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Cannes: Best directors

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The Best Director Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the ‘official section’ of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.

There have only been two occasions where the winner also won the Palme d’Or. They are in 1991, when Joel Coen won for Barton Fink, and in 2003, when Gus van Sant won for Elephant.

1946 La Bataille du rai / France / René Clément
1949 The Walls of Malapaga / France / René Clément
1951 Los olvidados / Spain,Mexico / Luis Buñuel
1952 Fanfan la Tulipe / France / Christian-Jaque
1955 Rififi / United...


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