Raymond Red was the first Filipino to win the Best Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, not for Best Director.
The first Filipino to win the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival is Brillante Mendoza, who won for his film "Kinatay" in 2009.
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The first Golden Globe Award for Best Director was won by Henry King for the film The Song of Bernadette(1943).
Yes, he did. It was his first of three Best Director Academy Awards.
John Singleton was the first African American nominated for a Best Director for his film Boyz N The Hood (1991); but as of 2009, no African American has won Best Director.
Bimal Roy won the first Filmfare Award for Best Director in 1954 for the movie Do Bigha Zamin.
The Filmfare Award for Best Director was first presented in 1954. It was also the inaugural year for the Filmfare Awards show. Naushad won the first Filmfare Award for Best Music Director in 1954 for the song Tu Ganga Ki Mauj in the movie Baiju Bawra.
John Singleton was the first black director nominated for an Oscar for Best Director. He was nominated for the movie Boyz n the Hood in 1991. He was also the youngest director ever nominated, at age 23.
Naushad won the first Filmfare Award for Best Music Director in 1954 for the song Tu Ganga Ki Mauj in the movie Baiju Bawra.
Terrence Malick won the "Best Director" award at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Palm D'Or in 2011 for the film "The Tree of Life". He has also received two Academy Award nomimations.
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