Golden Osella
The Golden Osella is the name of several awards given at the Venice Film Festival. They are awarded irregularly and in various categories such as directing, screenwriting, cinematography, and technical contributions.
The name derives from the osella, a medal awarded by the Doges of Venice to various persons between 1521 and 1797.[1]
Best Director
- 1994 – Gianni Amelio for Lamerica
- 1995
Best Original Screenplay
- 1987 - David Mamet for House of Games
- 1988 - Pedro Almodóvar for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
- 1989 - Jules Feiffer for I Want to Go Home
- 1990 - Helle Ryslinge for Sirup
- 1991 – Mira Nair and Sooni Taraporevala for Mississippi Masala
- 1994 – Bigas Luna and Cuca Canals for The Tit and the Moon
- 1995 – Abolfazl Jalili for Det Yani Dokhtar
- 1996 – Paz Alicia Garciadiego – Deep Crimson
- 1997 – Gilles Taurand and Anne Fontaine for Dry Cleaning
- 1998 – Éric Rohmer for Autumn Tale
- 1999–2004 – no award
- 2005 – George Clooney and Grant Heslov for Good Night, and Good Luck.
- 2006 – Peter Morgan for The Queen
- 2007 – Paul Laverty for It's a Free World...
- 2008 – Haile Gerima for Teza
- 2009 – Todd Solondz for Life During Wartime
- 2010 – Álex de la Iglesia for A Sad Trumpet Ballad
- 2011 – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou for Alps
- 2012 – Olivier Assayas for Something in the Air
- 2013 – Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for Philomena
- 2014 – Rakhshan Bani-E'temad for Tales
- 2015 – Christian Vincent for Courted
- 2016 – Noah Oppenheim for Jackie
- 2017 – Martin McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- 2018 - Joel and Ethan Coen for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- 2019 - Yonfan for No.7 Cherry Lane
Best cinematography
- 1988 – Vadim Yusov for The Black Monk
- 1989 – Giorgos Arvanitis for Australia
- 1994 – Christopher Doyle for Dung che sai duk
- 1995 – Hirokazu Kore-eda for Maboroshi
- 1996 – no award
- 1997 – Pedro Costa for Ossos
- 1998 – Luca Bigazzi for The Way We Laughed and L'Albero delle pere
- 1999–2006 – no award
- 2007 – Rodrigo Prieto for Lust, Caution
- 2010 – Mikhail Krichman for Silent Souls
- 2011 – Robbie Ryan for Wuthering Heights
- 2012 – Daniele Cipri for È stato il figlio
Best Set Design
- 1996 – Mónica Chirinos and Marisa Pecanins for Deep Crimson
- 1997–2007 – no award
Best Original Music
- 1996 – David Mansfield for Deep Crimson
- 1997 – Graeme Revell for Chinese Box
- 1998 – Gerardo Gandini for La Nube
- 1999–2007 – no award
Outstanding Technical Contribution
- 2004 – Studio Ghibli for Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no Ugoku Shiro)
- 2005 – William Lubtchansky for Regular Lovers (Les amants réguliers)
- 2006 – Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men
- 2007 – Rodrigo Prieto for Lust, Caution (Se, jie)
- 2008 – A. Khamidhodjaev and M. Drozdov for Paper Soldier (Bumažnyj soldat)
- 2009 – Sylvie Olivé for Mr. Nobody
- 2010 – Mikhail Krichman for Silent Souls (Ovsyanki)
- 2011 – Robbie Ryan for Wuthering Heights
- 2012 – Daniele Ciprì for È stato il figlio