The Best Director Award is an award presented annually at the Cannes Film Festival since 1946. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury from the films
2026 recipients (left to right): Javier Calvo, Paweł Pawlikowski, and Javier Ambrossi
Ingmar Bergman won for Brink of Life (1958)
Terrence Malick won for Days of Heaven (1978)
Werner Herzog won for Fitzcarraldo (1982)
1975 Cannes Film Festival
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The 28th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 23 May 1975. French actress Jeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition.
Official poster of the 28th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Polish painter Wojciech Siudmak.
Jeanne Moreau, Jury President