The César Award for Best Director (French: César de la meilleure réalisation) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Lumières since 1976. It was presented as the César du meilleur réalisateur from 1976 to 2015.[1][2][3]
César Award for Best Director | |
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Country | France |
Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
First awarded | 1976 |
Currently held by | Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall (2024) |
Website | academie-cinema |
History
editSuperlatives
editSuperlative | Men | Women | ||
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Most awards | Roman Polanski | 5 | Tonie Marshall Justine Triet |
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Most nominations | Alain Resnais | 8 | Nicole Garcia & Maïwenn | 3 |
Most nominations without winning | Claude Miller | 7 | Nicole Garcia & Maïwenn | 3 |
Oldest winner | Roman Polanski | 86 | Tonie Marshall | 48 |
Oldest nominee | Alain Resnais | 84 | Agnès Varda | 57 |
Youngest winner | Xavier Dolan | 27 | Justine Triet | 45 |
Youngest nominee | Luc Besson | 26 | Maïwenn | 35 |
Winners and nominees
edit1970s
editYear | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
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1976 (1st) |
Bertrand Tavernier | Let Joy Reign Supreme | Que la fête commence... |
Robert Enrico | The Old Gun | Le Vieux Fusil | |
Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Call me Savage | Le Sauvage | |
François Truffaut | The Story of Adele H. | L'Histoire d'Adèle H. | |
1977 (2nd) |
Joseph Losey | Mr. Klein | Monsieur Klein |
Claude Miller | The Best Way to Walk | La Meilleure Façon de marcher | |
Bertrand Tavernier | The Judge and the Assassin | Le Juge et l'assassin | |
André Téchiné | Barocco | ||
1978 (3rd) |
Alain Resnais | Providence | |
Luis Buñuel | That Obscure Object of Desire | Cet obscur objet du désir | |
Claude Miller | This Sweet Sickness | Dites-lui que je l'aime | |
Pierre Schoendoerffer | Drummer-Crab | Le Crabe-Tambour | |
1979 (4th) |
Christian de Chalonge | Other People's Money | L'Argent des autres |
Michel Deville | Dossier 51 | Le Dossier 51 | |
Ariane Mnouchkine | Molière | ||
Claude Sautet | A Simple Story | Une histoire simple |
1980s
edit1990s
edit2000s
edit2010s
edit2020s
editMultiple wins and nominations
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The following individuals received two or more Best Director awards:
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The following individuals received three or more Best Director nominations:
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1976" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "La Cérémonie des César 2015" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "La Cérémonie des César 2016" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "'Bye Bye Morons' Wins Best Film at France's Cesar Awards". Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Lea Seydoux, Adam Driver Among Nominees for France's Cesar Awards". Hollywood Reporter.