Award for Best Director — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Cannes Award for Best Director category in CineRoll's records: 7 films across 6 years, 7 of them winners.

The most recent winner is Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961); the earliest on record is The Young and the Damned (1951).

The last three winners were Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961), The 400 Blows (1959) and Brink of Life (1958).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.