| Lumière Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
 2024 recipient: Thomas Cailley | |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Lumières |
| First awarded | 1996 |
| Currently held by | Thomas Cailley for The Animal Kingdom (2024) |
| Website | academiedeslumieres |
The Lumière Award for Best Director (French: Lumière de la meilleure mise en scène) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Lumières since 1996. It was presented as the Lumière du meilleur réalisateur from 1996 to 2019.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first with a blue background, followed by the other nominees.
1990s
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 (1st) |
Mathieu Kassovitz | La Haine | |
| 1997 (2nd) |
Cédric Klapisch | Family Resemblances | Un air de famille |
| 1998 (3rd) |
Luc Besson | The Fifth Element | Le Cinquième Élément |
| 1999 (4th) |
Erick Zonca | The Dreamlife of Angels | La Vie rêvée des anges |
2000s
2010s
2020s
Trivia
Multiple awards
- 3 awards
- 2 awards
Multiple nominees
- 5 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
- Mathieu Amalric
- Luc Besson
- Laurent Cantet
- Leos Carax
- Albert Dupontel
- Michel Hazanavicius
- Cédric Kahn
- Abdellatif Kechiche
- Gaspar Noé
- François Ozon
- Roman Polanski
- Alain Resnais
- Céline Sciamma
- Albert Serra
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Rebecca Zlotowski
See also
References
- "Découvrez le palmarès 2019 - Académie des lumières". February 7, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-02-07.
- "Découvrez le palmarès 2020 - Académie des lumières". March 1, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-03-01.
External links
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