French Academy Awards winners and nominees

1. Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani was born in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris, to Emma Augusta "Gusti" (Schweinberger) and Mohammed Adjani. Her father was a Kabyle Algerian, from Iferhounène, and her mother was a Bavarian German. She grew up speaking German fluently. After winning a school ...

Nominated for Best Actress - The Story of Adele H. (1975) Nominated for Best Actress - Camille Claudel (1988)

2. Anouk Aimée

Actress | 8½

The daughter of actress Geneviève Sorya, in 1948 she played the part of Juliette in The Lovers of Verona (1949). During the 1950s and 1960s she made various films, including Montparnasse 19 (1958) and La Dolce Vita (1960), but only Lola (1961) , Jacques Demy, and A Man and a Woman (1966) Claude ...

Nominated for Best Actress - A Man and a Woman (1966)

3. Nicolas Aithadi

Visual_effects | Guardians of the Galaxy

Nicolas Aithadi was born on April 23, 1972 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. He is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).

Nominated for Best Visual Effects - Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

4. Henri Alekan

Cinematographer | Der Himmel über Berlin

Henri Alekan was born on February 10, 1909 in Paris, France. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Wings of Desire (1987), Roman Holiday (1953) and Beauty and the Beast (1946). He was married to Nadia Starcevic. He died on June 15, 2001 in Auxerre, Yonne, France.

Nominated for Best Cinematography - Roman Holiday (1953)

5. Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director | Der Name der Rose

Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing Quest for Fire (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Lover (1992), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and Wolf Totem (2015). Annaud has received numerous awards for his work, including four César Awards, ...

Won for Best Foreign Language Film - Black and White in Color (1976)

6. Vincent Arnardi

Sound_department | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

Vincent Arnardi was born on July 10, 1957 in Hyères, Var, France. He is known for Amélie (2001), The City of Lost Children (1995) and Micmacs (2009).

Nominated for Best Sound Mixing - Amélie (2001)

7. Leo Arnaud

Music_department | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Leo Arnaud was born on July 24, 1904 in Lyon, France. He was a composer, known for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Balls of Fury (2007) and Miracle (2004). He was married to Faye Brooks. He died on April 26, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Nominated for Best Adaptation or Treatment Score - The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

8. Jacques Audiard

Writer | De rouille et d'os

Born in Paris, France, in 1952. Jacques Audiard's family has always been involved in movie business. His father, Michel, was a popular screenwriter and director and his uncle a producer. But in his teens he refused that world and wanted to be a teacher. He studied literature and philosophy at the ...

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - A Prophet (2009)

9. Selim Azzazi

Producer | Ennemis intérieurs

Selim Azzazi is known for Enemies Within (2016), Micmacs (2009) and Babylon A.D. (2008).

Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film - Ennemis intérieurs (2016)

10. Lionel Bailliu

Writer | Squash

Lionel Bailliu was born on August 19, 1969 in Paris, France. He is a writer and director, known for Squash (2002), Fair Play (2006) and Microsnake (2000).

Nominated for Best Live Action Short - Squash (2002)

11. Christophe Barratier

Writer | Les choristes

Christophe Barratier was born on June 17, 1963 in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a writer and producer, known for The Chorus (2004), Faubourg 36 (2008) and Team Spirit (2016).

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - The Chorus (2004) Nominated for Best Original Song - The Chorus (2004)

12. Marie-Christine Barrault

Actress | Ma nuit chez Maud

Marie-Christine Barrault was born on March 21, 1944 in Paris, France. She is an actress and writer, known for My Night at Maud's (1969), Cousin, Cousine (1975) and Marie Curie, une femme honorable (1991). She was previously married to Roger Vadim and Daniel Toscan du Plantier.

Nominated for Best Actress - Cousin, cousine (1975)

13. Léon Barsacq

Art_director | The Longest Day

Léon Barsacq was born on October 18, 1906 in Feodosiya, Crimea, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Longest Day (1962), Diabolique (1955) and Beauty and the Devil (1950). He died on December 23, 1969 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Art Direction - The Longest Day (1962)

14. Gabriel Béchir

Set_decorator | Target

Gabriel Béchir was born on October 24, 1927. He was a set decorator, known for Target (1985), Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966) and A Room in Town (1982). He died on December 18, 2001.

Nominated for Best Art Direction - The Longest Day (1962)

15. Jean-Jacques Beineix

Producer | 37°2 le matin

A rabid movie fan when he was young, Jean-Jacques Beineix first studied medicine before entering the movie business. During the seventies, he became an established assistant director, working with Claude Berri, René Clément, Claude Zidi and even Jerry Lewis. But, like many assistants, Beineix's ...

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Betty Blue (1986)

16. Bérénice Bejo

Actress | The Artist

Actress Bérénice Bejo was born in Buenos Aires, the daughter of Silvia De Paoli, a lawyer, and Miguel Bejo, a filmmaker. When she was three, Bejo's family relocated to Paris, France. She embarked on a successful acting career in the 1990s, with various roles in French television and film ...

Nominated for Best Supporting Actress - The Artist (2011)

17. Robert Benmussa

Producer | The Ghost Writer

Robert Benmussa is known for The Ghost Writer (2010), The Pianist (2002) and Bitter Moon (1992).

Nominated for Best Picture - The Pianist (2002)

18. Françoise Benoît-Fresco

Art_department | Brazil

Françoise Benoît-Fresco is known for Brazil (1985), Léon: The Professional (1994) and Femme Fatale (2002).

Nominated for Best Art Direction - Vatel (2000)

19. Claude Berri

Writer | Jean de Florette

Claude Berri was born on July 1, 1934 in Paris, France. He was a producer and actor, known for Jean de Florette (1986), Germinal (1993) and The Two of Us (1967). He was married to Sylvie Gautrelet and Anne-Marie Rassam. He died on January 12, 2009 in Paris, France.

Won for Best Live Action Short - The Chicken (1965) Nominated for Best Picture - Tess (1979)

20. Juliette Binoche

Actress | The English Patient

Juliette Binoche was born in Paris, France, to Monique Yvette Stalens, a director, teacher, and actress, and Jean-Marie Binoche, a sculptor, director, and actor. Her mother was born in Czestochowa, Poland, of French, Walloon Belgian, and Polish descent, while her father is French. Juliette was only...

Won for Best Supporting Actress - The English Patient (1996) Nominated for Best Actress - Chocolat (2000)

21. Anne-Sophie Bion

Editor | The Artist

Anne-Sophie Bion is known for The Artist (2011), Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008) and Micmacs (2009).

Nominated for Best Film Editing - The Artist (2011)

22. Pierre Bismuth

Writer | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Pierre Bismuth was born on June 6, 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Where Is Rocky II? (2016) and The Barn (2018).

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

23. Bertrand Blier

Writer | Le bruit des glaçons

Bertrand Blier was born on March 14, 1939 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. He is a writer and director, known for The Clink of Ice (2010), Too Beautiful for You (1989) and 1, 2, 3, Freeze (1993).

Won for Best Foreign Language Film - Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)

24. Noëlle Boisson

Editor | Cyrano de Bergerac

Noëlle Boisson was born on December 1, 1944 in France. She is an editor and actress, known for Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), The Bear (1988) and Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? (1982).

Nominated for Best Film Editing - The Bear (1988)

25. Aline Bonetto

Production_designer | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

Aline Bonetto is known for Amélie (2001), A Very Long Engagement (2004) and Wonder Woman (2017).

Nominated for Best Art Direction - Amélie (2001) Nominated for Best Art Direction - A Very Long Engagement (2004)

26. Mathilde Bonnefoy

Editor | Lola rennt

Mathilde Bonnefoy was born on March 11, 1972 in Paris, France. She is an editor and director, known for Run Lola Run (1998), Citizenfour (2014) and The International (2009).

Won for Best Documentary - Feature - Citizenfour (2014)

27. Françoise Bonnot

Editor | Z

Françoise Bonnot was born on August 17, 1939 in Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. She was an editor and actress, known for Z (1969), Missing (1982) and The Tenant (1976). She was married to Henri Verneuil. She died on June 9, 2018 in Paris, France.

Won for Best Editing - Z (1969)

28. Rachid Bouchareb

Director | Indigènes

Rachid Bouchareb was born on September 1, 1959 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Days of Glory (2006), Little Senegal (2000) and Cheb (1991).

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Days of Glory (2006) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Outside the Law (2010)

29. Daniel Boulanger

Writer | L'homme de Rio

Daniel Boulanger was born on January 24, 1922 in Compiègne, Oise, France. He was a writer and actor, known for That Man from Rio (1964), The Joker (1960) and King of Hearts (1966). He died on September 27, 2014 in Senlis, Oise, France.

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

30. Pierre Boulle

Writer | The Bridge on the River Kwai

Pierre Boulle was a French novelist best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963), that were both made into award-winning films.

He was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two ...

Won for Best Adapted Screenplay - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

31. Ludovic Bource

Composer | The Artist

Ludovic Bource is known for The Artist (2011), Escape from Planet Earth (2012) and OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006).

Nominated for Best Original Score - The Artist (2011)

32. Jean Bourgoin

Cinematographer | The Longest Day

Jean Bourgoin was born on March 4, 1913 in Paris, France. Jean was a cinematographer, known for The Longest Day (1962), My Uncle (1958) and The Grand Illusion (1937). Jean died on September 3, 1991 in Paris, France.

Won for Best Cinematography - The Longest Day (1962)

33. Serge Bourguignon

Director | Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray

Serge Bourguignon was born on September 3, 1928 in Maignelay-Montigny, Oise, Picardie, France. He is a director and writer, known for Sundays and Cybèle (1962), Le sourire (1960) and Two Weeks in September (1967).

Won for Best Foreign Language Film - Sundays and Cybele (1962) Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay - Sundays and Cybele (1962)

34. Charles Boyer

Actor | Gaslight

Charles Boyer studied philosophy before he went to the theater where he gave his debut in 1920. Although he had at first no intentions to pursue a career at the movies (his first movie was Man of the Sea (1920) by Marcel L'Herbier) he used his chance in Hollywood after several filming stations all ...

Nominated for Best Actor - Conquest (1937) Nominated for Best Actor - Algiers (1938) Nominated for Best Actor - Gaslight (1944) Nominated for Best Actor - Fanny (1961)

35. François Boyer

Writer | Jeux interdits

François Boyer was born on March 30, 1920 in Epernay, Marne, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Forbidden Games (1952), Forbidden Priests (1973) and The Scheming Women (1954). He died on May 24, 2003 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France.

Nominated for Best Story - Forbidden Games (1952)

36. Philippe de Broca

Director | Cartouche

Philippe de Broca born in 1933 worked as an assistant for Claude Chabrol and Francois Truffaut ( "Les 400 coups" aka "The 400 blows" ). From 1960 to 2004 he directed over 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful adventure movies such as "That Man from Rio" (L'Homme de Rio) in ...

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

37. Didier Brunner

Producer | Les triplettes de Belleville

Didier Brunner is known for The Triplets of Belleville (2003), Ernest & Celestine (2012) and Wolfwalkers (2020).

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

38. Victor Caire

Director | Garden Party

Victor Caire is known for Garden Party (2017), Maestro (2019) and Pinnipèdes (2014).

Nominated for Best Animated Short Film - Garden Party (2017)

39. Marcel Camus

Director | Orfeu Negro

The work of Marcel Camus is characterized by a lyricism which, although central to his fine films of the 1950s and 60s - Fugitive in Saigon (1957), Black Orpheus (1959) and Love in the Night (1968) - later deteriorated into superficial sentimentality. Camus was a professor of painting and sculpture...

Won for Best Foreign Language Film - Black Orpheus (1959)

40. Laurent Cantet

Director | Entre les murs

Laurent Cantet was born on April 11, 1961 in Melle, Deux-Sèvres, France. He is a director and writer, known for The Class (2008), Human Resources (1999) and Time Out (2001).

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - The Class (2008)

41. Christian Carion

Director | Joyeux Noël

Christian Carion was born in a family of farmers in the North of France. Despite nursing a passion for films since he was 13, he travels a scientific path. After passing his baccalauréat, he joins an engineering school affiliated to the french ministry of agriculture, thus answering his family's ...

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Joyeux Noël (2005)

42. Leslie Caron

Actress | Gigi

French ballet dancer Leslie Caron was discovered by the legendary MGM star Gene Kelly during his search for a co-star in one of the finest musicals ever filmed, the Oscar-winning An American in Paris (1951), which was inspired by and based on the music of George Gershwin. Leslie's gamine looks and ...

Nominated for Best Actress - Lili (1953) Nominated for Best Actress - The L-Shaped Room (1962)

43. Jean-Claude Carrière

Writer | The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Jean-Claude Carrière was born on September 17, 1931 in Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France. He was a writer and actor, known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and Cyrano de Bergerac (1990). He was married to Nicole Janin and Nahal Tajadod. ...

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay - That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay - The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

44. Stephane Ceretti

Visual_effects | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Native of France and a Canadian citizen, Stephane Ceretti started in the VFX industry at Buf Compagnie in Paris in the late nineties. He began working on Joel Schumacher's Batman and Robin and numerous commercials before moving into VFX Supervision on Tarsem Singh's The Cell.

Stephane has been ...

Nominated for Best Visual Effects - Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

45. Georges Chaperot

Writer | Les choristes

Georges Chaperot was born on April 24, 1902 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was a writer, known for The Chorus (2004), A Cage of Nightingales (1945) and Vacances payées (1938). He died on July 16, 1970 in Montargis, Loiret, France.

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - A Cage of Nightingales (1945)

46. Benoît Charest

Composer | Les triplettes de Belleville

Benoît Charest was born in 1964 in Canada. He is a composer and actor, known for The Triplets of Belleville (2003), Upside Down (2012) and Polytechnique (2009).

Nominated for Best Original Song - The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

47. Nicolas Chartier

Producer | The Hurt Locker

Nicolas Chartier, the Academy Award-winning producer of The Hurt Locker, has been involved in the financing, production and distribution of over five hundred films. In 2005, he founded Voltage Pictures, the Los Angeles-based international financing, sales and production operation.

The Hurt Locker ...

Won for Best Picture - The Hurt Locker (2008)

48. Maurice Chevalier

Actor | Gigi

Maurice Chevalier's first working job was as an acrobat, until a serious accident ended that career. He turned his talents to singing and acting, and made several short films in France. During World War I he enlisted in the French army. He was wounded in battle, captured and placed in a POW camp by...

Nominated for Best Actor - The Love Parade (1929) Nominated for Best Actor - The Big Pond (1930)

49. Sylvain Chomet

Director | Les triplettes de Belleville

Sylvain Chomet was born on November 10, 1963 in Maisons-Laffitte, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines, Île-de-France], France. He is a director and writer, known for The Triplets of Belleville (2003), The Illusionist (2010) and Paris, I Love You (2006).

Nominated for Best Animated Short - The Old Lady and the Pigeons (1997) Nominated for Best Animated Feature - The Triplets of Belleville (2003) Nominated for Best Original Song - The Triplets of Belleville (2003) Nominated for Best Animated Feature - The Illusionist (2010)

50. René Clair

Writer | Le silence est d'or

René Clair was born on November 11, 1898 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Man About Town (1947), Beauties of the Night (1952) and The Grand Maneuver (1955). He was married to Bronia Clair. He died on March 15, 1981 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - The Gates of Paris (1957)

51. René Clément

Director | Plein soleil

René Clément was one of the leading French directors of the post-World War II era. He directed what are regarded as some of the greatest films of the time, such as The Battle of the Rails (1946), Forbidden Games (1952) and The Day and the Hour (1963). He was later almost forgotten as a director. He...

Won for Best Foreign Language Film - The Walls of Malapaga (1949) Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Gervaise (1956)

52. Maurice Cloche

Director | L'invité de la onzième heure

Maurice Cloche was born on June 17, 1907 in Commercy, Meuse, France. He was a director and writer, known for L'invité de la onzième heure (1945), Monsieur Vincent (1947) and La cage aux filles (1949). He died on March 20, 1990 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.

Won for Best Foreign Language Film - Monsieur Vincent (1947)

53. Ghislain Cloquet

Cinematographer | Tess

Ghislain Cloquet was born on April 18, 1924 in Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Tess (1979), Love and Death (1975) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). He was married to Sonia Salvy-Matossian and Sophie Becker. He died on November 2, 1981 in Montainville,...

Won for Best Cinematography - Tess (1979)

54. Henri-Georges Clouzot

Writer | Le salaire de la peur

Beginning his film career as a screenwriter, Henri-Georges Clouzot switched over to directing and in 1943 had the distinction of having his film The Raven (1943) banned by both the German forces occupying France and the Free French forces fighting them, but for different reasons. He shot to ...

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - The Truth (1960)

55. Pierre Coffin

Director | Despicable Me 2

Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin is a French animator, voice actor, director, producer, and writer best known for co-directing four films in the Despicable Me franchise and being the voice of the Minions, which won him the Kids Family Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards. Coffin was born in 1967 in France to ...

Nominated for Best Animated Feature - Despicable Me 2 (2013)

56. Claudette Colbert

Actress | It Happened One Night

One of the brightest film stars to grace the screen was born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin on September 13, 1903, in Saint Mandé, France where her father owned a bakery at 57, rue de la République (now Avenue Général de Gaulle). The family moved to the United States when she was three. As Claudette ...

Won for Best Actress - It happened one night (1934) Nominated for Best Actress - Private Worlds (1935) Nominated for Best Actress - Since you went away (1944)

57. Martial Corneville

Make_up_department | 101 Dalmatians

Martial Corneville is known for 101 Dalmatians (1996), Hillbilly Elegy (2020) and The Stepford Wives (2004).

Nominated for Best Makeup - Albert Nobbs (2011)

58. Costa-Gavras

Director | Z

Costa-Gavras was born on February 12, 1933 in Loutra-Iraias, Greece. He is a director and writer, known for Z (1969), Missing (1982) and Amen. (2002). He has been married to Michèle Ray-Gavras since 1968. They have two children.

Nominated for Best Picture - Z (1969) Nominated for Best Director - Z (1969) Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay - Z (1969) Won for Best Foreign Language Film - Z (1969) Won for Best Adapted Screenplay - Missing (1982)

59. Marion Cotillard

Actress | La Môme

Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard was born on September 30, 1975 in Paris. Cotillard is the daughter of Jean-Claude Cotillard, an actor, playwright and director, and Niseema Theillaud, an actress and drama teacher. Her father's family is from Brittany.

Raised in Orléans, France, she ...

Won for Best Actress - La Vie en Rose (2007) Nominated for Best Actress - Two Days, One Night (2014)

60. Bruno Coulais

Composer | Les choristes

Bruno Coulais was born on January 13, 1954 in Paris, France. He is a composer and actor, known for The Chorus (2004), Wolfwalkers (2020) and Coraline (2009).

Nominated for Best Original Song - The Chorus (2004)

61. Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Producer | Le monde du silence

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910, in Saint-André-de-Cubzac (Gironde) in France. He entered the naval academy in 1930, was graduated and became a gunnery officer. Then, while he was training to be a pilot, a serious car accident ended his aviation career. In order to rehabilitate his ...

Won for Best Documentary Feature - The Silent World (1956) Won for Best Documentary Feature - World Without Sun (1964)

62. Raoul Coutard

Director | Hoa-Binh

Raoul Coutard was born on September 16, 1924 in Paris, France. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Hoa Binh (1970), Alphaville (1965) and Z (1969). He died on November 8, 2016 in Labenne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Hoa-Binh (1970)

63. Jean d'Eaubonne

Art_director | Charade

Jean d'Eaubonne was born on March 8, 1903 in Talence, Gironde, France. He was a production designer and art director, known for Charade (1963), La Ronde (1950) and The Earrings of Madame De... (1953). He died on July 27, 1971 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Nominated for Best Art Direction - La Ronde (1950)

64. Marcello Danon

Producer | The Birdcage

Marcello Danon was born on October 3, 1920 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a producer and writer, known for The Birdcage (1996), La Cage aux Folles (1978) and Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971). He died on January 21, 1997 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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

65. Rosine Delamare

Costume_designer | Du rififi chez les hommes

Rosine Delamare was born on June 11, 1911 in Colombes, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France], France. She was a costume designer, known for Rififi (1955), The Day of the Jackal (1973) and The Earrings of Madame De... (1953). She died on March 17, 2013 in Paris, France.

Nominated foe Best Costume Design - The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)

66. Bruno Delbonnel

Cinematographer | The Tragedy of Macbeth

Bruno Delbonnel was born in 1957 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), A Very Long Engagement (2004) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).

Nominated for Best Cinematography - Amélie (2001) Nominated for Best Cinematography - A Very Long Engagement (2004) Nominated for Best Cinematography - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) Nominated for Best Cinematography - Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Nominated for Best Cinematography - Darkest Hour (2017)

67. Georges Delerue

Composer | Platoon

Georges Delerue was born on March 12, 1925 in Roubaix, Nord, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Platoon (1986), Twins (1988) and The Day of the Dolphin (1973). He was married to Micheline Gautron. He died on March 20, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Nominated for Best Original Score - Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) Nominated for Best Original Dramatic Score - The Day of the Dolphin (1973) Nominated for Best Original Score - Julia (1977) Nominated for Best Original Score - Agnes of God (1985)

68. Julie Delpy

Actress | Trois couleurs: Blanc

Julie Delpy was born in Paris, France, in 1969 to Albert Delpy and Marie Pillet, both actors.

She was first featured in Jean-Luc Godard's Detective (1985) at the age of fourteen. She has starred in many American and European productions since then, including Disney's The Three Musketeers (1993), ...

Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay - Before Sunset (2004) Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay - Before Midnight (2013)

69. Richard Dembo

Writer | La diagonale du fou

Richard Dembo was born on May 24, 1948 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Dangerous Moves (1984), Nina's House (2005) and L'instinct de l'ange (1993). He died on November 10, 2004 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Won for Best Foreign Language Film - Dangerous Moves (1984)

70. Jacques Demy

Soundtrack | Les parapluies de Cherbourg

Jacques Demy was born on June 5, 1931 in Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) and A Room in Town (1982). He was married to Agnès Varda. He died on October 27, 1990 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) 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 Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

71. Catherine Deneuve

Actress | 8 femmes

Catherine Fabienne Deneuve was born October 22, 1943 in Paris, France, to actor parents Renée Simonot and Maurice Dorléac. She made her movie debut in 1957, when she was barely a teenager and continued with small parts in minor films, until Roger Vadim gave her a meatier role in Vice and Virtue (...

Nominated for Best Actress - Indochine (1992)

72. Gérard Depardieu

Actor | Cyrano de Bergerac

Gérard Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre, France, to Anne Jeanne Josèphe (Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel Depardieu, who was a metal worker and fireman. Young delinquent and wanderer in the past, Depardieu started his acting career at the small traveling theatre "Café de la Gare", along ...

Nominated for Best Actor - Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

73. Alexandre Desplat

Composer | The King's Speech

Composer and conductor Alexandre Desplat, Oscar winner and seven-time Academy Award nominated, for his prolific filmography and his collaborations with Stephen Frears, Terrence Malick, Ang Lee, Kathryn Bigelow, Jacques Audiard, Wes Anderson, Roman Polanski, George Clooney or Matteo Garrone is one ...

Nominated for Best Original Score - The Queen (2006) Nominated for Best Original Score - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Nominated for Best Original Score - Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Nominated for Best Original Score - The King's Speech (2010) Nominated for Best Original Score - Argo (2012) Nominated for Best Original Score - Philomena (2013) Won for Best Original Score - The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Nominated for Best Original Score - The Imitation Game (2014) Won for Best Original Score - The Shape of Water (2017)

74. Christian Dior

Costume_department | Stazione Termini

He grew up in Normandy. After finishing primary school, Dior moved with his parents to Paris, where he attended the Ecole de Sciences Politiques. After graduating from high school and training as a diplomat, Dior opened an art gallery in Paris in 1928, which quickly made a name for himself in the ...

Nominated for Best Costume Design - Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953)

75. Jean-Pierre Dorléac

Costume_designer | Somewhere in Time

The diversified costumes of designer Jean-Pierre Dorléac have enlightened audiences worldwide with their visual concept of the 18th and 19th centuries; provided them with an accurate and honest visual history of this century and our present day; and propelled them into the futuristic galaxies of ...

Nominated for Best Costume Design - Somewhere in Time (1980)

76. Bastien Dubois

Director | Souvenir, souvenir

Bastien Dubois is known for Souvenir, souvenir (2020), Cargo Cult (2013) and Madagascar, a Journey Diary (2010).

Nominated for Best Animated Short Film - Madagascar, a Journey Diary (2009)

77. Hélène Dubreuil

Set_decorator | Midnight in Paris

Hélène Dubreuil was born on May 14, 1967 in France. She is a production designer and set decorator, known for Midnight in Paris (2011), Inception (2010) and The French Dispatch (2021).

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

78. Jean-Louis Ducarme

Sound_department | Sorcerer

Jean-Louis Ducarme is known for Sorcerer (1977), The Exorcist (1973) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985).

Nominated for Best Sound Mixing - Sorcerer (1977)

79. Jean Dujardin

Actor | The Artist

In 1995 he began his first one man show, the same year he met Bruno Salomone, Eric Collado, Emmanuel Joucla and Eric Massot with whom he created the "Nous Ç Nous". In 1999, he became "Loulou" in Un gars, une fille (1999). This part permitted him to show his talent to a larger public. Since the end ...

Won for Best Actor - The Artist (2011)

80. Eric Dupont

Producer | Ave Maria

Eric Dupont is known for Ave Maria (2015), Eiffel and Mai Tai.

Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film - Ave Maria (2015)

81. Marguerite Duras

Writer | Le camion

Ms. Duras was born in southern Vietnam and lost her father at age 4. The family savings of 20 years bought the family a small plot in Cambodia, but everything was lost in a single season's flooding. The disaster killed her mother as a result. After high school in Saigon, Ms. Duras left Indochina to...

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Hiroshima, My Love (1959)

82. Robert Enrico

Director | Le vieux fusil

Robert Enrico studied in Toulon and then in Paris where he graduated from Lycée Voltaire. He later enrolled in the famous film school IDHEC where he specialized in editing and directing. Until 1956 he was an active member of the Sorbonne's medieval group "Les Théophiliens". From 1956 to 1959 he did...

Won for Best Live Action Short Film - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1962)

83. Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Director | Mustang

In 2011 Ergüven was invited to attend the Cannes Film Festivals Atelier to help develop her project, The Kings. While there she met fellow director Alice Winocour who was there to develop her first feature film Augustine. After Ergüven was unable to find financing for her film Winocour suggested ...

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Mustang (2015)

84. Jacques Ertaud

Director | Maria Vandamme

Jacques Ertaud was born on November 18, 1924 in Paris, France. He was a director and composer, known for Maria Vandamme (1989), Le prix du silence (1989) and Les rendez-vous de l'été (1966). He died on November 18, 1995 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature - The Link and the Chain (1963)

85. Pierre Étaix

Actor | Le grand amour

Pierre Étaix was born on November 23, 1928 in Roanne, Loire, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Le Grand Amour (1969), As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966) and Yoyo (1965). He was married to Odile Crepin, Annie Fratellini and Denise bernard. He died on October 14, 2016 in Paris, ...

Won for Best Live Action Short - Heureux Anniversaire (1962)

86. Jean-Pierre Eychenne

Make_up_department | Cyrano de Bergerac

Jean-Pierre Eychenne is known for Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Jean de Florette (1986) and Bandidas (2006).

Nominated for Best Makeup - Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

87. Jean-Loup Felicioli

Director | Une vie de chat

Jean-Loup Felicioli is known for A Cat in Paris (2010), Phantom Boy (2015) and Les tragédies minuscules (1999).

Nominated for Best Animated Feature - A Cat in Paris (2010)

88. Julien Féret

Producer | Lumina

Julien Féret is known for Lumina (2021), Bawaal (2023) and And Then We Danced (2019).

Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film - Butter Lamp (2014)

89. Didier Flamand

Director | La vis

Didier Flamand was born on March 12, 1947 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and director, known for The Screw (1993), The Chorus (2004) and Wings of Desire (1987).

Nominated for Best Live Action Short - The Screw (1993)

90. Madeline Fontaine

Costume_designer | Jackie

Madeline Fontaine is known for Jackie (2016), A Very Long Engagement (2004) and Amélie (2001).

Nominated for Best Costume Design - Jackie (2016)

91. Robert Fraisse

Cinematographer | Enemy at the Gates

Robert Fraisse was born in 1940 in Paris, France. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Enemy at the Gates (2001), Babylon A.D. (2008) and Ronin (1998).

Nominated for Best Cinematography - The Lover (1992)

92. Marc Frédérix

Art_department | Moonraker

Marc Frédérix was born on February 12, 1919 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. He was an art director and production designer, known for Moonraker (1979), Love and Death (1975) and The Train (1964). He died on June 9, 2014 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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

93. Alain Gagnol

Writer | Une vie de chat

Alain Gagnol was born in 1967 in Roanne, Loire, France. He is a writer and director, known for A Cat in Paris (2010), Phantom Boy (2015) and One Heck of a Plan (2016).

Nominated for Best Animated Feature - A Cat in Paris (2010)

94. Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau

Director | Le ciel et la boue

Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau was born on March 10, 1923 in Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Sky Above, the Mud Below (1961), La forêt sacrée (1954) and Only One New York (1964). He died on October 22, 1997.

Won for Best Documentary Feature - Sky Above and Mud Beneath (1961)

95. Alexandre Gavras

Actor | Tueur de petits poissons

Alexandre Gavras was born on August 23, 1969 in Paris, France. He is a producer and actor, known for Tueur de petits poissons (1998), Custody (2017) and Just Before Losing Everything (2013).

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

96. Hubert de Givenchy

Costume_department | Funny Face

Hubert de Givenchy was born on February 20, 1927 in Beauvais, Oise, France. He was a costume designer, known for Funny Face (1957), Charade (1963) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). He died on March 10, 2018 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Nominated for Best Costume Design - Funny Face (1957)

97. Michel Gondry

Director | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

He grew up in Versailles with a family who was very influenced by pop music. When he was young, Gondry wanted to be a painter or an inventor. In the 80s he entered in an art school in Paris where he could develop his graphic skills and where he also met friends with whom he created a pop-rock band ...

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

98. Gabriel Grapperon

Director | Garden Party

Gabriel Grapperon is known for Garden Party (2017), Last Minute Twists (2014) and Locked Up (2014).

Nominated for Best Animated Short Film - Garden Party (2017)

99. Marcel Grignon

Cinematographer | Paris brûle-t-il ?

Marcel Grignon was born on November 9, 1914 in Paris, France. He was a cinematographer, known for Is Paris Burning? (1966), Fantomas (1964) and OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965). He died on June 6, 1990 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Cinematography - Is Paris burning ? (1966)

100. Jean Gruault

Writer | Mon oncle d'Amérique

Jean Gruault was born on August 3, 1924 in Fontenay-sous-Bois, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France. He was a writer and actor, known for My American Uncle (1980), Jules and Jim (1962) and The Story of Adele H (1975). He was married to Ginette Geslot. He died on June 8, 2015 in Paris, France.

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay - Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980)