Lumières Award for Best Director

The Lumières Award for Best Director (Lumière de la meilleure mise en scène) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Lumières since 1996. It was presented as the Lumière du meilleur réalisateur from 1996 to 2019.

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first with a blue background, followed by the other nominees.

Multiple awards

 * 3 awards
 * Jacques Audiard


 * 2 awards
 * Luc Besson
 * Abdellatif Kechiche
 * Maïwenn
 * Roman Polanski

Multiple nominees

 * 5 nominations
 * Jacques Audiard


 * 3 nominations
 * Bertrand Bonello
 * Arnaud Desplechin
 * Philippe Garrel
 * Xavier Giannoli
 * Maïwenn


 * 2 nominations
 * Mathieu Amalric
 * Luc Besson
 * Laurent Cantet
 * Leos Carax
 * Albert Dupontel
 * Michel Hazanavicius
 * Cédric Kahn
 * Abdellatif Kechiche
 * Gaspar Noé
 * François Ozon
 * Roman Polanski
 * Alain Resnais
 * Céline Sciamma
 * Albert Serra
 * Bertrand Tavernier
 * Rebecca Zlotowski