Prix Louis-Delluc

Louis Delluc Prize

   The Prix Louis-Delluc is the film critics' prize for best French film, with a particular emphasis on cinematography. It was established in 1937 by Maurice Bessy and Marcel Idzkowski. The prize is named for filmmaker Louis Delluc. The prize is awarded the second Thursday of December each year. Past winners include Jean Renoir's Les Bas-fonds (1937), Marcel Carné's Quai des brumes (1939), Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la bête (1946), Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949), Jacques Tati's Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953), Henri-Georges Clouzot's Les Diaboliques (1954), René Clair's Les Grandes manoeuvres (1955), Louis Malle's Ascenceur pour l'échafaud (1957), Jean Rouch's Moi, un noir (1958), Jacques Demy's Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1963), Jean-Paul Rappeneau's La Vie de château (1965), Bertrand Tavernier's L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1973), Diane Kurys's Diabolo menthe (1977), Alain Corneau's Tous les matins du monde (1991), André Téchiné's Les Roseaux sauvages (1994), and Alain Resnais's On connaît la chanson (1997). No award was given during the period of the Nazi Occupation of France, from 1940 to 1944.

   Historical Dictionary of French Cinema by Dayna Oscherwitz & Mary Ellen Higgins