| Lumières Award for Best Director | |
| Presenter: | Académie des Lumières |
| Country: | France |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Holder: | Thomas Cailley for The Animal Kingdom (2024) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (5th) | Luc Besson | Jeanne d'Arc | |
| 2001 (6th) | Agnès Jaoui | The Taste of Others | Le Goût des autres |
| 2002 (7th) | Patrice Chéreau | Intimacy | Intimité |
| 2003 (8th) | François Ozon | 8 Women | 8 femmes |
| 2004 (9th) | Alain Resnais | Not on the Lips | Pas sur la bouche |
| 2005 (10th) | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles |
| 2006 (11th) | Philippe Garrel | Regular Lovers | Les Amants réguliers |
| 2007 (12th) | Pascale Ferran | Lady Chatterley | |
| Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs | ||
| Comedy of Power | L'Ivresse du pouvoir | ||
| Tell No One | Ne le dis à personne | ||
| Flanders | Flandres | ||
| 2008 (13th) | Abdellatif Kechiche | The Secret of the Grain | La Graine et le Mulet |
| The Witnesses | Les Témoins | ||
| La Vie en Rose | La môme | ||
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Le Scaphandre et le Papillon | ||
| Room of Death | La Chambre des morts | ||
| 2009 (14th) | François Dupeyron | With a Little Help from Myself | Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera |
| A Christmas Tale | Un conte de Noël | ||
| The Class | Entre les murs | ||
| Mesrine: L'Instinct de mort | |||
| Mesrine: L'Ennemi public n° 1 | |||
| Séraphine | |||
| Year | Winner | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (25th) | |||
| An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | ||
| Jérémy Clapin | I Lost My Body | J'ai perdu mon corps | |
| Oh Mercy! | Roubaix, une lumière | ||
| Les Misérables | |||
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | ||
| 2021 (26th) | |||
| DNA | ADN | ||
| Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | ||
| Filippo Meneghetti | Two of Us | Deux | |
| Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | ||
| Summer of 85 | Été 85 | ||
| 2022 (27th) | |||
| Annette | |||
| Paris, 13th District | Les Olympiades | ||
| Happening | L'Événement | ||
| Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues | ||
| Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle | |||
| 2023 (28th) | |||
| Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | ||
| Other People's Children | Les enfants des autres | ||
| The Night of the 12th | La Nuit du 12 | ||
| Forever Young | Les Amandiers | ||
| Vortex | |||
| 2024 (29th) | |||
| The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | ||
| Last Summer | L'Été dernier | ||
| Sons of Ramses | Goutte d'or | ||
| The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman | ||
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | ||