Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival) for "Barton Fink", and in 2003, when Gus Van Sant won for his film "Elephant". Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival) The Best Director Award () is an annual award presented at the Cannes Film Festival for best directing achievements in a feature film screened as part of festival's official selection (i.e. films selected for the competition program which compete for the festival's main prize Palme d'Or). Awarded by festival's jury, it was first given in 1946. The prize was not awarded on 12 occasions (1947, 1953–54, 1960, 1962–64, 1971, 1973–74, 1977, 1980). In addition, the festival was not held
1965 Cannes Film Festival 1965 Cannes Film Festival The 18th Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 16 May 1965. Olivia de Havilland became the first woman president of the jury. The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to "The Knack …and How to Get It" by Richard Lester. The festival opened with "The Collector", directed by William Wyler and closed with "Tōkyō Orinpikku", directed by Kon Ichikawa. The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1965 film competition: Feature films Short films The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival: The following films were