Lumières Award for Best Director | |
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Country | France |
Presented by | Académie des Lumières |
First awarded | 1996 |
Currently held by | Thomas Cailley for The Animal Kingdom (2024) |
Website | academiedeslumieres |
The Lumières 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.[1][2]
Winners are listed first with a blue background, followed by the other nominees.
Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
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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 |