René Clair Award () is an award instituted in 1994 and presented by the Académie française for achievements in the field of cinema. The prize was named after the French filmmaker René Clair. Each year, the winner of the prize is rewarded for the “whole of his cinematographic work”. Two special cases should however be noted, the awarding of two vermeil medals in 1995 to Pierre Billard on the one hand, and to Jean-Michel Frodon on the other, for critical works devoted to cinema.
Recipients 1994: Alexandre Astruc 1995: Robert Bresson 1995: Pierre Billard (awarded vermeil medal for his work: L'Âge classique du cinéma français. Du cinéma parlant à la Nouvelle vague) 1995: Jean-Michel Frodon (awarded vermeil medal for his work: L'Âge moderne du cinéma français. De la Nouvelle Vague à nos jours) 1996: Edouard Molinaro 1997: Jacques Rozier 1998: Costa-Gavras 1999: Roman Polanski 2000: Patrice Leconte 2001: Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri 2002: Agnès Varda 2003: André Téchiné 2004: Alain Corneau 2005: Claude Chabrol 2009: Agnès Varda 2010: Xavier Giannoli 2011: Danièle Thompson 2012: Benoît Jacquot 2013: Philippe Le Guay 2014: Robert Guédiguian 2015: Jacques Perrin 2016: Anne Fontaine 2017: Stéphane Brizé 2018: Bruno Dumont
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