David di Donatello for Best Cinematography

The David di Donatello for Best Cinematography is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of cinematographers who have worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony.
The award was first given in 1981.
Luca Bigazzi is the record holder with seven awards in the category.

Winners and nominees

Winners are indicated in bold.

1980s

1981Pasqualino De Santis – Three Brothers

Tonino Delli Colli – Camera d'albergo
Ennio Guarnieri – The Lady of the Camellias

1982Tonino Delli Colli – Tales of Ordinary Madness

Danilo Desideri – Portrait of a Woman, Nude
Sergio D'Offizi – Il Marchese del Grillo

1983Franco Di Giacomo – The Night of the Shooting Stars

Armando Nannuzzi – That Night in Varennes
Carlo Di Palma – Identification of a Woman

1984Giuseppe Rotunno – And the Ship Sails On

Ricardo Aronovich – Le Bal (1983 film)
Dante Spinotti – Hearts and Armour

1985Pasqualino De Santis – Carmen

Giuseppe Lanci – Kaos
Alfio Contini – A Proper Scandal

1986Giuseppe Lanci – Camorra

Tonino Delli Colli and Ennio Guarnieri – Ginger and Fred
Dante Spinotti – The Berlin Affair

1987Tonino Delli Colli – The Name of the Rose

Ricardo Aronovich – The Family
Franco Di Giacomo – The Inquiry

1988Vittorio Storaro – The Last Emperor

Franco Di Giacomo – Dark Eyes
Tonino Delli Colli – Intervista

1989Dante Spinotti – The Legend of the Holy Drinker

Giuseppe Lanci – Francesco
Luciano Tovoli – ''Splendor''

1990s

1990Giuseppe Rotunno – The Bachelor

Tonino Nardi – Open Doors
Tonino Delli Colli – The Voice of the Moon
Pasqualino De Santis – The Palermo Connection
Luciano Tovoli – What Time Is It?

1991Luciano Tovoli – Captain Fracassa's Journey

Italo Petriccione – Mediterraneo
Alessio Gelsini Torresi – Ultra
Giuseppe Lanci – The Sun Also Shines at Night
Giuseppe Lanci – The Conviction

1992Danilo Desideri – Damned the Day I Met You

Tonino Nardi and Renato Tafuri – The Stolen Children
Ennio Guarnieri – The Inner Circle

1993Alessio Gelsini Torresi – The Escort

Luca Bigazzi – Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Giuseppe Lanci – Fiorile

1994Bruno Cascio – Father and SonDante Spinotti – The Secret of the Old Woods

Luca Bigazzi – A Soul Split in Two
Giuseppe Lanci – Caro diario

1995Luca Bigazzi – Lamerica

Luca Bigazzi – Nasty Love
Franco Di Giacomo – Il Postino: The Postman

1996Alfio Contini – Beyond the Clouds

Darius Khondji – Stealing Beauty
Dante Spinotti – The Star Maker

1997Tonino Delli Colli – Marianna Ucrìa

Pasqualino De Santis and Marco Pontecorvo – The Truce
Blasco Giurato – The Game Bag
Giuseppe Lanci – The Prince of Homburg
Italo Petriccione – Nirvana

1998Tonino Delli Colli – Life Is Beautiful

Luca Bigazzi – The Acrobats
Pasquale Mari – Rehearsals for War

1999Lajos Koltai – The Legend of 1900

Luca Bigazzi – The Way We Laughed
Fabio Cianchetti – ''Besieged''

2000s

2000Luca Bigazzi – Bread and TulipsFabio Cianchetti – Canone inverso

Giuseppe Lanci – The Nanny

2001Lajos Koltai – Malèna

Franco Di Giacomo – Unfair Competition
Roberto Forza – One Hundred Steps

2002Fabio Olmi – The Profession of Arms

Luca Bigazzi – Burning in the Wind
Arnaldo Catinari – Light of My Eyes

2003Daniele Nannuzzi – El Alamein: The Line of Fire

Maurizio Calvesi – The Soul Keeper
Gian Filippo Corticelli – Facing Windows
Marco Onorato – The Embalmer
Dante Spinotti – Pinocchio
Fabio Zamarion – Respiro

2004Italo Petriccione – I'm Not Scared

Danilo Desideri – Love Is Eternal While It Lasts
Fabio Olmi – Singing Behind Screens
Marco Onorato – First Love
Fabio Zamarion –What Will Happen to Us

2005Luca Bigazzi – The Consequences of Love

Tani Canevari – Manual of Love
Arnaldo Catinari – The Life That I Want
Dante Cecchin – After Midnight
Gian Filippo Corticelli – Sacred Heart

2006Luca Bigazzi – Romanzo Criminale

Arnaldo Catinari – The Caiman
Fabio Cianchetti – Our Land
Danilo Desideri – My Best Enemy
Marcello Montarsi – Notte prima degli esami

2007Fabio Zamarion - The Unknown Woman

2008Ramiro Civita – The Girl by the Lake

2009Luca Bigazzi – Il Divo

Arnaldo Catinari – The Demons of St. Petersberg
Marco Onorato – Gomorrah
Italo Petriccione – As God Commands
Vittorio Storaro – ''Caravaggio''

2010s

2010Daniele Ciprì – Vincere

Enrico Lucidi – Baarìa
Roberto Cimatti – The Man Who Will Come
Nicola Pecorini – The First Beautiful Thing
Maurizio Calvesi – Loose Cannons

2011Renato Berta – We Believed

Vittorio Omodei Zorini – 20 sigarette
Luca Bigazzi – The Jewel
Fabio Cianchetti – The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Arnaldo Catinari – Angel of Evil

2012Luca Bigazzi – This Must Be the Place

Paolo Carnera - ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards
Simone Zampagni – Caesar Must Die
Alessandro Pesci – We Have a Pope
Roberto Forza – Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy

2013Marco Onorato – Reality

Fabio Cianchetti – Me and You
Gherardo Gossi – Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood
Italo Petriccione – Siberian Education
Fabio Zamarion – The Best Offer

2014Luca Bigazzi – The Great Beauty

Jérôme Alméras – Human Capital
Daniele Ciprì – Salvo
Gian Filippo Corticelli – Fasten Your Seatbelts
Gergely Poharnok – Miele

2015Vladan Radovic – Black Souls

Fabio Cianchetti – Hungry Hearts
Renato Berta – Leopardi
Italo Petriccione – The Invisible Boy
Fabio Olmi – Greenery Will Bloom Again

2016Peter Suschitzky – Tale of Tales

Michele D'Attanasio – They Call Me Jeeg
Maurizio Calvesi – Don't Be Bad
Paolo Carnera – Suburra
Luca Bigazzi – Youth

2017Michele D'Attanasio – Italian Race

Daniele Ciprì – Sweet Dreams
Ferran Paredes Rubio – Indivisible
Vladan Radovic – Like Crazy
Maurizio Calvesi – The Confessions

2018Gian Filippo Corticelli – Naples in Veils

Tim Curtin – A Ciambra
Gianni Mammolotti – Malarazza - Una storia di periferia
Luca Bigazzi – Sicilian Ghost Story
Fabrizio Lucci – The Place

2019Nicolaj Brüel – Dogman

Michele D'Attanasio – Capri-Revolution
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom – Call Me by Your Name
Paolo Carnera – Boys Cry
Hélène Louvart – ''Happy as Lazzaro''

2020s

2020Daniele Ciprì – The First King: Birth of an Empire

Vladan Radovic – The Traitor
Franco Di Giacomo – Martin Eden
Nicolaj Brüel – Pinocchio
Daria D'Antonio – Remember?

2021Matteo Cocco – Hidden Away

2022Daria D'Antonio – The Hand of God Michele D'Attanasio – Freaks Out

2023Ruben Impens – The Eight Mountains

Francesco Di Giacomo – Exterior Night
Giovanni Mammolotti – I racconti della domenica
Maurizio Calvesi – Strangeness
Paolo Carnera – Nostalgia

2024Paolo Carnera – Io capitano

Davide Leone – There's Still Tomorrow
Ferran Paredes Rubio – Comandante
Hélène Louvart – La chimera
Francesco Di Giacomo – ''Kidnapped''