David di Donatello for Best Production Design

The David di Donatello for Best Production Design (Italian : David di Donatello per la migliore scenografia), known as the David di Donatello per il miglior scenografo prior to 2018, is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of film production designers who have worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. It was first presented during the 1981 edition of the David di Donatello award show. ^[1] Since 2021, the award is shared with the set decorators. ^[2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are indicated in bold.

1980s

1981

• Mario Garbuglia – The Lady of the Camellias
• Andrea Crisanti – Three Brothers
• Luigi Scaccianoce – Fontamara

1982

• Lorenzo Baraldi – Il marchese del Grillo
• Andrea Crisanti – Talcum Powder
• Dante Ferretti – Tales of Ordinary Madness
• Lorenzo Baraldi – Portrait of a Woman, Nude

1983

• Dante Ferretti – That Night in Varennes
• Marco Ferreri – The Story of Piera
• Gianni Sbarra – The Night of the Shooting Stars

1984

• Dante Ferretti – And the Ship Sails On
• Luciano Ricceri – Le Bal
• Elena Ricci Poccetto – Where's Picone?

1985

• Enrico Job – Carmen
• Francesco Bronzi – Kaos
• Enrico Fiorentini – A Proper Scandal

1986

• Enrico Job – Camorra
• Dante Ferretti – Ginger and Fred
• Luciano Ricceri – Macaroni

1987

• Dante Ferretti – The Name of the Rose
• Mario Chiari – Via Montenapoleone
• Luciano Ricceri – The Family

1988

• Bruno Cesari , Osvaldo Desideri , and Ferdinando Scarfiotti – The Last Emperor
• Danilo Donati – Intervista
• Mario Garbuglia – Dark Eyes

1989

• Danilo Donati – Francesco
• Lucia Mirisola – 'O Re
• Ferdinando Scarfiotti – Fair Game

1990s

1990

• Dante Ferretti – The Voice of the Moon
• Giantito Burchiellaro – The Bachelor
• Amedeo Fago and Franco Velchi – Open Doors
• Mario Garbuglia – The Miser
• Franco Velchi – Dark Illness

1991

• Paolo Biagetti and Luciano Ricceri – Captain Fracassa's Journey
• Gianni Sbarra – The Sun Also Shines at Night
• Andrea Crisanti – Everybody's Fine
• Lucia Mirisola and Paola Comencini – In the Name of the Sovereign People

1992

• Carlo Simi – Bix
• Andrea Crisanti – The Stolen Children
• Ezio Frigerio – The Inner Circle

1993

• Gianna Sbarra – Fiorile
• Giancarlo Muselli – Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
• Carlo Simi – La valle di pietra

1994

• Antonello Geleng – Cemetery Man
• Giantito Burchiellaro – Sparrow
• Enrico Fiorentini – For Love, Only for Love

1995

• Andrea Crisanti – A Pure Formality
• Giantito Burchiellaro – Sostiene Pereira
• Gianni Quaranta – Farinelli

1996

• Francesco Bronzi – The Star Maker
• Enrico Job – The Nymph
• Gianni Silvestri – Stealing Beauty

1997

• Danilo Donati – Marianna Ucrìa
• Giancarlo Basili – Nirvana
• Giantito Burchiellaro – The Prince of Homburg
• Andrea Crisanti – The Truce
• Gianni Sbarra – The Elective Affinities

1998

• Danilo Donati – Life Is Beautiful
• Alberto Cottignoli and Stefano Tonelli – The Best Man
• Luciano Ricceri – Kaputt Mundi

1999

• Francesco Frigeri – The Legend of 1900
• Giancarlo Basili – The Way We Laughed
• Enrico Job – Ferdinando and Carolina

2000s

2000

• Francesco Bronzi – Canone inverso
• Marco Dentici – The Nanny
• Antonello Geleng and Marina Pinzuti – Love in the Mirror (Amor nello specchio)

2001

• Luciano Ricceri – Unfair Competition
• Giancarlo Basili – The Son's Room
• Francesco Frigeri – Malèna

2002

• Luigi Marchione – The Prefession of Arms
• Giancarlo Basili – Paz!
• Francesco Frigeri – Vajont

2003

• Danilo Donati – Pinocchio
• Paolo Bonfini – The Embalmer
• Giantito Burchiellaro – The Soul Keeper
• Marco Dentici – My Mother's Smile
• Simona Migliotti – Incantato

2004

• Luigi Marchione – Singing Behind Screens
• Paola Bizzarri – Agata and the Storm
• Franco Ceraolo – The Best of Youth
• Marco Dentici – What Will Happen to Us
• Francesco Frigeri – Don't Move

2005

• Andrea Crisanti – Sacred Heart
• Giancarlo Basili – An Italian Romance
• Francesca Bocca – After Midnight
• Marco Dentici – The Life That I Want
• Beatrice Scarpato – The Remains of Nothing

2006

• Paola Comencini – Romanzo Criminale
• Giancarlo Basili – The Caiman
• Andrea Crisanti – The Goodbye Kiss
• Carlo De Marino – Fuoco su di me
• Maurizio Marchitelli – My Best Enemy

2007

• Carlos Conti – Nuovomondo
• Francesco Frigeri – Napoleon and Me
• Tonino Zera – The Unknown Woman
• Giuseppe Pirrotta – One Hundred Nails
• Andrea Crisanti – The Lark Farm

2008

• Francesco Frigeri – I Viceré
• Paola Bizzarri – Days and Clouds
• Giada Calabria – Quiet Chaos
• Alessandra Mura – The Girl by the Lake
• Tonino Zera – Hotel Meina

2009

• Francesco Frigeri – The Demons of St. Petersberg
• Giancarlo Basili – Wild Blood
• Paolo Bonfini – Gomorrah
• Giantito Burchiellaro – Caravaggio
• Lino Fiorito – Il divo

2010s

2010

• Marco Dentici – Vincere
• Gian Carlo Basili – The Man Who Will Come
• Andrea Crisanti – Loose Cannons
• Maurizio Sabatini – Baarìa
• Tonino Zera – The First Beautiful Thing

2011

• Emita Frigato – Noi credevamo
• Francesco Frigeri - Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio
• Paola Comencini – Benvenuti al Sud
• Paki Meduri – Into Paradiso
• Tonino Zera – Angel of Evil

2012

• Paola Bizzarri – We Have a Pope
• Francesco Frigeri – The Entrepreneur
• Andrea Crisanti – Magnificent Presence
• Giancarlo Basili – Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
• Stefania Cella – This Must Be the Place

2013

• Maurizio Sabatini and Raffaella Giovannetti – The Best Offer
• Paolo Bonfini – Reality
• Marco Dentici – It Was the Son
• Marta Maffucci – Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood
• Rita Rabassini – Siberian Education

2014

• Stefania Cella – The Great Beauty
• Giancarlo Basili – Those Happy Years
• Marco Dentici – Salvo
• Marta Maffucci – Fasten Your Seatbelts
• Mauro Radaelli – Human Capital

2015

• Giancarlo Muselli – Leopardi
• Luca Servino – Black Souls
• Emita Frigato – Wondrous Boccaccio
• Paki Meduri – The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles
• Giuseppe Pirrotta – Greenery Will Bloom Again

2016

• Dimitri Capuani and Alessia Anfuso – Tale of Tales
• Maurizio Sabatini – The Correspondence
• Massimiliano Sturiale – They Call Me Jeeg
• Giada Calabria – Don't Be Bad
• Paki Meduri – Suburra
• Ludovica Ferrario – Youth

2017

• Tonino Zera – Like Crazy
• Marcello Di Carlo – At War with Love
• Carmine Guarino – Indivisible
• Marco Dentici – Sweet Dreams
• Livia Borgognoni – La stoffa dei sogni

2018

• Deniz Gokturk Kobanbay and Ivana Gargiulo – Napoli velata
• Noemi Marchica – Love and Bullets
• Maurizio Sabatini – Brutti e cattivi
• Tonino Zera – The Girl in the Fog
• Giancarlo Basili – Tenderness
• Luca Servino – Bloody Richard

2019

• Dimitri Capuani – Dogman
• Giancarlo Muselli – Capri-Revolution
• Samuel Deshors – Call Me by Your Name
• Emita Frigato – Happy as Lazzaro
• Stefania Cella – Loro

2020s

2020

• Dimitri Capuani – Pinocchio
• Nello Giorgetti – 5 Is the Perfect Number
• Tonino Zera – The First King: Birth of an Empire
• Andrea Castorina – The Traitor
• Inbal Weinberg – Suspiria

Year	Title	Production designer(s)	Set decorator(s)
2021 (66th)	Hidden Away	Ludovica Ferrario, Alessandra Mura	Paola Zamagni
	Bad Tales	Paolo Bonfini, Paola Peraro, Emita Frigato	Erika Aversa
	Hammamet	Giancarlo Basili	Andrea Castorina
	Miss Marx	Alessandro Vannucci, Igor Gabriel	Fiorella Cicolini
	Rose Island	Tonino Zera	Maria Grazia Schirripa
2022 (67th)	Freaks Out	Massimiliano Sturiale	Ilaria Fallacara
	Diabolik	Noemi Marchica	Maria Michela De Domenico
	The Hand of God	Carmine Guarino	Iole Autero
	The Inner Cage	Luca Servino	Susanna Abenavoli
	The King of Laughter	Giancarlo Muselli, Carlo Rescigno	Laura Casalini, Francesco Fonda
2023 (68th)	Strangeness	Giada Calabria	Loredana Raffi
	Caravaggio's Shadow	Tonino Zera	Maria Grazia Schirippa, Marco Bagnoli
	The Eight Mountains	Massimiliano Nocente	Marcella Galeone
	Exterior Night	Andrea Castorina	Marco Martucci, Laura Casalini
	Lord of the Ants	Marta Maffucci	Carolina Ferrara
2024 (69th)	Kidnapped	Andrea Castorina	Valeria Vecellio
	La chimera	Emita Frigato	Rachele Meliadò
	Comandante	Carmine Guarino	Iole Autero
	Io capitano	Dimitri Capuani	Roberta Troncarelli
	There's Still Tomorrow	Paola Comencini	Fiorella Cicolini
2025 (70th)	The Art of Joy	Luca Merlini	Giulietta Rimoldi
	The Flood	Tonino Zera	Carlotta Desmann, Maria Grazia Schirripa
	The Great Ambition	Alessandro Vannucci	Laura Casalini
	Parthenope	Carmine Guarino	Iole Autero
	Vermiglio	Pirra, Vito Giuseppe Zito	Sara Pergher

References

1. "Cronologia dei premi David di Donatello" [Chronology of David di Donatello awards]. daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
2. "I David di Donatello su Rai1". RAI Ufficio Stampa. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

External links

• David di Donatello for Best Production Design at IMDb
• David di Donatello official website