Awards & Winners

Laurent Cantet

Date of Birth 15-June-1961
Place of Birth Melle
(Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes)
Nationality France
Profession Film director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer
Laurent Cantet is a French director, born on June 15, 1961 at Melle, Deux-Sèvres. His parents were schoolteachers in Ardilleux. His film L'Emploi du temps was placed at 99 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s, number 9 of The Guardian's Best Films of the Noughties, and number 11 at The AV Club's top 50 films of the 00s. On 25 May 2008, he received the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes 2008, for the movie Entre les murs.

Awards by Laurent Cantet

Check all the awards nominated and won by Laurent Cantet.

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Goya Award for Best European Film The Class

2009


César Award for Best Writing - Adaptation
Honored for : The Class
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film
Honored for : The Class
(Country: France)

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film The Class
Country: France
César Award for Best Director The Class
César Award for Best Film The Class
David di Donatello for Best European Film The Class
César Award for Best Writing - Adaptation The Class

2008


Palme d'Or
Honored for : The Class
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
Honored for : The Class

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
European Film Award for Best Film The Class
European Film Award for Best Director The Class
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Class
Country: France; in French

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film Time Out
Country: France

2001


FIPRESCI Prize
Honored for : Time Out
(For a powerful, visually impressive portrayal of existential anguish and alienation in a corporate society governed by competition, status and success.)
César Award for Best Debut
Honored for : Human Resources

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
European Film Award for Best Screenwriter Time Out
César Award for Best Writing Human Resources
César Award for Best Debut Human Resources

2000


European Film Discovery of the Year - Fassbinder Award
Honored for : Human Resources

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
European Film Discovery of the Year - Fassbinder Award Human Resources