince Guaraldi | 1969 | A Boy Named Charlie Brown | Nominated | |
| Henry Mancini | 1970 | Sunflower | Nominated | |
| Henry Mancini | 1970 | Darling Lili | Nominated | |
| Nino Rota | 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Won | Shared with Carmine Coppola. |
| Giorgio Moroder | 1978 | Midnight Express | Won | |
| Ennio Morricone | 1978 | Days of Heaven | Nominated | |
| Henry Mancini | 1979 | 10 | Nominated | |
| John Corigliano | 1980 | Altered States | Nominated | |
| Henry Mancini | 1982 | Victor/Victoria | Won | |
| Ennio Morricone | 1986 | The Mission | Nominated | |
| Ennio Morricone | 1987 | The Untouchables | Nominated | |
| Ennio Morricone | 1991 | Bugsy | Nominated | |
| Nicola Piovani | 1997 | Life Is Beautiful | Won | |
| John Corigliano | 1998 | The Red Violin | Won | |
| Ennio Morricone | 2000 | Malèna | Nominated | |
| Dario Marianelli | 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Nominated | |
| Dario Marianelli | 2007 | Atonement | Won | |
| Dario Marianelli | 2012 | Anna Karenina | Nominated | |
| Ennio Morricone | 2015 | The Hateful Eight | Won | |

## Best Music (Original Song)

This list focuses on songs by Italian-born composers and/or lyricists.
| Name | Year | Film and Song | Result | Notes |
| Henry Mancini | 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's "Moon River" | Won | Shared with Johnny Mercer. |
| Henry Mancini | 1962 | Days of Wine and Roses "Days of Wine and Roses" | Won | Shared with Johnny Mercer. |
| Riz Ortolani Nino Oliviero | 1962 | Mondo Cane "More" | Nominated | Shared with Norman Newell. |
| Riz Ortolani | 1970 | Madron "Till Love Touches Your Life" | Nominated | Shared with Arthur Hamilton. |
| Giorgio Moroder | 1983 | Flashdance "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Won | Shared with Irene Cara and Keith Forsey. |
| Giorgio Moroder | 1986 | Top Gun "Take My Breath Away" | Won | Shared with Tom Whitlock. |
| Tony Renis Alberto Testa | 1998 | Quest for Camelot "The Prayer" | Nominated | Shared with Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster. |
| Laura Pausini | 2020 | The Life Ahead "Io sì (Seen)" | Nominated | Shared with Diane Warren. |

## Best Short Film – Animated

This list focuses on Italian-born directors.
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1932-33 | Walter Lantz | The Merry Old Soul | Nominated |
| 1934 | Walter Lantz | Jolly Little Elves | Nominated |
| 1941 | Walter Lantz | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B | Nominated |
| 1942 | Walter Lantz | Juke Box Jamboree | Nominated |
| 1943 | Walter Lantz | The Dizzy Acrobat | Nominated |
| 1944 | Walter Lantz | Fish Fry | Nominated |
| 1945 | Walter Lantz | The Poet and Peasant | Nominated |
| 1946 | Walter Lantz | Musical Moments from Chopin | Nominated |
| 1954 | Walter Lantz | Crazy Mixed Up Pup | Nominated |
| 1955 | Walter Lantz | The Legend of Rockabye Point | Nominated |
| 1965 | Emanuele Luzzati | La Gazza Ladra | Nominated |
| 1973 | Emanuele Luzzati | Pulcinella | Nominated |
| 1976 | Manfredo Manfredi | Dedalo | Nominated |
| 1990 | Bruno Bozzetto | Cavallette | Nominated |
| 2011 | Enrico Casarosa | La Luna | Nominated |

## Best Short Film – Live Action

This list focuses on Italian-born directors.
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1953 | Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi | Christ among the Primitives | Nominated |
| 1986 | Stefano Reali Pino Quartullo | Exit | Nominated |
| 1996 | Bernadette Carranza Antonello De Leo | Wordless (Senza parole) | Nominated |
| 2007 | Andrea Jublin | The Substitute (Il supplente) | Nominated |
| 2023 | Alice Rohrwacher | Le pupille | Nominated |

## Best Visual Effects

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1976 | Carlo Rambaldi | King Kong | Honorary Award | Shared with Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer. |
| 1979 | Carlo Rambaldi | Alien | Won | Shared with H. R. Giger, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Dennis Ayling. |
| 1982 | Carlo Rambaldi | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Won | Shared with Dennis Muren and Kenneth F. Smith. |
| 2023 | Simone Coco | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Nominated | Shared with Alex Wuttke, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould |
| 2023 | Simone Coco | Napoleon | Nominated | Shared with Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet and Neil Corbould |

## Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay

This list focuses on Italian-born screenplay writers.
| Name | Year | Award | Film | Result |
| Sergio Amidei Federico Fellini | 1946 | Best Screenplay | Rome, Open City (Roma, città aperta) | Nominated |
| Cesare Zavattini | 1949 | Best Screenplay | Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) | Nominated |
| Bernardo Bertolucci | 1971 | Best Screenplay – Adapted | The Conformist (Il conformista) | Nominated |
| Vittorio Bonicelli Ugo Pirro | 1971 | Best Screenplay – Adapted | The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini) | Nominated |
| Ruggero Maccari Dino Risi | 1975 | Best Screenplay – Adapted | Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna) | Nominated |
| Federico Fellini Bernardino Zapponi | 1976 | Best Screenplay – Adapted | Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini) | Nominated |
| Bernardo Bertolucci | 1987 | Best Screenplay – Adapted | The Last Emperor | Won |
| Anna Pavignano Furio Scarpelli Giacomo Scarpelli Massimo Troisi | 1995 | Best Screenplay – Adapted | The Postman (Il postino) | Nominated |

## Best Writing – Original Screenplay

This list focuses on Italian-born screenplay writers.
| Name | Year | Award | Film | Result |
| Sergio Amidei Adolfo Franci Cesare Giulio Viola Cesare Zavattini | 1947 | Best Screenplay | Shoeshine (Sciuscià) | Nominated |
| Sergio Amidei Federico Fellini Roberto Rossellini | 1949 | Best Screenplay | Paisà | Nominated |
| Federico Fellini Tullio Pinelli | 1956 | Best Screenplay – Original | The Road (La strada) | Nominated |
| Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli | 1957 | Best Screenplay – Original | I Vitelloni | Nominated |
| Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli Brunello Rondi | 1961 | Best Screenplay – Original | The Sweet Life (La dolce vita) | Nominated |
| Sergio Amidei Diego Fabbri Indro Montanelli | 1961 | Best Screenplay – Original | General Della Rovere (Il generale Della Rovere) | Nominated |
| Ennio De Concini Alfredo Giannetti Pietro Germi | 1962 | Best Screenplay – Original | Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana) | Won |
| Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli Brunello Rondi | 1963 | Best Screenplay – Original | 8½ | Nominated |
| Pasquale Festa Campanile Massimo Franciosa Nanni Loy Vasco Pratolini Carlo Bernari | 1963 | Best Screenplay – Original | The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli) | Nominated |
| Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli Mario Monicelli | 1964 | Best Screenplay – Original | The Organizer (I compagni) | Nominated |
| Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli Mario Monicelli Tonino Guerra Giorgio Salvioni Suso Cecchi D'Amico | 1965 | Best Screenplay – Original | Casanova 70 | Nominated |
| Michelangelo Antonioni Tonino Guerra (shared with Edward Bond) | 1966 | Best Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Blowup | Nominated |
| Gillo Pontecorvo Franco Solinas | 1968 | Best Screenplay – Original | The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri) | Nominated |
| Nicola Badalucco Enrico Medioli Luchino Visconti | 1969 | Best Screenplay – Original | The Damned (La caduta degli dei) | Nominated |
| Elio Petri Ugo Pirro | 1971 | Best Screenplay – Original | (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) | Nominated |
| Federico Fellini Tonino Guerra | 1975 | Best Screenplay – Original | I Remember (Amarcord) | Nominated |
| Lina Wertmüller | 1976 | Best Screenplay – Original | Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze) | Nominated |
| Roberto Benigni Vincenzo Cerami | 1998 | Best Screenplay – Original | Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) | Nominated |
| Alessandro Camon (shared with Oren Moverman) | 2009 | Best Screenplay – Original | The Messenger | Nominated |

## Best Writing – Story

This list focuses on Italian-born screenplay writers
| Name | Year | Award | Film | Result |
| Giuseppe De Santis Carlo Lizzani | 1949 | Best Screenplay – Story | Bitter Rice | Nominated |
| Cesare Zavattini | 1952 | Best Screenplay – Story | Umberto D. | Nominated |
| Ettore Margadonna | 1953 | Best Screenplay – Story | Bread, Love and Dreams | Nominated |

## Special awards

This list focuses on Italian-born honorees
| Recipient | Year | Notes | Award |
| Sophia Loren | 1990 | "one of the genuine treasures of world cinema who, in a career rich with memorable performances, has added permanent luster to our art form." | Academy Honorary Award |
| Federico Fellini | 1992 | "in recognition of his cinematic accomplishments that have thrilled and entertained worldwide audiences." | Academy Honorary Award |
| Michelangelo Antonioni | 1994 | "in recognition of his place as one of the cinema's master visual stylists." | Academy Honorary Award |
| Dino De Laurentiis | 2000 | | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award |
| Ennio Morricone | 2006 | "in recognition of his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music." | Academy Honorary Award |
| Piero Tosi | 2013 | "a visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures." | Academy Honorary Award |
| Lina Wertmüller | 2019 | "For her provocative disruption of political and social norms delivered with bravery through her weapon of choice: the camera lens." | Academy Honorary Award |

## Nominations and Winners

| No. of wins | No. of nominations | No. of shortlisted |
| 74 | 269 | 4 |