Vulcain Prize
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The Vulcain Prize of the Technical Artist is an independent film award for feature films at the Cannes Film Festival
official selection since 2003. It rewards a technician for his collaboration in the creation of a film, and it is awarded by an special jury, appointed by the CST.
In 2003, the president of the CST Pierre-William Glenn fought to achieve that a prize in Cannes awarded a technician. So the Vulcain Prize of the Technical Artist was born to be part of the Cannes Festival palmarès.
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
official selection since 2003. It rewards a technician for his collaboration in the creation of a film, and it is awarded by an special jury, appointed by the CST.
History
In 1951, the CST (Superior Technical Commission of Image and Sound) created the Technical Grand Prize of the CST, awarded at the Cannes Festival. That prize existed until 2001.In 2003, the president of the CST Pierre-William Glenn fought to achieve that a prize in Cannes awarded a technician. So the Vulcain Prize of the Technical Artist was born to be part of the Cannes Festival palmarès.
Vulcain Prize (since 2003)
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| 2011 | The Skin I Live In The Skin I Live In The Skin I Live In is a 2011 Spanish film directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo and Blanca Suárez, and is loosely based on Thierry Jonquet's novel Tarantula. The film was the first collaboration in 21 years between Almodóvar... |
José Luis Alcaine José Luis Alcaine José Luis Alcaine is a Spanish born cinematographer. He was educated in Tangier's French Lycee Regnault and in the Spanish Institute. He was the first cinematographer to use fluorescent tube as key lighting in the 1970s. He has worked on films such as Belle Époque Blast from the Past, and Two Much... |
Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular... |
| 2010 | Biutiful Biutiful Biutiful is a drama film directed by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Javier Bardem. It is González Iñárritu's first feature since Babel and fourth overall, and his first film in his native Spanish language since his debut feature Amores perros... |
Jon Taylor, Bob Beemer | Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican film director.González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the DGA of America for Best Director. He is also the first and only Mexican born director to have won the Prix de la mise en scene... |
| 2009 | Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Map of the Sounds of Tokyo is a 2009 Spanish drama film directed by Isabel Coixet. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:... |
Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet is a Spanish film director.She received an M.A. in history from the University of Barcelona... |
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| 2008 | Il Divo Il Divo (film) Il Divo is a 2008 Italian biographical drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. It competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, where it was awarded the Jury Prize... |
Luca Bigazzi, Angelo Raguseo | Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Naples.Sorrentino's first film as screenwriter, Polvere di Napoli, was released in 1998. He began directing several short movies, like L'amore non ha confini, in 1998, and La notte lunga, in 2001... |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 biographical drama film based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of the same name. The film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke, on December 8, 1995, at the age of 42, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. The... |
Janusz Kamiński Janusz Kaminski Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has photographed all of Steven Spielberg's films since 1993's Schindler's List.-Life and career:... |
Julian Schnabel Julian Schnabel Julian Schnabel is an American artist and filmmaker. In the 1980s, Schnabel received international media attention for his "plate paintings"—large-scale paintings set on broken ceramic plates.... |
| 2006 | Babel | Stephen Mirrione Stephen Mirrione Stephen Mirrione is an American film editor. He won an Academy Award for his editing of the film Traffic .-Life and career:... |
Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican film director.González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the DGA of America for Best Director. He is also the first and only Mexican born director to have won the Prix de la mise en scene... |
| 2005 | Last Days Last Days (film) Last Days is a 2005 American film directed, produced, and written by Gus Van Sant, and is a fictionalized account of the last days of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. It was released to theaters in the United States on July 22, 2005, and was produced by HBO. The film stars Michael Pitt as the... |
Leslie Shatz Leslie Shatz Leslie Shatz is an American sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film The Mummy. He has worked on over 140 films since 1971.-External links:... |
Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. is an American director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician, and author. He is a two time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director for his 1997 film Good Will Hunting and his 2008 film Milk, both of which were also nominated for Best Picture, and won the... |
| Sin City Sin City (film) Sin City, also known as Frank Miller's Sin City, is a 2005 crime thriller film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez... |
Robert Rodriguez Robert Rodriguez Robert Anthony Rodríguez is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in his native Texas and Mexico. He has directed such films as Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Sin City, Planet... |
Robert Rodriguez Robert Rodriguez Robert Anthony Rodríguez is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in his native Texas and Mexico. He has directed such films as Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Sin City, Planet... |
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| 2004 | Clean Clean (film) Clean is a 2004 film directed by French director Olivier Assayas, starring Nick Nolte and Maggie Cheung. It was jointly funded by Canada, France, and United Kingdom sources.-Plot:... |
Eric Gautier | Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas is a French film director and screenwriter.He made his debut in 1986, after directing some short films and writing for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma.-Career:... |
| The Motorcycle Diaries The Motorcycle Diaries The Motorcycle Diaries is a memoir that traces the early travels of Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, then a 23-year-old medical student, and his friend Alberto Granado, a 29-year-old biochemist... |
Eric Gautier | Walter Salles Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles, Jr. is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence.-Life and career:Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is the son of Elizinha Goncalves and Walter Moreira Salles, a Brazilian banker and ambassador, and the brother of João Moreira Salles, also a... |
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| 2003 | Mystic River Mystic River (film) Mystic River is a 2003 American drama film directed, co-produced and scored by Clint Eastwood, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney and Emmy Rossum. The film was written by Brian Helgeland, based on Dennis Lehane's novel of the same... |
Tom Stern Tom Stern (cinematographer) Thomas Evans "Tom" Stern, ASC, AFC is an American cinematographer best known for his work on films directed by Clint Eastwood... |
Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide... |
Technical Grand Prize (1951-2000)
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| 2000 | In the Mood for Love In the Mood for Love In the Mood for Love is a 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung... |
Christopher Doyle Christopher Doyle Christopher Doyle is a cinematographer. He has won the AFI Award for cinematography, the Cannes Technical Grand Prize, Golden Osella, the Golden Horse awards , and Hong Kong Film Award . Doyle is an affiliate of the Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers.-Biography:Doyle was born in Sydney,... , Ping Bin Lee, William Chang |
Wong Kar-wai Wong Kar-wai Wong Kar-wai BBS is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized, emotionally resonant work, including Days of Being Wild , Ashes of Time , Chungking Express , Fallen Angels , Happy Together and 2046... |
| 1999 | The Emperor and the Assassin The Emperor and the Assassin The Emperor and the Assassin, also known as The First Emperor, is a 1998 Chinese historical romance film based primarily on Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin, as described in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. The film was directed by Chen Kaige and stars Gong Li, Zhang... |
Tu Juhua | Chen Kaige Chen Kaige Chen Kaige is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling.-Early life:... |
| 1998 | Tango | Vittorio Storaro Vittorio Storaro Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C., A.I.C. is an Italian cinematographer.In 2003, a survey conducted by the International Cinematographers Guild judged Storaro one of history's ten most influential cinematographers.-Biography:... |
Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies... |
| 1997 | She's So Lovely She's So Lovely She's So Lovely is a 1997 film directed by Nick Cassavetes, written by the late John Cassavetes. At the time of its release, it received special attention because, eight years after his death, it was the first film to posthumously feature new material from John Cassavetes.The film stars Sean Penn... |
Thierry Arbogast Thierry Arbogast Thierry Arbogast is a prolific and multi-award–winning French cinematographer. He was born in France in 1957 and his career spans nearly thirty years.-Awards:* 1991 nominated for the César Award for Best Cinematography for Nikita.... |
Nick Cassavetes |
| The Fifth Element The Fifth Element The Fifth Element is a 1997 French science fiction film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich... |
Thierry Arbogast Thierry Arbogast Thierry Arbogast is a prolific and multi-award–winning French cinematographer. He was born in France in 1957 and his career spans nearly thirty years.-Awards:* 1991 nominated for the César Award for Best Cinematography for Nikita.... |
Luc Besson Luc Besson Luc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer.-Early life:... |
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| 1996 | Microcosmos | Whole technical team | Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou |
| 1995 | Shanghai Triad Shanghai Triad Shanghai Triad is a 1995 Chinese film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. The film is set in the criminal underworld of 1930s Shanghai, Republic of China and spans seven days... |
Lü Yue Lü Yue Lü Yue is a Chinese cinematographer and film director. Born in Tianjin, Lü is today among the most important cinematographers of recent Chinese cinema, and is particularly well known for his collaborations with director Zhang Yimou with whom he served as director of photography in three films... , Olivier Chiavassa, Bruno Patin |
Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. He is counted amongst the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with Red Sorghum.... |
| 1994 | Dead Tired | Pitof Pitof Jean-Christophe "Pitof" Comar is a French visual effects supervisor and director notable for Vidocq and Catwoman.-Career:... |
Michel Blanc Michel Blanc Michel Blanc is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs... |
| 1993 | Mazeppa Mazeppa (film) Mazeppa is a 1993 French drama film directed by Bartabas. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Technical Grand Prize.-Cast:* Miguel Bosé - Gericault* Bartabas - Franconi* Brigitte Marty - Mouste... |
Jean Gargonne, Vincent Arnadi | Bartabas Bartabas Bartabas is the performing name of a French horse trainer, film producer and impressario. He created his first theater company at age seventeen, and later founded the performing troupe, Cirque Aligre. In 1998, he founded the equestrian performing show, Zingaro, which means "Gypsy"... |
| 1992 | El Viaje | Fernando Solanas Fernando Solanas Fernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and politician.... |
Fernando Solanas Fernando Solanas Fernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and politician.... |
| 1991 | Europa | Lars von Trier Lars von Trier Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion.... |
Lars von Trier Lars von Trier Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion.... |
| 1990 | Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film) Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the... |
Pierre Lhomme Pierre Lhomme Pierre Lhomme is a French Director of Photography.-Filmography:*2002 : Le Divorce by James Ivory*1999 : Cotton Mary by Ismail Merchant*1998 : Voleur de vie by Yves Angelo... |
Jean-Paul Rappeneau Jean-Paul Rappeneau Jean-Paul Rappeneau is a French film director, screenwriter, and actor.He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le metro in 1960 and Vie privee in 1961... |
| 1989 | Black Rain Black Rain (Japanese film) is a 1989 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura and based on the novel of the same name by Ibuse Masuji. The events are centered on the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.-Plot:... |
Shōhei Imamura Shohei Imamura was a Japanese film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards.His eldest son Daisuke Tengan is also a script writer and film director, and worked on the screenplays to Imamura's filmsThe Eel , Dr... |
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| 1988 | Bird | Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide... |
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| 1987 | Le Cinéma dans les Yeux | Gilles and Laurent Jacob | |
| 1986 | The Mission | Roland Joffé Roland Joffé Roland Joffé is an English-French film director who is known for his Oscar nominated movies, The Killing Fields and The Mission. He began his career in television. His early television credits included episodes of Coronation Street and an adaptation of The Stars Look Down for Granada... |
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| 1985 | Insignificance Insignificance (film) Insignificance is a 1985 motion picture drama/comedy directed by Nicolas Roeg, produced by Jeremy Thomas and Alexander Stuart, and adapted by Terry Johnson from his play of the same name. The film is set in 1954, with most of the action taking place in a hotel room in New York City... |
Nicolas Roeg Nicolas Roeg Nicolas Jack Roeg, CBE, BSC is an English film director and cinematographer.-Life and career:Roeg was born in London, the son of Mabel Gertrude and Jack Nicolas Roeg... |
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| 1984 | The Element of Crime The Element of Crime The Element of Crime is the first feature film directed by noted Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier. The film, released in 1984, is also the first in the director's Europa trilogy... |
Lars von Trier Lars von Trier Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion.... |
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| 1983 | Carmen Carmen (1983 film) Carmen is a 1983 film adaptation of the novel Carmen by Prosper Mérimée, using music from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It was directed and choreographed in the flamenco style by Carlos Saura... |
Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies... |
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| 1982 | Passion Passion (1982 film) Passion is a 1982 film by Jean-Luc Godard, and the second feature film made during his return to relatively mainstream filmmaking in the 1980s, sometimes referred to as the Second Wave... |
Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave".... |
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| 1981 | Les Uns et les Autres Les Uns et les Autres Les Uns et les Autres is a 1981 French film by Claude Lelouch. The film is a musical epic and it is widely considered as the director's best work with Un Homme et une Femme. It won the Technical Grand Prize at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. In the United States, it was distributed under the name... |
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| 1980 | The Risk of Living | Gérald Calderon | |
| 1979 | Norma Rae Norma Rae Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film that tells the story of a factory worker from a small town in North Carolina, who becomes involved in the labor union activities at the textile factory where she works... |
Martin Ritt Martin Ritt Martin Ritt was an American director, actor, and playwright who worked in both film and theater. He was born in New York City.-Early career and influences:... |
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| 1978 | Pretty Baby | Louis Malle Louis Malle Louis Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. His films include Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Atlantic City , and Au revoir, les enfants .- Early years in France :Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries,... |
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| 1977 | Car Wash | Michael Schultz Michael Schultz Michael Schultz is an American director and producer of film and television.-Life and career:Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Katherine Frances , a factory worker, and Leo Schultz, an insurance salesman... |
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| 1976 | Fang and Claw | Michel Fano | |
| 1975 | A Touch of Zen A Touch of Zen A Touch of Zen is a 1971 Taiwanese wuxia film directed by King Hu. The film won significant critical acclaim and became the first Chinese language action film ever to win a prize at the Cannes Film Festival, claiming the Technical Grand Prize award.... |
King Hu King Hu King Hu was a Hong Kong- and Taiwan-based Chinese film director whose Wuxia films brought Chinese cinema to new technical and artistic heights. His films Come Drink with Me , Dragon Gate Inn and A Touch of Zen inaugurated a new generation of wuxia films in the late 1960s... |
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| Don't Don't (film) Don't is a 1974 short American documentary film directed by Robin Lehman. It won an Academy Award at the 47th Academy Awards in 1975 for Documentary Short Subject.... |
Robin Lehman | ||
| 1974 | Mahler Mahler (film) Mahler is a 1974 biographical film based on the life of composer Gustav Mahler. It was written and directed by Ken Russell for Goodtimes Enterprises, and starred Robert Powell as Gustav Mahler and Georgina Hale as Alma Mahler... |
Ken Russell Ken Russell Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell was an English film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. He attracted criticism as being obsessed with sexuality and the church... |
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| 1973 | Cries and Whispers Cries and Whispers Cries and Whispers is a 1972 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin and Liv Ullmann. The film is set on a mansion at the end of the 19th century and is about two sisters who watch over their third sister on her deathbed, torn... |
Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and... |
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| 1972 | Zikkaron | Laurent Coderre | |
| 1971 | The Hellstrom Chronicle The Hellstrom Chronicle The Hellstrom Chronicle is an American film released in 1971 which combines elements of documentary and science fiction to present a gripping depiction of the Darwinian struggle for survival between humans and insects. It was conceived and produced by David L... |
Walon Green Walon Green Walon Green is an American documentary film director and screenwriter for both TV and films. He is currently the showrunner/executive producer for the USA Network television series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Career:... , Ed Spiegel |
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| 1970 | The Territory of Others The Territory of Others The Territory of Others is a 1970 French documentary film directed by François Bel. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Technical Grand Prize.... |
François Bel, Michel Fano | |
| 1968-69 | No award | ||
| 1967 | Sky Over Holland | John Fernhout | |
| 1966 | Chimes at Midnight Chimes at Midnight Chimes at Midnight, also known as Falstaff and Campanadas a medianoche , is a 1965 film directed by and starring Orson Welles. Focused on William Shakespeare's recurring character Sir John Falstaff, the film stars Welles himself as Falstaff, Keith Baxter plays Prince Hal , and John Gielgud plays... |
Orson Welles Orson Welles George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio... |
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| Skaterdater Skaterdater Skaterdater is a 1965 American short film. It was Produced by Marshal Backlar, and written and directed by Noel Black and was the winner of the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Short Subject category... |
Noel Black Noel Black Noel Black is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer.Black was born in Chicago, Illinois. He won awards at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival for an 18-minute short subject filmed in 1965 called Skaterdater. It had no dialogue, but used music and sound effects to advance... |
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| A Man and a Woman A Man and a Woman A Man and a Woman is a 1966 French film, written by Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven, and directed by Lelouch. It is notable for its lush photography , which features frequent segues between full color, black-and-white, and sepia-toned shots, and for its memorable musical score by Francis Lai... |
Pierre Uytterhoeven Pierre Uytterhoeven Pierre Uytterhoeven is a screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1966 for his work with Claude Lelouch in A Man and a Woman. In 1986 he worked with Lelouch again on the film's sequel, A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later.... |
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| 1965 | Ban ye ji jiao | Yeou Lei | |
| Circus Angel Circus Angel Circus Angel is a 1965 French fantasy film directed and produced by Albert Lamorisse.-Plot:A burglar joins the circus to escape the police... |
Albert Lamorisse Albert Lamorisse Albert Lamorisse was a French filmmaker, film producer, and writer, who is best known for his award winning short films which he began making in the late 1940s, and also for inventing the famous strategic board game Risk in 1957... |
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| Une Danse Éternelle | Tamás Banovich | ||
| Overture Overture (1965 film) Overture is a 1965 Hungarian short documentary film written by János Vadász. It won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.... |
János Vadászd | ||
| 1964 | No award | Hattum Hoving | |
| 1963 | Yachting | Hattum Hoving | |
| Codine Codine (film) Codine is a 1963 French crime film directed by Henri Colpi. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for Best Screenplay.-Cast:* Alexandru Virgil Platon - Codine* Françoise Brion - Irène* Nelly Borgeaud - Zoitza Zograffi... |
Henri Colpi Henri Colpi Henri Colpi was a French film editor and film director.Colpi directed the 1961 film Une aussi longue absence, which is well-known for sharing the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival with Viridiana, which was directed by Luis Buñuel... |
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| The Cassandra Cat The Cassandra Cat The Cassandra Cat , also released under the titles When the Cat Comes, The Cat Who Wore Sunglasses, and/or That Cat) is a 1963 Czechoslovakian film directed by Vojtěch Jasný.... |
Vojtěch Jasný Vojtech Jasný Vojtěch Jasný is a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat .... |
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| 1962 | Electra | Michael Cacoyannis | |
| Oczekiwanie | Witold Giersz Witold Giersz Witold Giersz is a Polish animator.His most famous - and probably relevant - work is Kon that won also a prize at the Cracow Film Festival "for its exceptionally interesting animation technique".... |
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| The Lovers of Teruel The Lovers of Teruel (film) The Lovers of Teruel is a 1962 French musical film directed by Raymond Rouleau. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Ludmilla Tchérina - Isa* René-Louis Lafforgue - Barker * Milko Sparemblek - Manuel... |
Raymond Rouleau | ||
| Les Dieux du Feu | Henri Storck Henri Storck Henri Storck was a Belgian author, film-maker and documentarist.In 1933, he directed, with Joris Ivens, Misère au Borinage, a film about the miners in the Borinage area. In 1938, with Andre Thirifays and Pierre Vermeylen, he founded the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique... |
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| The Magnificent Concubine The Magnificent Concubine The Magnificent Concubine is a 1962 Hong Kong drama film in color directed by Li Han Hsiang and is a remake of the Kenji Mizoguchi film Yōkihi... |
Han Hsiang Li | ||
| 1961 | No award | ||
| 1960 | Paw Paw (film) Paw is a 1959 Danish film directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen.-Plot:A boy from the Caribbean, affected by the deaths of his parents and maiden aunt, escapes to the Danish forest.-Cast:* Edvin Adolphson - Anders... |
Astrid Henning-Jensen | |
| 1959 | Luna de Miel | Michael Powell Michael Powell (director) Michael Latham Powell was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger... |
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| A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1959 Czechoslovak animated puppet film directed by Jiří Trnka. It is based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival... |
Jiří Trnka Jirí Trnka Jiří Trnka was a Czech puppet maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director. In addition to his extensive career as an illustrator, especially of children's books, he is best known for his work in animation with puppets, which began in 1946... |
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| Araya Araya (film) Araya is a 1959 Venezuelan-French documentary film directed by Margot Benacerraf and co-written by Benacerraf and Pierre Seghers.- Story :Araya: a peninsula jutting into the Caribbean off northern Venezuela... |
Margot Benacerraf Margot Benacerraf Margot Benacerraf is a Venezuelan director born in the city of Caracas. Benacerraf studied at IDHEC in Paris. Her two most well-known films are the documentaries Reverón and Araya. Reverón illustrates the life of the well-known Venezuelan painter Armando Reverón... |
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| 1958 | The Flute and the Arrow The Flute and the Arrow The Flute and the Arrow is a 1957 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Sucksdorff. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Chendru - The Boy* Ginjo - The Hunter* Riga - The Hunter's Wife* Tengru-Shikari - The Boy's Grandfather... |
Arne Sucksdorff Arne Sucksdorff Arne Sucksdorff was a Swedish movie director, considered one of cinema's greatest documentary filmmakers. He was particularly celebrated for his visually poetic and scenic nature documentaries... |
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| Mon Oncle Mon Oncle Mon Oncle is a 1958 film comedy by French filmmaker Jacques Tati. The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, Mon Oncle won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign... |
Jacques Tati Jacques Tati Jacques Tati was a French filmmaker, working as a comedic actor, writer and director. In a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly of the Greatest Movie Directors Tati was voted the 46th greatest of all time... |
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| The Cranes are Flying The Cranes are Flying The Cranes Are Flying is a Soviet film about World War II. It depicts the cruelty of war and the damage suffered to the Soviet psyche as a result of World War II . It was directed at Mosfilm by the Georgian-born Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov in 1957 and stars Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana... |
Mikhail Kalatozov Mikhail Kalatozov Mikhail Kalatozov born Mikheil Kalatozishvili was a Georgian/Russian film director. Born in Tiflis , he studied economics before starting his film career as an actor and later cinematographer.... |
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| 1957 | Wiesensommer | Heinz Sielmann Heinz Sielmann Heinz Sielmann was a world renowned wildlife photographer, zoologist and documentary filmmaker.... |
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| Toute la mémoire du monde Toute la mémoire du monde Toute la mémoire du monde is a documentary short film by Alain Resnais released in 1956.- Synopsis :An essay on the potential and the limits of dutifully archived human knowledge, masquerading as a documentary on the organisation of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.- Starring :*Jacques... |
Alain Resnais Alain Resnais Alain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began... |
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| Il Sogno dei Gonzaga | Antonio Petrucci | ||
| Bolcsok | Ágoston Kollányi | ||
| The Bachelor Party The Bachelor Party The Bachelor Party is a 1953 teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky which was adapted by Chayefsky for a 1957 film.-Television:Chayefsky's teleplay was produced by Fred Coe for The Philco Television Playhouse on October 11, 1953... |
Delbert Mann Delbert Mann Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. was an American television and film director. He won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Marty... |
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| 1956 | Sob o Céu da Bahia Sob o Céu da Bahia Sob o Céu da Bahia is a 1956 Brazilian adventure film directed by Ernesto Remani. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Sérgio Hingst - Ramiro* María Moreno - Maria* Ricardo Campos* David Conde* Francisco Santos* Carlos Torres... |
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| Tovarichtch Oukhodit v More | Nikita Kurikhin | ||
| Crne Vode | Rudolf Sremec Rudolf Sremec Rudolf Sremec was a Yugoslav and Croatian film director. He is regarded as one of the most important Croatian authors of short documentary films... |
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| 1954 | The Great Adventure The Great Adventure (film) The Great Adventure is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Sucksdorff.-Cast:* Gunnar Sjöberg - Narrator * Luis Van Rooten - Narrator The Great Adventure is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Sucksdorff.-Cast:* Gunnar Sjöberg - Narrator (Anders as an adult) (voice)* Luis Van... |
Arne Sucksdorff Arne Sucksdorff Arne Sucksdorff was a Swedish movie director, considered one of cinema's greatest documentary filmmakers. He was particularly celebrated for his visually poetic and scenic nature documentaries... |
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| Nouveaux Horizons | Marcel Ichac Marcel Ichac Marcel Ichac was a French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director. Born in Rueil, France, Ichac was one of the first people to introduce electronic music in cinema with Ondes Martenot for Karakoram and released the first French movie in CinemaScope, Nouveaux Horizons .- Filmography... |
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| The Great Warrior Skanderbeg The Great Warrior Skanderbeg The Great Warrior Skanderbeg is a 1953 Albanian-Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival where it earned the International Prize... |
Sergei Yutkevich Sergei Yutkevich Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich was an award-winning Soviet film director and screenwriter.-Life and career:He began work as a teen doing puppet shows. Later he helped found the Factory of the Eccentric Actor , which was primarily concerned with circus and music hall acts. He entered films in the... |
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| Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom is an educational Adventures in Music animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions, and originally released to theaters by Buena Vista Distribution on November 10, 1953... |
Ward Kimball Ward Kimball Ward Walrath Kimball was an animator for the Walt Disney Studios. He was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as Disney's Nine Old Men.-Career:... , Charles A. Nichols Charles August Nichols Charles August "Nick" Nichols was an American animator and film director.-Biography:Nichols was born in Milford, Utah.... |
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| 1953 | Green Magic Green Magic (film) Green Magic is a 1953 Italian documentary film directed by Gian Gaspare Napolitano.-Cast:* Carlos Montalbán - Narrator, US version * Bret Morrison - Narrator, US version * Leonardo Bonzi - Himself... |
Gian Gaspare Napolitano Gian Gaspare Napolitano Gian Gaspare Napolitano was an Italian journalist, screenwriter and film director.During the 1920s, he wrote for the literary review "900", Cahiers d'Italie et d'Europe. He made ten films between 1935 and 1956... |
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| La Montagna di Cenere | Giovanni Paolucci | ||
| Pescatori di Laguna | Antonio Petrucci | ||
| Water Birds Water Birds Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. It won an Academy Award in 1953 for Best Short Subject . The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries... |
Ben Sharpsteen Ben Sharpsteen Ben Sharpsteen was an American film director and producer for Disney. He directed 31 films between 1920 and 1980.... |
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| 1952 | The Immortal Song The Immortal Song The Immortal Song is a 1951 Indian film directed by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival.... |
V. Shantaram V. Shantaram V. Shantaram is a renowned Indian filmmaker, film producer and actor. He is most known for his films like Dr... |
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| 1951 | The Tales of Hoffmann The Tales of Hoffmann (film) The Tales of Hoffmann is a 1951 British film adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann, written, produced and directed by the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger working under the umbrella of their production company, The Archers... |
Michael Powell Michael Powell (director) Michael Latham Powell was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger... , Emeric Pressburger Emeric Pressburger Emeric Pressburger was a Hungarian-British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a multiple-award-winning partnership known as The Archers and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel , The... |
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| Carnet de plongée | Jacques-Yves Cousteau Jacques-Yves Cousteau Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water... |