David di Donatello for Best New Director

The David di Donatello Award for Best New Director (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior regista esordiente) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize the outstanding feature-film directorial debut of a film director who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony.

[1] The award was first handled out in 1982.

[2] Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all members of the Accademia.

[3][4] Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.

[1]

Luciano De Crescenzo won in 1985 for Così parlò Bellavista .
Enrico Montesano won in 1986 for A me mi piace .
Francesca Archibugi won in 1989 for Mignon Has Come to Stay .
Alessandro D'Alatri won in 1991 for Red American .
Sergio Rubini won in 1991 for The Station .
Massimo Scaglione won in 1992 for Angeli a Sud .
Maurizio Zaccaro won in 1992 for Where the Night Begins .
Mario Martone won in 1993 for Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician .
Simona Izzo won in 1994 for Sentimental Maniacs .
Paolo Virzì won in 1995 for La bella vita .
Mimmo Calopresti won in 1996 for The Second Time .
Roberta Torre won in 1998 for To Die for Tano .
Luciano Ligabue won in 1999 for Radiofreccia .
Daniele Vicari won in 2003 for Maximum Velocity (V-Max) .
Saverio Costanzo won in 2005 for Private .
Fausto Brizzi won in 2006 for Notte prima degli esami .
Kim Rossi Stuart won in 2007 for Along the Ridge .