French Academy Awards winners and nominees

101. Pierre Guffroy

Production_designer | Le locataire

Pierre Guffroy was born on April 22, 1926 in Paris, France. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Tenant (1976), Tess (1979) and Elevator to the Gallows (1958). He died on September 27, 2010 in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France.

Nominated for Best Art Direction - Is Paris burning ? (1966) Won for Best Art Direction - Tess (1979)

102. Michel Hazanavicius

Writer | The Artist

Michel Hazanavicius was born and raised in Paris, France. His grandparents were originally from Lithuania, but relocated to France in the 1920s. Hazanavicius attended art school, and moved on to work as a director for commercials and television projects. In 1999, he wrote and directed his first ...

Won for Best Picture - The Artist (2011) Won for Best Director - The Artist (2011) Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - The Artist (2011) Nominated for Best Film Editing - The Artist (2011)

103. Isabelle Huppert

Actress | Elle

Isabelle Huppert was born March 16, 1953, in Paris, France, but spent her childhood in Ville d'Avray. Encouraged by her mother Annick Huppert (who was a teacher of English), she followed the Conservatory of Versailles and won an acting prize for her work in Alfred de Musset's "Un caprice". She then...

Nominated for Best Actress - Elle (2016)

104. Luc Jacquet

Director | La marche de l'empereur

Luc Jacquet was born on December 5, 1967 in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France. He is a director and writer, known for March of the Penguins (2005), Antarctica: Ice and Sky (2015) and Il était une forêt (2013).

Won for Best Documentary Feature - March of the Penguins (2005)

105. Agnès Jaoui

Actress | Le goût des autres

Agnès Jaoui was born on October 19, 1964 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is an actress and writer, known for The Taste of Others (2000), Look at Me (2004) and Family Resemblances (1996). She was previously married to Jean-Pierre Bacri.

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - The Taste of Others (2000)

106. Maurice Jarre

Composer | Lawrence of Arabia

Unlike many musicians who started to learn music while still in their childhood, Maurice Jarre was already late in his teens when he discovered music and decided to make a career in that field. Against his father's will, he enrolled at Conservatoire de Paris where he studied percussions, ...

Won for Best Original Score - Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Nominated for Best Adaptation or Treatment Score - Sundays and Cybele (1962) Won for Best Original Score - Doctor Zhivago (1965) Nominated for Best Original Song - The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1971) Nominated for Best Original Score - Mohammad, Messenger of God (1977) Won for Best Original Score - A Passage to India (1984) Nominated for Best Original Score - Witness (1985) Nominated for Best Original Score - Gorillas in the Mist (1988) Nominated for Best Original Score - Ghost (1990)

107. Jean Louis

Costume_designer | From Here to Eternity

This Hollywood costume designer is best known for his creation of the strapless black gown worn by Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946). He also designed the gowns worn by Loretta Young during her swirling entrances in her "Loretta Young Show" on TV during the 50's and 60's. (Decades later, he and Miss ...

Nominated for Best Costume Design - Born Yesterday (1950) Nominated for Best Costume Design - Affair in Trinidad (1952) Nominated for Best Costume Design - From Here to Eternity (1953) Nominated for Best Costume Design - It should happen to you (1954) Nominated for Best Costume Design - A star is born (1954) Nominated for Best Costume Design - Queen Bee (1955) Won for Best Costume Design - The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) Nominated for Best Costume Design - Pal Joey (1957) Nominated for Best Costume Design - Bell, Book and Candle (1958) Nominated for Best Costume Design - Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Nominated for Best Costume Design - Back Street (1961) Nominated for Best Costume Design - Ship of Fools (1965) Nominated for Best Costume Design - Gambit (1966) Nominated for Best Costume Design - Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

108. Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Director | Un long dimanche de fiançailles

Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a self-taught director who was very quickly interested by cinema, with a predilection for a fantastic cinema where form is as important as the subject. Thus he started directing TV commercials and video clips (such as Julien Clerc in 1984). At the same time he met designer/...

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Amélie (2001) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Amélie (2001)

109. Corinne Jorry

Costume_designer | Au revoir les enfants

Corinne Jorry is known for Goodbye, Children (1987), Three Colors: Red (1994) and Tous les matins du monde (1991).

Nominated for Best Costume Design - Madame Bovary (1991)

110. Fabrice Joubert

Director | Safety

Fabrice Joubert is known for Safety (2019) and French Roast (2008).

Nominated for Best Animated Short - French Roast (2008)

111. Sam Karmann

Director | Omnibus

Sam Karmann was born on September 23, 1953 in Port Said, Egypt. He is an actor and director, known for Omnibus (1992), Kennedy et moi (1999) and La vérité ou presque (2007).

Won for Best Live Action Short - Omnibus (1992)

112. Marin Karmitz

Producer | Trois couleurs: Bleu

Marin Karmitz was born on October 7, 1938 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a producer and director, known for Three Colors: Blue (1993), Three Colors: Red (1994) and Three Colors: White (1994).

Nominated for Best Documentary Short - Adolescence (1966)

113. Lila Kedrova

Actress | Alexis Zorbas

Lila Kedrova was a Russian actress, who spend most of her career as an expatriate. For her role as widowed courtesan Madame Hortense in Zorba the Greek (1964), Kedrova won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was the first Russian actress to win the award, and this was her only ...

Nominated for Best Supporting Actress - Zorba the Greek (1964)

114. Diane Kurys

Director | Pour une femme

Diane Kurys was born on December 3, 1948 in Lyon, Rhône, France. She is an actress and director, known for For a Woman (2013), Entre Nous (1983) and Peppermint Soda (1977).

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Entre nous (1983)

115. Francis Lai

Composer | Love Story

Francis Lai was born on April 26, 1932 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Love Story (1970), Stranger Than Fiction (2006) and Kingpin (1996). He was married to Dagmar Puetz. He died on November 7, 2018 in Paris, France.

Won for Best Original Score - Love Story (1970)

116. Albert Lamorisse

Director | Le ballon rouge

A former photographer, he turned to directing short subjects in the late 40s, soon acquiring an international reputation for the poetic quality of his short and medium-length films involving the fantasy world of children. Both his White Mane (1953) and The Red Balloon (1956) received a grand prize ...

Won for Best Original Screenplay - Le Ballon rouge (1956) Nominated for Best Documentary Feature - The Lovers' Wind (1978)

117. Thomas Langmann

Producer | The Artist

Thomas Langmann was born on May 24, 1971 in Paris, France. He is a producer and actor, known for The Artist (2011), Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008) and Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008). He has been married to Céline Bosquet since June 21, 2013.

Won for Best Picture - The Artist (2011)

118. Guillaume Laurant

Writer | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

Guillaume Laurant was born on November 22, 1961 in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France. He is a writer and actor, known for Amélie (2001), A Very Long Engagement (2004) and I Lost My Body (2019). He was previously married to Sandrine Bonnaire.

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Amélie (2001)

119. Didier Lavergne

Make_up_department | La Môme

Didier Lavergne is known for La Vie En Rose (2007), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) and The Ghost Writer (2010).

Won for Best Makeup - La Vie en Rose (2007)

120. Patrice Leconte

Director | Ridicule

Patrice Leconte was born on November 12, 1947 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Ridicule (1996), La fille sur le pont (1999) and Man on the Train (2002).

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Ridicule (1996)

121. Michel Legrand

Composer | The Thomas Crown Affair

Michel Legrand is a three-time Academy Award-winning French composer, conductor and pianist who composed over 200 film and television scores as well as recorded over a hundred albums of jazz, popular and classical music.

He was born on February 24, 1932, in Becon-les-Bruyeres, in the Paris suburbs, ...

Nominated for Best Original Song - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Nominated for Best Original Score - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Nominated for Best Adaptation or Treatment Score - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Nominated for Best Adaptation or Treatment Score - The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) Nominated for Best Original Score - The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Won for Best Original Song - The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Nominated for Best Original Song - The Happy Ending (1969) Nominated for Best Original Song - Pieces of Dreams (1970) Won for Best Original Score - Summer of '42 (1971) Nominated for Best Original Song - Best Friends (1982) Nominated for Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score - Yentl (1983) Nominated for Best Original Song - Yentl (1983) Nominated for Best Original Song - Yentl (1983)

122. Xavier Legrand

Director | Jusqu'à la garde

Xavier Legrand was born on March 28, 1979 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France. He is an actor and director, known for Custody (2017), Just Before Losing Everything (2013) and The Successor (2023).

Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film - Avant que de tout perdre (2013)

123. Claude Lelouch

Director | Un homme et une femme

He started off by making short films for television on which he was producer,screenwriter and cameraman. This was interrupted by military service in the army but only partly as he was put into the army film unit where he made over 100 films. Demobbed in 1960 he used family money for his first ...

Nominated for Best Director - A Man and a Woman (1966) Won for Best Original Screenplay - A Man and a Woman (1966) Won for Best Foreign Language Film - A Man and a Woman (1966) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Live for Life (1967)

124. Guillaume Leriche

Sound_department | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

Guillaume Leriche was born on June 6, 1975 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is known for Amélie (2001), 3 Days to Kill (2014) and A Very Long Engagement (2004).

Nominated for Best Sound Mixing - Amélie (2001)

125. Michel Leroy

Actor | Exorcist: The Beginning

Michel Leroy was born on June 2, 1931 in Sivry-Rance, Wallonia, Belgium. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Exorcist: The Beginning (2004), Sueurs froides (1988) and S.A.S. San Salvador (1982). He died on May 15, 2003 in Juan-les-Pins, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Won for Best Live Action Short Film - One-eyed men are king (1974)

126. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade

Director | Jeux d'influence

After studying journalism and law in Paris, de Lestrade created his own TV news agency, Tribulations, in 1987. He directed and produced, within Tribulations, during five years, and reported for European television.

In 1992, he became a freelance director to be able to specialise in making ...

Won for Best Documentary Feature - Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)

127. Catherine Leterrier

Costume_designer | Coco avant Chanel

Academy award nominated costume designer Catherine Leterrier has a distinguished body of work that includes works with directors such as Michael Haneke, Ridley Scott, Robert Altman, Andrzej Zulawski, Alain Resnais, Luc Besson, Jonathan Demme, Jean-Paul Rappeneau and even with her husband François ...

Nominated for Best Costume Design - Coco Before Chanel (2009)

128. Eugène Lourié

Production_designer | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Russian-born French art director and director who gained a significant reputation, particularly as a collaborator with director Jean Renoir. At the age of sixteen, Lourié went to Paris where he studied painting and stage design. He designed sets and costumes for various ballet companies before ...

Nominated for Best Visual Effects - Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)

129. Hervé de Luze

Editor | The Ghost Writer

Hervé de Luze was born in 1949. He is an editor, known for The Ghost Writer (2010), Tell No One (2006) and The Pianist (2002).

Nominated for Best Editing - The Pianist (2002)

130. Michel Magne

Music_department | Gigot

Michel Magne was born on March 20, 1930 in Lisieux, Calvados, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Gigot (1962), S.A.S. San Salvador (1982) and The Sleeping Car Murder (1965). He died on December 19, 1984 in Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France.

Nominated for Best Adaptation or Treatment Score - Gigot (1962)

131. Louis Malle

Director | Au revoir les enfants

Louis Malle, the descendant of a French nobleman who made a fortune in beet sugar during the Napoleonic Wars, created films that explored life and its meaning. Malle's family discouraged his early interest in film but, in 1950, allowed him to enter the Institute of Advanced Cinematographic Studies ...

Won for Best Documentary Feature - The Silent World (1956) Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Murmur of the Heart (1971) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Lacombe Lucien (1974) Nominated for Best Picture - Atlantic City (1980) Nominated for Best Director - Atlantic City (1980) Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Au revoir les enfants (1987) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Au revoir les enfants (1987)

132. Anne-Marie Marchand

Costume_designer | Le retour de Martin Guerre

Anne-Marie Marchand was born on May 27, 1929. She was a costume designer and production designer, known for The Return of Martin Guerre (1982), Montparnasse 19 (1958) and Fanny (1961). She died on August 1, 2005 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Costume Design - The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)

133. Colette Marchand

Actress | Moulin Rouge

Colette Marchand was a French prima ballerina with a relatively brief acting career. For her performance in "Moulin Rouge" (1952), Marchand was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1925, Marchand was born in Paris, Her parents were Roger Marchand and his wife Alice Lioret.

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Nominated for Best Supporting Actress - Moulin Rouge (1952)

134. Henri Marquet

Writer | Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

Henri Marquet was born on June 19, 1908 in Paris, France. He was a writer and assistant director, known for Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953), Playtime (1967) and Jour de Fête (1949). He died on August 14, 1980 in MORLAIX, France.

Nominated for Best Story and Screenplay - Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)

135. Elizabeth Marre

Director | Manon sur le bitume

Elizabeth Marre is known for Manon sur le bitume (2007), Caramel (2007) and 5 histoires... d'amour (2006).

Nominated for Best Live Action Short - Manon on the Asphalt (2007)

136. Jean Marsan

Writer | Le mouton à cinq pattes

Jean Marsan was born on April 7, 1920 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a writer and actor, known for The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954), Ce soir les jupons volent... (1956) and Au théâtre ce soir (1966). He died on September 29, 1977 in Grez-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne, ...

Nominated for Best Story - The sheep has five legs (1954)

137. Margaret Ménégoz

Producer | Amour

Margaret Ménégoz was born on April 21, 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. She is a producer and assistant director, known for Amour (2012), The White Ribbon (2009) and Caché (2005). She was previously married to Robert Ménégoz.

Nominated for Best Picture - Amour (2012)

138. Jean-Charles Meunier

Director | Hypothèse Beta

Jean-Charles Meunier is known for Hypothèse Beta (1967), Cocoshaker (1981) and Les jetons (1979).

Nominated for Best Animated Short - Hypothese Beta (1967)

139. Ariane Mnouchkine

Director | Molière

Ariane Mnouchkine was born on March 3, 1939 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is a director and writer, known for Molière (1978), That Man from Rio (1964) and 1789 (1974).

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - The Man from Rio (1964)

140. Édouard Molinaro

Writer | The Birdcage

Édouard Molinaro was born on May 13, 1928 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Birdcage (1996), La Cage aux Folles (1978) and A Mistress for the Summer (1960). He was married to Catherine Molinaro, Marie-Hélène Breillat and Pierrette Carvallo. He died on ...

Nominated for Best Director - La Cage aux Folles (1978) Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay - La Cage aux Folles (1978)

141. Marcel Moussy

Writer | Les quatre cents coups

Marcel Moussy was born on May 7, 1924 in Algiers, Alger, France. He was a writer and director, known for The 400 Blows (1959), Christa (1971) and Saint-Tropez Blues (1961). He died on August 10, 1995 in Caen, Calvados, France.

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - The 400 Blows (1959)

142. Jacques Natanson

Writer | La ronde

Jacques Natanson was born on May 15, 1901 in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Jacques was a writer and director, known for La Ronde (1950), Les gais lurons (1936) and Street of Shadows (1937). Jacques died on May 19, 1975 in Le Bugue, Dordogne, France.

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - La Ronde (1950)

143. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

Director | Kate

Cedric Nicolas-Troyan was born on March 9, 1969 in Talence, Gironde, France. He is a director, known for Kate (2021), The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016) and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). He has been married to Sue Troyan since July 25, 2002. They have one child.

Nominated for Best Visual Effects - Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

144. Bruno Nuytten

Cinematographer | Jean de Florette

Bruno Nuytten is one of the most successful French cinematographers notable for his many collaborations with outstanding filmmakers. He was twice awarded the César for Best Cinematography: Barocco (1976) and So Long, Stooge (1983). Later he started to direct and is best known for his masterpiece ...

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Camille Claudel (1988)

145. Marcel Ophüls

Director | Hôtel Terminus

Marcel Ophuls (actually Marcel Oppenheimer) is the son of the famous German film maker Max Ophüls. He spent his formative years in Hollywood, briefly served with a U.S. Army theatrical unit in Japan in 1946 and then attended the University of California, Berkely. In 1950, already a naturalized ...

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature - The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) Won for Best Documentary Feature - Hôtel Terminus (1988)

146. Max Ophüls

Director | La ronde

Director Max Ophüls was born Max Oppenheimer in Saarbrücken, Germany. He began his career as a stage actor and director in the golden twenties. He worked in cities such as Stuttgart, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Vienna, Frankfurt, Breslau and Berlin. In 1929 his son Marcel Ophüls was born in Frankfurt, ...

Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay - La Ronde (1950) Nominated for Best Art Direction - Le Plaisir (1952)

147. Philippe Orreindy

Writer | J'attendrai le suivant...

Philippe Orreindy is known for J'attendrai le suivant... (2002), Harmoniques (1998) and Voyages dans une toile (1996).

Nominated for Best Live Action Short - I'll wait for the next one... (2001)

148. Vincent Paronnaud

Writer | Persepolis

Vincent Paronnaud was born in 1970 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. He is a writer and director, known for Persepolis (2007), Chicken with Plums (2011) and The Death, Dad & Son (2017).

Nominated for Best Animated Feature - Persepolis (2007)

149. Gérard Patris

Director | L'anthropographe

Gérard Patris was a director and producer, known for L'anthropographe (1991), Un homme de Russie (1970) and My Name Is Stern (1972). He died on February 28, 1990 in Chailles, Loir-et-Cher, France.

Won for Best Documentary Feature - Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life (1969)

150. Georges Périnal

Camera_department | The Thief of Bagdad

Georges Périnal was born in 1897 in Paris, France. He was a cinematographer, known for The Thief of Bagdad (1940), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and Under the Roofs of Paris (1930). He died on April 23, 1965 in London, England, UK.

Nominated for Best Cinematography - The Four Feathers (1939) Won for Best Cinematography - The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

151. Jacques Perret

Writer | Le mouton à cinq pattes

Jacques Perret was born on September 8, 1904 in Trappes, Yvelines, France. Jacques was a writer and composer, known for The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954), The Elusive Corporal (1962) and Ernest le rebelle (1938). Jacques died on December 10, 1992 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

Nominated for Best Story - The sheep has five legs (1954)

152. Jacques Perrin

Actor | Z

He started out as romantic hero full of beauty and talent in Girl with a Suitcase (1961) beside Claudia Cardinale. Director Valerio Zurlini engaged the talented young actor for his Family Diary (1962) as Marcello Mastroianni's brother. Jacques Perrin's longtime work with director Costa-Gavras ...

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature - Winged Migration (2001)

153. Raoul Ploquin

Producer | Le mouton à cinq pattes

Raoul Ploquin was born on May 30, 1900 in Paris, France. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954), Le diable en bouteille (1935) and La guerre des valses (1933). He died on November 29, 1992 in Louveciennes, Yvelines, France.

Nominated for Best Story - The sheep has five legs (1954)

154. Jean Poiret

Writer | The Birdcage

Jean Poiret was born on August 17, 1926 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Birdcage (1996), Cop Au Vin (1985) and La Cage aux Folles (1978). He was married to Caroline Cellier and Françoise Dorin. He died on March 14, 1992 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay - La Cage aux Folles (1978)

155. Roman Polanski

Director | Chinatown

Roman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few truly international filmmakers. Roman Polanski was born in Paris in 1933.

His parents returned to Poland from France in 1936, three years ...

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Knife in the Water (1962) Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay - Rosemary's Baby (1968) Nominated for Best Director - Chinatown (1974) Nominated for Best Director - Tess (1979) Nominated for Best Picture - The Pianist (2002) Won for Best Director - The Pianist (2002)

156. Philippe Pollet-Villard

Actor | Le Mozart des pickpockets

Philippe Pollet-Villard was born on October 30, 1960 in Annecy, France. He is an actor and writer, known for The Mozart of Pickpockets (2006), Ma place sur le trottoir (1997) and Tombés du camion (2024).

Won for Best Live Action Short - The Mozart of Pickpockets (2006)

157. Olivier Pont

Director | Manon sur le bitume

Olivier Pont is known for Manon sur le bitume (2007), An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) and 5 histoires... d'amour (2006).

Nominated for Best Live Action Short - Manon on the Asphalt (2007)

158. Jacques Prévert

Writer | Les enfants du paradis

Jacques Prévert was born on February 4, 1900 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Children of Paradise (1945), The Score (2001) and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997). He was married to Janine Tricotet and Simone Dienne. He died on April 11,...

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Children of Paradise (1945)

159. Jean Rabasse

Production_designer | La cité des enfants perdus

Jean Rabasse is known for The City of Lost Children (1995), Jackie (2016) and Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999).

Nominated for Best Art Direction - Vatel (2000)

160. Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Writer | Cyrano de Bergerac

Jean-Paul Rappeneau was born on April 8, 1932 in Auxerre, Yonne, France. He is a writer and director, known for Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), A Matter of Resistance (1966) and Bon Voyage (2003).

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - The Man from Rio (1964) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

161. François Reichenbach

Director | Un coeur gros comme ça

François Reichenbach was born on July 3, 1921 in Paris, France. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Winner (1961), America as Seen by a Frenchman (1960) and Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? (1975). He died on February 2, 1993 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Won for Best Documentary Feature - Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life (1969)

162. Benjamin Renner

Director | Le grand méchant renard et autres contes...

Benjamin Renner is known for The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017), Ernest & Celestine (2012) and A Mouse's Tale (2008).

Nominated for Best Animated Feature - Ernest and Celestine (2013)

163. Jean Renoir

Writer | La règle du jeu

Son of the famous Impressionist painter Pierre Auguste, he had a happy childhood. Pierre Renoir was his brother, and Claude Renoir was his nephew. After the end of World War I, where he won the Croix de Guerre, he moved from scriptwriting to filmmaking. He married Catherine Hessling, for whom he ...

Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Grand Illusion (1937) Nominated for Best Direction - The Southerner (1945)

164. Jean-Louis Richard

Writer | Fahrenheit 451

Jean-Louis Richard was born on May 17, 1927 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Fahrenheit 451 (1966), Day for Night (1973) and The Bride Wore Black (1968). He was married to Corinne Bricaire and Jeanne Moreau. He died on June 3, 2012 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Day for Night (1973)

165. Emmanuelle Riva

Actress | Hiroshima mon amour

An only child, Emmanuelle was born Paulette Germaine Riva in Cheniménil, but eventually grew up in Remiremont. Her mother, Jeanne Fernande Nourdin, was a seamstress. Her father, René Alfred "Alfredo" Riva, was a sign writer. Her paternal grandfather was Italian. She dreamed of becoming an actress ...

Nominated for Best Actress - Amour (2012)

166. Alain Robbe-Grillet

Writer | Un bruit qui rend fou

Born in Brest, France, in 1922, Alain Robbe-Grillet initially studied mathematics and biology. He graduated from the Paris-based Institut National Agronomique (National Institute of Agronomy) in 1945 and embarked on a career of scientific research in the tropics and in France. Then at age 30 he ...

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

167. Éric Rohmer

Director | Ma nuit chez Maud

Admirers have always had difficulty explaining Éric Rohmer's "Je ne sais quoi." Part of the challenge stems from the fact that, despite his place in French Nouvelle Vague (i.e., New Wave), his work is unlike that of his colleagues. While this may be due to the auteur's unwillingness to conform, ...

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - My Night at Maud's (1969) Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - My Night at Maud's (1969)

168. Frédéric Rossif

Director | Mourir à Madrid

Frédéric Rossif was born on August 14, 1922 in Cetinje, Montenegro. He was a director and producer, known for To Die in Madrid (1963), Portrait: Orson Welles (1968) and La vie des animaux (1952). He died on April 18, 1990 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature - To Die in Madrid (1963)

169. Philippe Rousselot

Cinematographer | A River Runs Through It

Philippe Rousselot was born on September 4, 1945 in Briey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He is a cinematographer and director, known for A River Runs Through It (1992), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988).

Nominated for Best Cinematography - Hope and Glory (1987) Nominated for Best Cinematography - Henry & June (1990) Won for Best Cinematography - A river runs through it (1992)

170. Jacques Rouxel

Production_designer | Cyrano de Bergerac

Jacques Rouxel is known for Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Bon Voyage (2003) and Zonzon (1998).

Nominated for Best Art Direction - Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

171. Alain Sarde

Producer | The Ghost Writer

Alain Sarde was born on March 28, 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a producer and actor, known for The Ghost Writer (2010), The Pianist (2002) and Mulholland Drive (2001).

Nominated for Best Picture - The Pianist (2002)

172. Philippe Sarde

Composer | Le locataire

Philippe Sarde was born on June 21, 1948 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a composer and actor, known for The Tenant (1976), Barocco (1976) and Lord of the Flies (1990). He has been married to Clotilde Burrer since 1994. They have two children. He was previously married to Nave ...

Nominated for Best Original Score - Tess (1979)

173. Jean-Paul Sartre

Writer | Les orgueilleux

Jean-Paul Charles-Aymard Sartre was born on June 21, 1905, in Paris, France. His father, Jean-Baptiste Sartre, was an officer in the French Navy. His mother, Anne-Marie Schweitzer, was the cousin of Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer. Sartre was one year old when his father died. He was ...

Nominated for Best Story - The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)

174. Marjane Satrapi

Director | Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi was born on November 22, 1969 in Rasht, Iran. She is a director and actress, known for Persepolis (2007), The Voices (2014) and Chicken with Plums (2011). She is married to Mattias Ripa. She was previously married to Reza.

Nominated for Best Animated Feature - Persepolis (2007)

175. Claude Sautet

Writer | Un coeur en hiver

Claude Sautet was born on February 23, 1924 in Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. He was a writer and director, known for A Heart in Winter (1992), Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud (1995) and The Things of Life (1970). He was married to Graziella Sautet. He died on July 22, 2000 in Paris, ...

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - A Simple Story (1983)

176. Guillaume Schiffman

Cinematographer | The Artist

Guillaume Schiffman is known for The Artist (2011), OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and Populaire (2012).

Nominated for Best Cinematography - The Artist (2011)

177. Suzanne Schiffman

Writer | Le dernier métro

Suzanne Schiffman was born on September 27, 1929 in Paris, France. She was a writer and assistant director, known for The Last Metro (1980), Day for Night (1973) and The Story of Adele H (1975). She died on June 6, 2001 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Day for Night (1973)

178. Pierre Schoendoerffer

Director | La 317ème section

Pierre Schoendoerffer was born on May 5, 1928 in Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, France. He was a director and writer, known for The 317th Platoon (1965), Le Crabe-Tambour (1977) and The Anderson Platoon (1967). He was married to Patricia Chauvel. He died on March 14, 2012 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, ...

Won for Best Documentary Feature - The Anderson Platoon (1967)

179. Barbet Schroeder

Director | La virgen de los sicarios

Barbet Schroeder was born on August 26, 1941 in Tehran, Iran. He is a director and producer, known for Our Lady of the Assassins (2000), Single White Female (1992) and Murder by Numbers (2002). He has been married to Bulle Ogier since April 1991.

Nominated for Best Director - Reversal of Fortune (1990)

180. Edmond Séchan

Cinematographer | Les... borgnes sont rois

Edmond Séchan was born on September 20, 1919 in Montpellier, Hérault, France. He was a cinematographer and director, known for One-Eyed Men Are Kings (1974), The String Bean (1962) and The Day of the Jackal (1973). He died on June 7, 2002 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Won for Best Live Action Short Film - The Golden Fish (1959) Won for Best Live Action Short Film - One-eyed men are king (1974)

181. Anne Seibel

Art_director | Marie Antoinette

Anne Seibel is known for Marie Antoinette (2006), Midnight in Paris (2011) and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009).

Nominated for Best Art Direction - Midnight in Paris (2011)

182. Coline Serreau

Writer | 3 hommes et un couffin

Coline Serreau was born on October 29, 1947 in Paris, France. She is an actress and writer, known for Three Men and a Cradle (1985), Why Not! (1977) and Chaos (2001). She was previously married to Benno Besson.

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Three Man and a Cradle (1985)

183. Simone Signoret

Actress | Les diaboliques

The face of Simone Signoret on the Paris Metro movie posters in March 1982 looked even older than her 61 years. She was still a box-office draw, but the film L'étoile du Nord (1982) would be her last theatrical release; she played the landlady. Signoret had a long film apprenticeship during ...

Won for Best Actress - Room at the Top (1959) Nominated for Best Actress - Ship of Fools (1965)

184. Jean-Charles Tacchella

Writer | Cousin cousine

Jean-Charles Tacchella was born on September 23, 1925 in Cherbourg, Manche, Haute-Normandie, France. He is a writer and director, known for Cousin, Cousine (1975), Silver Anniversary (1979) and Travelling avant (1987). He has been married to Ginette Tacchella since December 27, 1969.

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Cousin, cousine (1975) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Cousin, cousine (1975)

185. Jacques Tati

Writer | Playtime

The comic genius Jacques Tati was born Taticheff, descended from a noble Russian family. His grandfather, Count Dimitri, had been a general in the Imperial Army and had served as military attaché to the Russian Embassy in Paris. His father, Emmanuel Taticheff, was a well-to-do picture framer who ...

Nominated for Best Story and Screenplay - Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) Won for Best Foreign Language Film - My Uncle (1958)

186. Bertrand Tavernier

Director | Un dimanche à la campagne

Bertrand Tavernier was the son of Geneviève (Dumond) and René Tavernier, who was a publicist, writer, and president of the French PEN club. He was a law student that preferred write film criticisms. He also wrote a few books about American movies. Then his first film won a few awards in France and ...

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Clean Slate (1981)

187. Haroun Tazieff

Cinematographer | Le volcan interdit

Haroun Tazieff was born on May 11, 1914 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Le volcan interdit (1966), The Devil's Blast (1959) and Fantomas Unleashed (1965). He died on February 5, 1998 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature - Le Volcan interdit (1966)

188. Frank Thomas

Soundtrack | Faubourg 36

Frank Thomas was born on May 15, 1936 in Montpellier, Hérault, France. He died on January 20, 2017 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Original Song - Paris 36 (2008)

189. Danièle Thompson

Writer | La bûche

Danièle Thompson was born on January 3, 1942 in Monaco. She is a writer and director, known for The Log (1999), Orchestra Seats (2006) and Queen Margot (1994). She is married to Albert Koski. She was previously married to Richard Thompson.

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Cousin, cousine (1975)

190. Samuel Tourneux

Director | Même les pigeons vont au paradis

Samuel Tourneux is known for Even Pigeons Go to Heaven (2007), Around the World in 80 Days (2021) and The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation (2008).

Nominated for Best Animated Short - Even pigeons go to heaven (2007)

191. Alexandre Trauner

Art_director | The Apartment

Hungarian-born Alexandre Trauner came to Paris in 1929 to escape the anti-semitic Horty regime in his native country, and to paint. Instead, he became involved in the film industry as an assistant to the famous art director Lazare Meerson. Influenced by cubism and impressionism, he embraced the ...

Won for Best Art Direction - The Apartment (1960) Nominated for Best Art Direction - The Man who would be king (1975)

192. Henri Troyat

Writer | Le mouton à cinq pattes

Henri Troyat was born on November 1, 1911 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He was a writer and actor, known for The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954), The Mountain (1956) and Le feu de paille (1939). He was married to Marguerite Saintagne. He died on March 2, 2007 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Story - The sheep has five legs (1954)

193. François Truffaut

Writer | La nuit américaine

French director François Truffaut began to assiduously go to the movies at age seven. He was also a great reader but not a good pupil. He left school at 14 and started working. In 1947, aged 15, he founded a film club and met André Bazin, a French critic, who became his protector. Bazin helped the ...

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - The 400 Blows (1959) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Stolen Kisses (1968) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Day for Night (1973) Nominated for Best Director - Day for Night (1973) Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Day for Night (1973) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - The Last Metro (1980)

194. Antoine Tudal

Writer | Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray

Antoine Tudal was born on March 28, 1931 in Warsaw, Poland. He was a writer and actor, known for Sundays and Cybèle (1962), The Aeronauts (1967) and The Thistles of the Baragan (1957). He died on April 11, 2010 in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, France.

Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay - Sundays and Cybele (1962)

195. Philippe Turlure

Set_decorator | Evita

Philippe Turlure is known for Evita (1996), The Three Musketeers (2011) and Ben-Hur (2016).

Nominated for Best Art Direction - Evita (1996)

196. Jean Umansky

Sound_department | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

Jean Umansky is known for Amélie (2001), Incendies (2010) and A Very Long Engagement (2004).

Nominated for Best Sound Mixing - Amélie (2001)

197. Pierre Uytterhoeven

Writer | Un homme et une femme

Pierre Uytterhoeven is known for A Man and a Woman (1966), And Now My Love (1974) and Life Love Death (1969).

Won for Best Original Screenplay - A Man and a Woman (1966) Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - And Now My Love (1974)

198. Marie-Laure Valla

Set_decorator | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

Marie-Laure Valla was born on April 26, 1963 in Fribourg-en-Brisgau, Germany. She was a set decorator, known for Amélie (2001), The City of Lost Children (1995) and The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014). She died on January 3, 2022 in Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France.

Nominated for Best Art Direction - Amélie (2001)

199. Eric Valli

Director | Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef

Eric Valli was born on December 21, 1952 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France. He is a director and writer, known for Himalaya (1999), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and Chasseur de miel (1989).

Nominated for Best Documentary Short - Birdnesters of Thailand (1991) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Himalaya (1999)

200. Agnès Varda

Director | Cléo de 5 à 7

Agnès Varda was born on May 30, 1928 in Ixelles, Belgium. She was a director and writer, known for Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), Vagabond (1985) and Faces Places (2017). She was married to Jacques Demy. She died on March 29, 2019 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Documentary – Feature - Faces Places (2017)