Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival) 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 at all in 1948 and 1950, while in 1968 no awards were given as the
1954 Cannes Film Festival an actor and her premature death, three years later. The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1954 competition: Feature films Short films The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix: The following short films competed for the various short film awards: The following films and people received the 1954 awards: Short films FIPRESCI Prize OCIC Award Other awards 1954 Cannes Film Festival The 7th Cannes Film Festival was held from 25 March to 9 April 1954. With Jean Cocteau as President of the Jury, the Grand Prix went to the "Gate of Hell" by Teinosuke Kinugasa.