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, actress and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award.

The winners reported here are 42, adding to them the 14 Best Foreign Language Film victories, that are reported in another list, the total sum is 56. This means that Italy is the non English speaking country with most Academy Awards won.

Best Actor – Leading

This list focuses on Italian-born actors.

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
Best Actor
1962	Marcello Mastroianni	Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana)	Nominated
1976	Giancarlo Giannini	Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze)	Nominated
1977	Marcello Mastroianni	A Special Day (Una giornata particolare)	Nominated
1987	Marcello Mastroianni	Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie)	Nominated	Most nominated Italian actor
1995	Massimo Troisi	The Postman (Il postino)	Nominated
1998	Roberto Benigni	Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)	Won	First Italian actor to win Best Actor

Best Actor – Supporting

This list focuses on Italian-born actors.

Actor	Year	Film	Result
Frank Sinatra	1953	From Here to Eternity	Won
Vittorio De Sica	1957	A Farewell to Arms	Nominated
Vincent Gardenia	1973	Bang the Drum Slowly	Nominated
Vincent Gardenia	1987	Moonstruck	Nominated

Best Actress – Leading

This list focuses on Italian-born actresses.

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
Best Actress
1955	Anna Magnani	The Rose Tattoo	Won	First Italian actress to win for Best Actress.
1957	Anna Magnani	Wild Is the Wind	Nominated
1961	Sophia Loren	Two Women	Won	(Italian title: La ciociara) Second Italian actress to be nominated. First Italian actress to win for Best Actress in an Italian-language film.
1964	Sophia Loren	Marriage Italian-Style	Nominated	(Italian title: Matrimonio all'italiana)

Best Actress – Supporting

This list focuses on Italian-born actresses.

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
Best Supporting Actress
1955	Marisa Pavan	The Rose Tattoo	Nominated
1974	Valentina Cortese	Day for Night	Nominated	(original title: La nuit américaine)

Best Production Design

This list focuses on Italian-born art directors.

Name	Year	Award	Film	Result
Charles Novi	1944	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	1973	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 and 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 and Francesca Lo Schiavo	1989	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Nominated
Dante Ferretti and 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 and Francesca Lo Schiavo	1994	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	Interview with the Vampire	Nominated
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo	1998	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 and Francesca Lo Schiavo	2002	Best Art Direction/Set Decoration	Gangs of New York	Nominated
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo	2004	Best Art Direction	The Aviator	Won
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo	2007	Best Art Direction	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Won
Dante Ferretti and 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	1929	Best Cinematography	Hell's Angels	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Tony Gaudio	1936	Best Cinematography	Anthony Adverse	Won
Joseph A. Valentine	1937	Best Cinematography	Wings over Honolulu style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Joseph A. Valentine	1938	Best Cinematography	Mad About Music style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Joseph A. Valentine	1939	Best Cinematography - black and white	First Love style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Sol Polito	1939	Best Cinematography - color	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Tony Gaudio	1939	Best Cinematography - black and white	Juarez style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Joseph A. Valentine	1940	Best Cinematography - black and white	Spring Parade style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Tony Gaudio	1940	Best Cinematography - black and white	The Letter style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Sol Polito	1941	Best Cinematography - black and white	Sergeant York style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Sol Polito	1942	Best Cinematography - color	Captains of the Clouds style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Tony Gaudio	1943	Best Cinematography - black and white	Corvette K-225 style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Tony Gaudio shared with Allen M. Davey	1945	Best Cinematography - color	A Song to Remember style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
Joseph A. Valentine shared with William V. Skall Winton Hoch	1948	Best Cinematography - color	Joan of Arc	Won
Nicholas Musuraca	1948	Best Cinematography - black and white	I Remember Mama style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|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	1961	Best Costume Design – Black-and-White	The Sweet Life (La dolce vita)	Won
Piero Gherardi	1963	Best Costume Design – Black-and-White	8½	Won
Vittorio Nino Novarese		Best Costume Design – Color	Cleopatra	Won
Piero Tosi		Best Costume Design – Color	The Leopard (Il gattopardo)	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 (Giulietta degli spiriti)	Nominated
Danilo Donati		Best Costume Design – Black-and-White	Il Vangelo secondo Matteo	Nominated
Danilo Donati		Best Costume Design – Black-and-White	La Mandragola	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 (Morte a Venezia)	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	Il Casanova di Federico Fellini	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	1989	Best Costume Design	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Nominated
Milena Canonero	1990	Best Costume Design	Dick Tracy	Nominated
Maurizio Millenotti		Best Costume Design	Hamlet	Nominated
Franca Squarciapino		Best Costume Design	Cyrano de Bergerac	Won
Gabriella Pescucci	1993	Best Costume Design	The Age of Innocence	Won
Dante Ferretti	1998	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	2010	Best Costume Design	I Am Love	Nominated
Milena Canonero	2014	Best Costume Design	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Won

Best Director

This list focuses on Italian-born directors.

Name	Year	Award	Film	Result
Frank Capra (Capra was an Italian-born American director)	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	1961	Best Director	The Sweet Life (La dolce vita)	Nominated
Pietro Germi	1962	Best Director	Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana)	Nominated
Federico Fellini	1963	Best Director	8½	Nominated
Michelangelo Antonioni	1966	Best Director	Blowup	Nominated
Gillo Pontecorvo	1968	Best Director	The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri)	Nominated
Franco Zeffirelli	1968	Best Director	Romeo and Juliet	Nominated
Federico Fellini	1970	Best Director	Fellini Satyricon	Nominated
Bernardo Bertolucci	1973	Best Director	Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi)	Nominated
Federico Fellini	1975	Best Director	I Remember (Amarcord)	Nominated
Lina Wertmüller	1976	Best Director	Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze)	Nominated
Bernardo Bertolucci	1987	Best Director	The Last Emperor	Won
Roberto Benigni	1998	Best Director	Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)	Nominated

Best Documentary Film

This list focuses on Italian-born producers/directors.

Year	Winner	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
1961	Romolo Marcellini	The Grand Olympics (La grande olimpiade)	Nominated
2004	Luigi Falorni	The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel)	Nominated	Nominated with Byambasuren Davaa
2016	Gianfranco Rosi Donatella Palermo	Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare)	Nominated	First Italian Production Nominated for Best Documentary.

Best Editing

This list focuses on Italian-born editors.

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
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
1998	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
1995	Gaetano Daniele Mario C. Gori Vittorio C. Gori	The Postman (Il postino)	Nominated
1997	Uberto Pasolini	The Full Monty	Nominated
1998	Gianluigi Braschi Elda Ferri	Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)	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 Foreign Language Film

In this category Italian films obtained 32 nominations and won 14 times.

Year	Film	Result
1956	La strada	Won
1957	Nights of Cabiria	Won
1958	Big Deal on Madonna Street	Nominated
1959	The Great War	Nominated
1960	Kapò	Nominated
1962	The Four Days of Naples	Nominated
1963	8½	Won
1964	Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow	Won
1965	Marriage Italian-Style	Nominated
1966	The Battle of Algiers	Nominated
1968	The Girl with the Pistol	Nominated
1970	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion	Won
1971	The Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Won
1974	Amarcord	Won
1975	Scent of a Woman	Nominated
1976	Seven Beauties	Nominated
1977	A Special Day	Nominated
1978	Viva Italia!	Nominated
1979	To Forget Venice	Nominated
1981	Three Brothers	Nominated
1983	Le Bal	Nominated
1987	The Family	Nominated
1989	Cinema Paradiso	Won
1990	Open Doors	Nominated
1991	Mediterraneo	Won
1995	The Star Maker	Nominated
1998	Life Is Beautiful	Won
2005	Don't Tell	Nominated
2013	The Great Beauty	Won

Best Makeup

Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone/Notes
Academy Award for Best Makeup
1989	Manlio Rocchetti	Driving Miss Daisy	Won	Shared with Lynn Barber and Kevin Haney. The first Italian to win this award.
2001	Aldo Signoretti and Maurizio Silvi	Moulin Rouge!	Nominated
2006	Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano	Apocalypto	Nominated
2009	Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano	Il Divo	Nominated
2016	Alessandro Bertolazzi and Giorgio Gregorini	Suicide Squad	Won	Alessandro Bertolazzi is an Italian-born English. Shared with Christopher Nelson

Best Music (Original Score)

This list focuses on scores by Italian-born composers.

Name	Year	Award	Film	Result	Notes
Daniele Amfitheatrof	1945	Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture	Guest Wife	Nominated
Daniele Amfitheatrof	1947	Best Scoring of a Musical Picture	Song of the South	Nominated	Shared nomination with Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott.
Gian Carlo Menotti	1952	Best Scoring of a Musical Picture	The Medium	Nominated
Nino Rota	1974	Best Original Score	The Godfather Part II	Won	Shared with Carmine Coppola
Giorgio Moroder	1978	Best Original Score	Midnight Express	Won
Ennio Morricone	1978	Best Original Score	Days of Heaven	Nominated
Ennio Morricone	1986	Best Original Score	The Mission	Nominated
Ennio Morricone	1987	Best Original Score	The Untouchables	Nominated
Ennio Morricone	1991	Best Original Score	Bugsy	Nominated
Nicola Piovani	1998	Best Original Score – Dramatic	Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)	Won
Ennio Morricone	2000	Best Original Score	Malèna	Nominated
Dario Marianelli	2005	Best Original Score	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
Dario Marianelli	2007	Best Original Score	Atonement	Won
Dario Marianelli	2012	Best Original Score	Anna Karenina	Nominated
Ennio Morricone	2015	Best Original Score	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
Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero	1963	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 and Alberto Testa	1998	Quest for Camelot "The Prayer"	Nominated	Shared with Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster

Best Short Film – Animated

This list focuses on Italian-born directors.

Year	Name	Film	Status
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 and Pino Quartullo	Exit	Nominated
1996	Bernadette Carranza and Antonello De Leo	Wordless (Senza parole)	Nominated
2007	Andrea Jublin	The Substitute (Il supplente)	Nominated

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 and Ugo Pirro	1971	Best Screenplay – Adapted	The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini)	Nominated
Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi	1975	Best Screenplay – Adapted	Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna)	Nominated
Federico Fellini and 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 and 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	1950	Best Screenplay - Story	Bitter Rice (Riso amaro)	Nominated
Ettore Margadonna	1954	Best Screenplay - Story	Bread, Love and Dreams (Pane, amore e fantasia)	Nominated
Cesare Zavattini	1956	Best Screenplay - Story	Umberto D.	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

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