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.
This list focuses on Italian-born actors.
| Best Actor | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Marcello Mastroianni | Divorce Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana) | |||
| 1976 | Giancarlo Giannini | Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze) | |||
| 1977 | Marcello Mastroianni | A Special Day (Una giornata particolare) | |||
| 1987 | Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie) | Most nominated actor for foreign language performances. | |||
| 1995 | Massimo Troisi | The Postman (Il postino) | Posthumous nomination. | ||
| 1998 | Roberto Benigni | Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) | First Italian actor to win Best Actor for a foreign language performance. | ||
This list focuses on Italian-born or with Italian citizenship actors.
| Best Supporting Actor | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | A Farewell to Arms | First Italian man to be nominated for an acting award. | ||
| 1973 | Bang the Drum Slowly | |||
| 1987 | Moonstruck | |||
This list focuses on Italian-born actresses.
| Best Actress | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Anna Magnani | The Rose Tattoo | First Italian actress to win for Best Actress. | |
| 1957 | Wild Is the Wind | |||
| 1961 | Sophia Loren | Two Women | (original title: La ciociara) 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 | Marriage Italian Style | (original title: Matrimonio all'italiana) | ||
This list focuses on Italian-born actresses.
| Best Supporting Actress | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Marisa Pavan | The Rose Tattoo | ||
| 1974 | Valentina Cortese | Day for Night | (original title: La nuit américaine) | |
This list focuses on Italian-born directors.
| Best Animated Feature | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Enrico Casarosa | Luca | First Italian director to receive a nomination for an animated feature. | |
This list focuses on Italian-born art directors.
This list focuses on Italian-born cinematographers.
This list focuses on Italian-born costume designers.
This list focuses on Italian-born directors.
| Name | Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Lady for a Day | |||
| 1934 | It Happened One Night | |||
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | |||
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | |||
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | |||
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | |||
| 1961 | The Sweet Life (La dolce vita) | |||
| 1962 | Divorce, Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana) | |||
| Federico Fellini | 1963 | 8½ | ||
| 1966 | Blowup | |||
| 1968 | The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri) | |||
| 1968 | Romeo and Juliet | |||
| Federico Fellini | 1970 | Fellini Satyricon | ||
| 1973 | Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi) | |||
| Federico Fellini | 1975 | I Remember (Amarcord) | ||
| 1976 | Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze) | |||
| Bernardo Bertolucci | 1987 | The Last Emperor | ||
| 1998 | Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) |
This list focuses on Italian-born producers/directors.
| Year | Winner | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Romolo Marcellini | The Grand Olympics (La grande olimpiade) | ||||
| 1969 | Emile de Antonio | In the Year of the Pig | ||||
| 1977 | Tony Ianzelo | High Grass Circus | ||||
| 2004 | Luigi Falorni | The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel) | Nominated with Byambasuren Davaa. | |||
| 2016 | Gianfranco Rosi Donatella Palermo | Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare) | First Italian production to be nominated for Best Documentary. |
This list focuses on Italian-born producers/directors.
| Year | Winner | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Alberto Ancilotto | The Garden Spider | ||
| 1972 | Giorgio Treves | K-Z | ||
| 1976 | Tony Ianzelo | Blackwood | ||
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 | Wrangell was an Italian born-American film editor. | |
| 1987 | Gabriella Cristiani | The Last Emperor | ||
| 1991 | Pietro Scalia | JFK | ||
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting | |||
| 1998 | Simona Paggi | Life Is Beautiful | (original title: La vita è bella) | |
| 2000 | Pietro Scalia | Gladiator | ||
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | |||
This list focuses on Italian-born producers.
| Year | Winner | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Frank Capra | It's a Wonderful Life | Capra was an Italian-born American producer. | ||
| 1965 | Carlo Ponti | Doctor Zhivago | |||
| 1995 | Gaetano Daniele Mario C. Gori Vittorio C. Gori | The Postman (Il postino) | |||
| 1997 | Uberto Pasolini | The Full Monty | |||
| 1998 | Gianluigi Braschi Elda Ferri | Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) | |||
| 2002 | Alberto Grimaldi | Gangs of New York | Nominated with Harvey Weinstein. | ||
| 2017 | Luca Guadagnino Marco Morabito | Call Me by Your Name | Nominated with Peter Spears and Emilie Georges. |
See main article: article and List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for 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 | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Shoeshine | ||
| 1949 | The Bicycle Thief | ||
| 1950 | The Walls of Malapaga | ||
| 1956 | La strada | ||
| 1957 | Nights of Cabiria | ||
| 1958 | Big Deal on Madonna Street | ||
| 1959 | The Great War | ||
| 1960 | Kapò | ||
| 1962 | The Four Days of Naples | ||
| 1963 | 8½ | ||
| 1964 | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | ||
| 1965 | Marriage Italian-Style | ||
| 1966 | The Battle of Algiers | ||
| 1968 | The Girl with the Pistol | ||
| 1970 | Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | ||
| 1971 | The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | ||
| 1974 | Amarcord | ||
| 1975 | Scent of a Woman | ||
| 1976 | Seven Beauties | ||
| 1977 | A Special Day | ||
| 1978 | Viva Italia! | ||
| 1979 | To Forget Venice | ||
| 1981 | Three Brothers | ||
| 1987 | The Family | ||
| 1989 | Cinema Paradiso | ||
| 1990 | Open Doors | ||
| 1991 | Mediterraneo | ||
| 1995 | The Star Maker | ||
| 1998 | Life Is Beautiful | ||
| 2005 | Don't Tell | ||
| 2013 | The Great Beauty | ||
| 2022 | The Hand of God | ||
| 2023 | Io capitano |
| Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Manlio Rocchetti | Driving Miss Daisy | Shared with Lynn Barber and Kevin Haney. The first Italian to win this award. | ||
| Fabrizio Sforza | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Shared with Maggie Weston. | |||
| 2001 | Aldo Signoretti Maurizio Silvi | Moulin Rouge! | |||
| 2006 | Aldo Signoretti Vittorio Sodano | Apocalypto | |||
| 2009 | Aldo Signoretti Vittorio Sodano | Il Divo | |||
| 2016 | Alessandro Bertolazzi Giorgio Gregorini | Suicide Squad | Alessandro Bertolazzi is an Italian-born English. Shared with Christopher Nelson. | ||
| 2021 | Dalia Colli Francesco Pegoretti | Pinocchio | Shared with Mark Coulier. | ||
| 2023 | Aldo Signoretti | Elvis | Shared with Mark Coulier and Jason Baird. | ||
This list focuses on scores by Italian-born composers.
| Name | Year | Film | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | 1945 | Guest Wife | |||
| 1947 | Song of the South | Shared nomination with Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott. | |||
| 1952 | The Medium | ||||
| 1962 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | ||||
| 1970 | A Boy Named Charlie Brown | ||||
| Sunflower | |||||
| Darling Lili | |||||
| Nino Rota | 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Shared with Carmine Coppola. | ||
| 1978 | Midnight Express | ||||
| 1978 | Days of Heaven | ||||
| 1979 | 10 | ||||
| 1980 | Altered States | ||||
| 1982 | Victor/Victoria | ||||
| 1986 | The Mission | ||||
| 1987 | The Untouchables | ||||
| 1991 | Bugsy | ||||
| 1998 | Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) | ||||
| 1999 | The Red Violin | ||||
| Ennio Morricone | 2000 | Malèna | |||
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | ||||
| 2007 | Atonement | ||||
| 2012 | Anna Karenina | ||||
| Ennio Morricone | 2015 | The Hateful Eight |
This list focuses on songs by Italian-born composers and/or lyricists.
| Name | Year | Film and Song | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Breakfast at Tiffany's "Moon River" | Shared with Johnny Mercer. | |||
| 1963 | Days of Wine and Roses "Days of Wine and Roses" | Shared with Johnny Mercer. | |||
| Riz Ortolani Nino Oliviero | 1963 | Mondo Cane "More" | Shared with Norman Newell. | ||
| Riz Ortolani | 1970 | Madron "Till Love Touches Your Life" | Shared with Arthur Hamilton. | ||
| 1983 | Flashdance "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Shared with Irene Cara and Keith Forsey. | |||
| 1986 | Top Gun "Take My Breath Away" | Shared with Tom Whitlock. | |||
| Tony Renis Alberto Testa | 1998 | Quest for Camelot "The Prayer" | Shared with Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster. | ||
| Laura Pausini | 2021 | The Life Ahead "Io sì (Seen)" | Shared with Diane Warren. |
This list focuses on Italian-born directors.
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932-33 | Walter Lantz | The Merry Old Soul | |||
| 1934 | Jolly Little Elves | ||||
| 1941 | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B | ||||
| 1942 | Juke Box Jamboree | ||||
| 1943 | The Dizzy Acrobat | ||||
| 1944 | Fish Fry | ||||
| 1945 | The Poet and Peasant | ||||
| 1946 | Musical Moments from Chopin | ||||
| 1954 | Crazy Mixed Up Pup | ||||
| 1955 | The Legend of Rockabye Point | ||||
| 1965 | Emanuele Luzzati | La Gazza Ladra | |||
| 1973 | Pulcinella | ||||
| 1976 | Manfredo Manfredi | Dedalo | |||
| 1990 | Bruno Bozzetto | Cavallette | |||
| 2011 | Enrico Casarosa | La Luna |
This list focuses on Italian-born directors.
| Year | Name | Film | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi | Christ among the Primitives | ||
| 1986 | Stefano Reali Pino Quartullo | Exit | ||
| 1996 | Bernadette Carranza Antonello De Leo | Wordless (Senza parole) | ||
| 2007 | Andrea Jublin | The Substitute (Il supplente) | ||
| 2023 | Alice Rohrwacher | Le pupille |
| Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Carlo Rambaldi | King Kong | Shared with Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer. | |
| 1979 | Alien | Shared with H. R. Giger, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Dennis Ayling. | ||
| 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Shared with Dennis Muren and Kenneth F. Smith. | ||
| 2024 | Simone Coco | Shared with Alex Wuttke, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould | ||
| Napoleon | Shared with Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet and Neil Corbould | |||
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) | |
| Cesare Zavattini | 1949 | |||
| 1971 | The Conformist (Il conformista) | |||
| The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini) | ||||
| 1975 | Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna) | |||
| 1976 | Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini) | |||
| Bernardo Bertolucci | 1987 | The Last Emperor | ||
| 1995 | The Postman (Il postino) |
This list focuses on Italian-born screenplay writers.
This list focuses on Italian-born screenplay writers
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 |