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Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)

Awards

Roberto Benigni

63 wins & 43 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami

American Comedy Awards, USA

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner American Comedy Award
    • Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
    • Life Is Beautiful

Australian Film Institute

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner Best Foreign Film Award
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Arnon Milchan

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Life Is Beautiful

BAFTA Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film not in the English Language
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Elda Ferri · Gianluigi Braschi

Cannes Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Grand Prize of the Jury
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Life Is Beautiful

César Awards, France

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    2008 Winner Honorary César
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Italy.

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Life Is Beautiful

Czech Lions

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    2000 Nominee Czech Lion
    • Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
    • Life Is Beautiful

David di Donatello Awards

  • Pinocchio (2019)
    2020 Nominee David
    • Best Supporting Actor (Migliore Attore non Protagonista)
    • Pinocchio
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    2017 Winner Special David
  • Pinocchio (2002)
    2003 Nominee David
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
    • Pinocchio
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner David
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner David
    • Best Director (Migliore Regista)
    • Life Is Beautiful

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Life Is Beautiful

European Film Awards

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    2000 Winner Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner European Film Award
    • European Actor
    • Life Is Beautiful

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Italy.

Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Critic's Choice Award
    • Best Film
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Tied with Happiness (1998).
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Critic's Choice Award
    • Best Actor
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Tied with 'Dylan Baker' for Happiness (1998).
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Critic's Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • Life Is Beautiful

German Film Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner Best Foreign Film
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Italy.

Satellite Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Italy

Guild of German Art House Cinemas

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner Guild Film Award - Gold
    • Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
    • Life Is Beautiful

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Tom Waits, and John Lurie in Down by Law (1986)
    1987 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Male Lead
    • Down by Law

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Pinocchio (2019)
    2020 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Supporting Actor (Migliore Attore Non Protagonista)
    • Pinocchio
  • Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi in The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
    2006 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Original Story (Migliore Soggetto)
    • The Tiger and the Snow
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami
  • Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi in The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
    2006 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
    • The Tiger and the Snow
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Director (Regista del Miglior Film)
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Original Story (Migliore Soggetto)
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Actor
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Director
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Tied with Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan (1998).

AFI Fest

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Life Is Beautiful

Montréal World Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner People's Choice Award
    • Life Is Beautiful

Mystfest

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1993 Winner Career Award

National Board of Review, USA

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Special Achievement Award
    • Life Is Beautiful
    For special achievement in filmmaking

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner Audience Award
    • Life Is Beautiful

Razzie Awards

  • Pinocchio (2002)
    2003 Winner Razzie Award
    • Worst Actor
    • Pinocchio
    Dubbed Godzilla-style by Breckin Meyer.
    Shared with: Breckin Meyer
  • Pinocchio (2002)
    2003 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Screen Couple
    • Pinocchio
    Shared with: Nicoletta Braschi
  • Pinocchio (2002)
    2003 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Director
    • Pinocchio
  • Pinocchio (2002)
    2003 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Screenplay
    • Pinocchio
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami
  • Roberto Benigni in Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
    1994 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst New Star
    • Son of the Pink Panther

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    2000 Winner Robert
    • Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Tied with All About My Mother (1999).

Russian Guild of Film Critics

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee Golden Aries
    • Best Foreign Actor
    • Life Is Beautiful

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Cast
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Nicoletta Braschi · Horst Buchholz · Sergio Bini Bustric · Giorgio Cantarini · Giustino Durano · Amerigo Fontani · Giuliana Lojodice · Marisa Paredes

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner People's Choice Award
    • Life Is Beautiful

Vancouver International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Most Popular Film
    • Life Is Beautiful

Venice Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    2021 Winner Career Golden Lion

Warsaw International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Audience Award
    • Life Is Beautiful

Athens International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Audience Award
    • Life Is Beautiful

Lumiere Awards, France

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner Lumiere Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Life Is Beautiful

Amanda Awards, Norway

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee Amanda
    • Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
    • Life Is Beautiful

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    2000 Winner Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Life Is Beautiful

Blue Ribbon Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    2000 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Life Is Beautiful

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actor
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami

Golden Globes, Italy

  • Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi in The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
    2006 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Film (Miglior Film)
    • The Tiger and the Snow
  • Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi in The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
    2006 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
    • The Tiger and the Snow
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore)
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Film (Miglior Film)
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami

Golden Graals

  • Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi in The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
    2006 Nominee Golden Graal
    • Best Comedic Director (Migliore Regista di Commedia)
    • The Tiger and the Snow

Golden Ciak Awards

  • Pinocchio (2019)
    2020 Winner Golden Ciak
    • Best Supporting Actor (Migliore Attore Non Protagonista)
    • Pinocchio
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Golden Ciak
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Golden Ciak
    • Best Film (Miglior Film)
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Golden Ciak
    • Best Director (Migliore Regista)
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Nominee Golden Ciak
    • Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami

Golden Goblets, Italy

  • Roberto Benigni and Franco Citti in Il minestrone (1981)
    1981 Winner Golden Goblet
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore)
    • Il minestrone

Online Film & Television Association

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Drama Actor
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Life Is Beautiful
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

  • Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi in The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
    2006 Nominee Stinker Award
    • Worst Actor
    • The Tiger and the Snow
  • Pinocchio (2002)
    2002 Nominee Stinker Award
    • Worst Actor
    • Pinocchio
    Shared with: Breckin Meyer
  • Pinocchio (2002)
    2002 Nominee Stinker Award
    • Worst On-Screen Couple
    • Pinocchio
    and his English dubbed voice
  • Pinocchio (2002)
    2002 Nominee Stinker Award
    • Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More than $100 Million Using Hollywood Math
    • Pinocchio
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami
  • Pinocchio (2002)
    2002 Nominee Stinker Award
    • Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!)
    • Pinocchio

20/20 Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    2018 Winner Felix
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Life Is Beautiful

Premio Sergio Amidei

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Premio Sergio Amidei
    • Life Is Beautiful
    Shared with: Vincenzo Cerami

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