David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director

The David di Donatello for best foreign film director, or in Italian, Migliore Regista Straniero, was given from 1966 until 1990.

1966

• John Huston - The Bible: In the Beginning

1967

• David Lean - Doctor Zhivago

1968

• Richard Brooks - In Cold Blood

1969

• Roman Polanski - Rosemary's Baby

1970

• John Schlesinger - Midnight Cowboy

1971

• Claude Lelouch - Le Voyou

1972

• John Schlesinger - Sunday Bloody Sunday

1973

• Bob Fosse - Cabaret

1974

• Ingmar Bergman - Viskningar och rop

1975

• Billy Wilder - The Front Page

1976

• Miloš Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1977

• Akira Kurosawa - Dersu Uzala

1978

• Herbert Ross - The Goodbye Girl
• Ridley Scott - The Duellists

1979

• Miloš Forman - Hair

1980

• Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now

1981

• Akira Kurosawa - Kagemusha

1982

• Margarethe von Trotta - Die bleierne Zeit

1983

• Steven Spielberg - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

1984

• Ingmar Bergman - Fanny och Alexander

1985

• Miloš Forman - Amadeus

1986

• Akira Kurosawa - Ran

1987

• James Ivory - A Room with a View

1988

• Louis Malle - Au revoir les enfants

1989

• Pedro Almodóvar - Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios

1990

• Louis Malle - Milou en mai

David di Donatello Awards Best Film Best Director Best New Director Best Script Best Producer Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography Best Score Best Song Best Sets and Decorations Best Costumes Best Make-Up Best Hair Design Best Editing Best Sound Best Visual Effects Best Documentary Best Short Film Best European Film Best Foreign Film Discontinued Awards Best Foreign Director Best Foreign Producer Best Foreign Actor Best Foreign Actress Best Foreign Score Best Foreign Screenplay Best New Actor Best New Actress Luchino Visconti Award Category