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{{short description|Annual Italian film award}}
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The '''David di Donatello for Best Production Design''' ({{langx|it|David di Donatello per la migliore scenografia}}), known as the '''{{lang|it|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 cinema|Italian film industry]] during the year preceding the ceremony. It was first presented during the 1981 edition of the [[David di Donatello]] award show.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cronologia dei premi David di Donatello |url=https://www.daviddidonatello.it/storia/cronologia.php |website=daviddidonatello.it |date= |accessdate=19 December 2019 |language=it |trans-title=Chronology of David di Donatello awards}}</ref> Since [[66th David di Donatello|2021]], the award is shared with the set decorators.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I David di Donatello su Rai1 |url=https://www.rai.it/ufficiostampa/assets/template/us-articolo.html?ssiPath=/articoli/2021/05/I-David-di-Donatello-su-Rai1-53d55f32-09f2-4834-bb6a-19d855e36e9e-ssi.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=RAI Ufficio Stampa}}</ref>

==Winners and nominees==
Winners are indicated in '''bold'''.

===1980s===
'''1981'''
* '''[[Mario Garbuglia]]''' – ''[[The Lady of the Camellias (1981 film)|The Lady of the Camellias]]''
* [[Andrea Crisanti]] – ''[[Three Brothers (1981 film)|Three Brothers]]''
* [[Luigi Scaccianoce]] – ''[[Fontamara (film)|Fontamara]]''

'''1982'''
* '''[[Lorenzo Baraldi]]''' – ''[[Il marchese del Grillo]]''
* [[Andrea Crisanti]] – ''[[Talcum Powder (film)|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 (1983 film)|Le Bal]]''
* [[Elena Ricci Poccetto]] – ''[[Where's Picone?]]''

'''1985'''
* '''[[Enrico Job]]''' – ''[[Carmen (1984 film)|Carmen]]''
* [[Francesco Bronzi]] – ''[[Kaos (film)|Kaos]]''
* [[Enrico Fiorentini]] – ''[[A Proper Scandal]]''

'''1986'''
* '''[[Enrico Job]]''' – ''[[Camorra (1986 film)|Camorra]]''
* [[Dante Ferretti]] – ''[[Ginger and Fred]]''
* [[Luciano Ricceri]] – ''[[Macaroni (film)|Macaroni]]''

'''1987'''
* '''[[Dante Ferretti]]''' – ''[[The Name of the Rose (film)|The Name of the Rose]]''
* [[Mario Chiari]] – ''[[Via Montenapoleone (film)|Via Montenapoleone]]''
* [[Luciano Ricceri]] – ''[[The Family (1987 film)|The Family]]''

'''1988'''
* '''[[Bruno Cesari]]''', '''[[Osvaldo Desideri]]''', and '''[[Ferdinando Scarfiotti]]''' – ''[[The Last Emperor]]''
* [[Danilo Donati]] – ''[[Intervista]]''
* [[Mario Garbuglia]] – ''[[Dark Eyes (1987 film)|Dark Eyes]]''

'''1989'''
* '''[[Danilo Donati]]''' – ''[[Francesco (1989 film)|Francesco]]''
* [[Lucia Mirisola]] – ''[['O Re]]''
* [[Ferdinando Scarfiotti]] – ''[[Fair Game (1988 film)|Fair Game]]''

===1990s===
'''1990'''
* '''[[Dante Ferretti]]''' – ''[[The Voice of the Moon]]''
* [[Giantito Burchiellaro]] – ''[[The Bachelor (1990 film)|The Bachelor]]''
* [[Amedeo Fago]] and [[Franco Velchi]] – ''[[Open Doors (film)|Open Doors]]''
* [[Mario Garbuglia]] – ''[[The Miser (1990 film)|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 (1990 film)|Everybody's Fine]]''
* [[Lucia Mirisola]] and [[Paola Comencini]] – ''[[In the Name of the Sovereign People]]''

'''1992'''
* '''[[Carlo Simi]]''' – ''[[Bix (film)|Bix]]''
* [[Andrea Crisanti]] – ''[[The Stolen Children]]''
* [[Ezio Frigerio]] – ''[[The Inner Circle (1991 film)|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 (1993 film)|Sparrow]]''
* [[Enrico Fiorentini]] – ''[[For Love, Only for Love]]''

'''1995'''
* '''[[Andrea Crisanti]]''' – ''[[A Pure Formality]]''
* [[Giantito Burchiellaro]] – ''[[Sostiene Pereira]]''
* [[Gianni Quaranta]] – ''[[Farinelli (film)|Farinelli]]''

'''1996'''
* '''[[Francesco Bronzi]]''' – ''[[The Star Maker (1995 film)|The Star Maker]]''
* [[Enrico Job]] – ''[[The Nymph]]''
* [[Gianni Silvestri]] – ''[[Stealing Beauty]]''

'''1997'''
* '''[[Danilo Donati]]''' – ''[[Marianna Ucrìa]]''
* [[Giancarlo Basili]] – ''[[Nirvana (1997 film)|Nirvana]]''
* [[Giantito Burchiellaro]] – ''[[The Prince of Homburg (film)|The Prince of Homburg]]''
* [[Andrea Crisanti]] – ''[[The Truce (1997 film)|The Truce]]''
* [[Gianni Sbarra]] – ''[[The Elective Affinities]]''

'''1998'''
* '''[[Danilo Donati]]''' – ''[[Life Is Beautiful]]''
* [[Alberto Cottignoli]] and [[Stefano Tonelli]] – ''[[The Best Man (1998 film)|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 (1999 film)|The Nanny]]''
* [[Antonello Geleng]] and [[Marina Pinzuti]] – ''[[Love in the Mirror]] (Amor nello specchio)''

'''2001'''
* '''[[Luciano Ricceri]]''' – ''[[Unfair Competition (film)|Unfair Competition]]''
* [[Giancarlo Basili]] – ''[[The Son's Room]]''
* [[Francesco Frigeri]] – ''[[Malèna (film)|Malèna]]''

'''2002'''
* '''[[Luigi Marchione]]''' – ''[[The Profession of Arms (2001 film)|The Prefession of Arms]]''
* [[Giancarlo Basili]] – ''[[Paz!]]''
* [[Francesco Frigeri]] – ''[[Vajont (film)|Vajont]]''

'''2003'''
* '''[[Danilo Donati]]''' – ''[[Pinocchio (2002 film)|Pinocchio]]''
* [[Paolo Bonfini]] – ''[[The Embalmer (2002 film)|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 (2004 film)|Don't Move]]''

'''2005'''
* '''[[Andrea Crisanti]]''' – ''[[Sacred Heart (film)|Sacred Heart]]''
* [[Giancarlo Basili]] – ''[[An Italian Romance]]''
* [[Francesca Bocca]] – ''[[After Midnight (2004 film)|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 (film)|The Goodbye Kiss]]''
* [[Carlo De Marino]] – ''[[Fuoco su di me]]''
* [[Maurizio Marchitelli]] – ''[[My Best Enemy (2006 film)|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 (film)|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 (2008 film)|Wild Blood]]''
* [[Paolo Bonfini]] – ''[[Gomorrah (film)|Gomorrah]]''
* [[Giantito Burchiellaro]] – ''[[Caravaggio (2007 film)|Caravaggio]]''
* [[Lino Fiorito]] – ''[[Il divo (film)|Il divo]]''

===2010s===
'''2010'''
* '''[[Marco Dentici]]''' – ''[[Vincere]]''
* [[Gian Carlo Basili]] – ''[[The Man Who Will Come]]''
* [[Andrea Crisanti]] – ''[[Loose Cannons (2010 film)|Loose Cannons]]''
* [[Maurizio Sabatini]] – ''[[Baarìa (film)|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 (film)|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 (film)|This Must Be the Place]]''

'''2013'''
* '''[[Maurizio Sabatini]]''' and '''[[Raffaella Giovannetti]]''' – ''[[The Best Offer]]''
* [[Paolo Bonfini]] – ''[[Reality (2012 film)|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 (film)|Salvo]]''
* [[Marta Maffucci]] – ''[[Fasten Your Seatbelts]]''
* [[Mauro Radaelli (production designer)|Mauro Radaelli]] – ''[[Human Capital (2013 film)|Human Capital]]''

'''2015'''
* '''[[Giancarlo Muselli]]''' – ''[[Leopardi (film)|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 (2015 film)|Tale of Tales]]''
* [[Maurizio Sabatini]] – ''[[The Correspondence]]''
* [[Massimiliano Sturiale]] – ''[[They Call Me Jeeg]]''
* [[Giada Calabria]] – ''[[Don't Be Bad]]''
* [[Paki Meduri]] – ''[[Suburra (film)|Suburra]]''
* [[Ludovica Ferrario]] – ''[[Youth (2015 film)|Youth]]''

'''2017'''
* '''[[Tonino Zera]]''' – ''[[Like Crazy (2016 film)|Like Crazy]]''
* [[Marcello Di Carlo]] – ''[[At War with Love]]''
* [[Carmine Guarino]] – ''[[Indivisible (2016 film)|Indivisible]]''
* [[Marco Dentici]] – ''[[Sweet Dreams (2016 film)|Sweet Dreams]]''
* [[Livia Borgognoni]] – ''La stoffa dei sogni''

'''2018'''
* '''[[Deniz Gokturk Kobanbay]]''' and '''[[Ivana Gargiulo]]''' – ''[[Napoli velata]]''
* [[Noemi Marchica]] – ''[[Love and Bullets (2017 film)|Love and Bullets]]''
* [[Maurizio Sabatini]] – ''Brutti e cattivi''
* [[Tonino Zera]] – ''[[The Girl in the Fog]]''
* [[Giancarlo Basili]] – ''[[Tenderness (2017 film)|Tenderness]]''
* [[Luca Servino]] – ''[[Bloody Richard]]''

'''2019'''
*  '''[[Dimitri Capuani]]''' – ''[[Dogman (2018 film)|Dogman]]''
* [[Giancarlo Muselli]] – ''[[Capri-Revolution]]''
* [[Samuel Deshors]] – ''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me by Your Name]]''
* [[Emita Frigato]] – ''[[Happy as Lazzaro]]''
* [[Stefania Cella]] – ''[[Loro (film)|Loro]]''

===2020s===
'''[[65th David di Donatello|2020]]'''
* '''Dimitri Capuani''' – '''''[[Pinocchio (2019 film)|Pinocchio]]'''''
* Nello Giorgetti – ''[[5 Is the Perfect Number]]''
* Tonino Zera – ''[[The First King: Birth of an Empire]]''
* Andrea Castorina – ''[[The Traitor (2019 film)|The Traitor]]''
* Inbal Weinberg – ''[[Suspiria (2018 film)|Suspiria]]''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width="100"|Year
!width="300"|Title
!width="300"|Production designer(s)
!width="300"|Set decorator(s)
|-style="background:#DDBF5F;"
! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2021<br />([[66th David di Donatello|66th]])
| '''''[[Hidden Away (2020 film)|Hidden Away]]'''''
| '''Ludovica Ferrario''', '''Alessandra Mura'''
| '''Paola Zamagni'''
|-
| ''[[Bad Tales]]''
| Paolo Bonfini, Paola Peraro, Emita Frigato
| Erika Aversa
|-
| ''[[Hammamet (film)|Hammamet]]''
| Giancarlo Basili
| Andrea Castorina
|-
| ''[[Miss Marx]]''
| Alessandro Vannucci, Igor Gabriel
| Fiorella Cicolini
|-
| ''[[Rose Island (film)|Rose Island]]''
| Tonino Zera
| Maria Grazia Schirripa
|-style="background:#DDBF5F;"
! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2022<br />([[67th David di Donatello|67th]])
| '''''[[Freaks Out]]'''''
| '''Massimiliano Sturiale'''
| '''Ilaria Fallacara'''
|-
| ''[[Diabolik (2021 film)|Diabolik]]''
| Noemi Marchica
| Maria Michela De Domenico
|-
| ''[[The Hand of God (film)|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
|-style="background:#DDBF5F;"
! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2023<br />([[68th David di Donatello|68th]])
| '''''[[Strangeness (film)|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
|-style="background:#DDBF5F;"
! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2024<br />([[69th David di Donatello|69th]])
| '''''[[Kidnapped (2023 film)|Kidnapped]]'''''
| '''Andrea Castorina'''
| '''Valeria Vecellio'''
|-
| ''[[La chimera]]''
| Emita Frigato
| Rachele Meliadò
|-
| ''[[Comandante (2023 film)|Comandante]]''
| Carmine Guarino
| Iole Autero
|-
| ''[[Io capitano]]''
| Dimitri Capuani
| Roberta Troncarelli
|-
| ''[[There's Still Tomorrow]]''
| Paola Comencini
| Fiorella Cicolini
|-
! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2025<br />([[70th David di Donatello|70th]])
| ''The Art of Joy''
| Luca Merlini
| Giulietta Rimoldi
|-
| ''[[The Flood (2024 film)|The Flood]]''
| Tonino Zera
| Carlotta Desmann, Maria Grazia Schirripa
|-
| ''[[The Great Ambition]]''
| Alessandro Vannucci
| Laura Casalini
|-
| ''[[Parthenope (film)|Parthenope]]''
| Carmine Guarino
| Iole Autero
|-
| ''[[Vermiglio (film)|Vermiglio]]''
| Pirra, Vito Giuseppe Zito
| Sara Pergher
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb event|0000203}}
* [https://www.daviddidonatello.it/ David di Donatello official website]

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