David di Donatello for Best New Director


The David di Donatello Award for Best New Director is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano to recognize the outstanding feature-film directorial debut of a film director who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was first handled out in 1982.
Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all members of the Accademia.

Winners and nominees

Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.
won in 1983 for Grog.
won in 1985 for Così parlò Bellavista.
won in 1986 for A me mi piace.
won in 1989 for Mignon Has Come to Stay.
won in 1991 for Red American.
won in 1991 for The Station.
won in 1992 for Where the Night Begins.
won in 1993 for Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician.
won in 1994 for Sentimental Maniacs.
won in 1995 for La bella vita.
won in 1996 for The Second Time.
won in 1998 for To Die for Tano.
won in 1999 for Radiofreccia.
won in 2003 for Maximum Velocity .
won in 2005 for Private.
won in 2006 for Notte prima degli esami.
won in 2007 for Along the Ridge.

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