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First Italian actress to win for Best Actress. 1957 Wild Is the Wind: Nominated 1960 Sophia Loren: Two Women: Won 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: Nominated
Roberto Remigio Benigni Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI [1] (/ b ə ˈ n iː n i /; Italian: [roˈbɛrto beˈniɲɲi]; born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. He gained international recognition for writing, directing and starring in the Holocaust comedy drama film Life Is Beautiful (1997), for which he ...
For the 1956 Academy Awards, a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since. [5] As of 2023, thirty Italian films have been nominated for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and eleven films have won the award.
Paolo Sorrentino (/ s ɒr ən ˈ t iː n oʊ /; Italian: [ˈpaːolo sorrenˈtiːno]; born 31 May 1970) [1] is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today.
The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry .
Federico Fellini Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian: [fedeˈriːko felˈliːni]; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.
Italian director Paolo Taviani, who with his late brother Vittorio formed the revered filmmaking duo that in 1977 won the Cannes Palme d’Or for “Padre Padrone,” has died at 92. Taviani died ...
Oscar award silhouette. At the Academy Awards, the so-called "Big Five" awards are those for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay (either Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay). [1] As of the 94th Academy Awards (2021), a total of 43 films have been nominated in all five of these award categories.