The Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) for Best Director () is a film award bestowed annually as part of the Nastro d'Argento awards since 1946, organized by the Italian National Association of Film Journalists (Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani or SNGCI), the national association of Italian film critics.
This is the list of Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Director. Federico Fellini is the record holder with seven Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Director received from 1954 to 1984 (also the only one awarded in two consecutive editions, in 1954 in 1955 for the films I vitelloni and La Strada), followed by Luchino Visconti, Gianni Amelio and Giuseppe Tornatore, with four awards each.
1940s 1946 Alessandro Blasetti - Un giorno nella vita Vittorio De Sica - Shoeshine 1947 - Roberto Rossellini - Paisan 1948 Alberto Lattuada - Flesh Will Surrender Giuseppe De Santis - Tragic Hunt 1949 - Vittorio De Sica - Bicycle Thieves
1950s 1950 - Augusto Genina - Heaven over the Marshes 1951 - Alessandro Blasetti - Father's Dilemma 1952 - Renato Castellani - Two Cents Worth of Hope 1953 - Luigi Zampa - The City Stands Trial 1954 - Federico Fellini - I Vitelloni 1955 - Federico Fellini - La Strada 1956 - Michelangelo Antonioni - Le Amiche 1957 - Pietro Germi - The Railroad Man 1958 - Federico Fellini - Nights of Cabiria 1959 - Pietro Germi - A Man of Straw
1960s 1960 - Roberto Rossellini - General della Rovere 1961 - Luchino Visconti - Rocco and His Brothers 1962 - Michelangelo Antonioni - La Notte 1963 Nanni Loy - The Four Days of Naples Francesco Rosi - Salvatore Giuliano 1964 - Federico Fellini - 8½ 1965 - Pier Paolo Pasolini - The Gospel According to St. Matthew 1966 - Antonio Pietrangeli - I Knew Her Well 1967 - Gillo Pontecorvo - The Battle of Algiers 1968 - Elio Petri - We Still Kill the Old Way 1969 - Franco Zeffirelli - Romeo and Juliet
1970s 1970 - Luchino Visconti - The Damned 1971 - Elio Petri - Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 1972 - Luchino Visconti - Death in Venice 1973 - Bernardo Bertolucci - Last Tango in Paris 1974 - Federico Fellini - Amarcord 1975 - Luchino Visconti - Conversation Piece 1976 - Michelangelo Antonioni - The Passenger 1977 - Valerio Zurlini - The Desert of the Tartars 1978 - Paolo and Vittorio Taviani - Padre Padrone 1979 - Ermanno Olmi - The Tree of Wooden Clogs
1980s 1980 - Federico Fellini - City of Women 1981 - Francesco Rosi - Tre fratelli 1982 - Marco Ferreri - Tales of Ordinary Madness 1983 - Paolo and Vittorio Taviani - The Night of the Shooting Stars 1984 Pupi Avati - A School Outing Federico Fellini - And the Ship Sails On 1985 - Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time in America 1986 - Mario Monicelli - Speriamo che sia femmina 1987 - Ettore Scola - The Family 1988 - Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor 1989 - Ermanno Olmi - The Legend of the Holy Drinker
1990s 1990 - Pupi Avati - The Story of Boys & Girls 1991 - Gianni Amelio - Open Doors 1992 - Gabriele Salvatores - Mediterraneo 1993 - Gianni Amelio - The Stolen Children 1994 - Nanni Moretti - Caro diario 1995 - Gianni Amelio - Lamerica 1996 - Giuseppe Tornatore - The Star Maker 1997 - Maurizio Nichetti - Luna e l'altra 1998 - Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful 1999 - Giuseppe Tornatore - The Legend of 1900
2000s 2000 - Silvio Soldini - Bread and Tulips 2001 - Nanni Moretti - The Son's Room 2002 - Marco Bellocchio - My Mother's Smile 2003 - Gabriele Salvatores - I'm Not Scared 2004 - Marco Tullio Giordana - The Best of Youth 2005 - Gianni Amelio - The Keys to the House 2006 - Michele Placido - Romanzo Criminale 2007 - Giuseppe Tornatore - The Unknown Woman 2008 - Paolo Virzì - Tutta la vita davanti 2009 - Paolo Sorrentino - Il Divo
2010s 2010 - Paolo Virzì - The First Beautiful Thing 2011 - Nanni Moretti - Habemus Papam 2012 - Paolo Sorrentino - This Must Be the Place 2013 - Giuseppe Tornatore - The Best Offer 2014 - Paolo Virzì - Human Capital 2015 - Paolo Sorrentino - Youth 2016 - Paolo Virzì - Like Crazy 2017 - Gianni Amelio - Tenderness 2018 - Matteo Garrone - Dogman 2019 - Marco Bellocchio - The Traitor
2020s 2020 - Matteo Garrone - Pinocchio 2021 - Emma Dante - The Macaluso Sisters 2022 - Mario Martone - Nostalgia and The King of Laughter 2023 - Marco Bellocchio - Kidnapped 2024 - Matteo Garrone - Io capitano 2025 - Gabriele Mainetti - Forbidden City
See also David di Donatello for Best Director Cinema of Italy
References
External links Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists official site