1984 Valladolid International Film Festival – Golden Spike: Man of Flowers 1984 AFI Award – Best Director & Best Screenplay: My First Wife 1986 Flanders International Film Festival – Golden Spur: My First Wife 1991 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Feature Film Award for A Women's Tale 1992 Flanders International Film Festival – Golden Spur: A Woman's Tale 1993 Brisbane International Film Festival – Chauvel Award: for distinguished contribution to Australian Cinema 1994 44th Berlin International Film Festival – Golden Bear (nominated): Exile 2000 Taormina International Film Festival – FIPRESCI Prize: Innocence 2000 Montréal World Film Festival – Grand Prix des Amériques: Innocence 2000 IF Awards – Best Feature Film: Innocence 2003 Montréal International Festival of Films on Art – Jury Prize: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky 2004 Montréal World Film Festival – Grand Prix des Amériques: Human Touch References External links Paul Cox: "An interview with Paul Cox, director of Innocence: 'Filmmakers have a duty to speak out against the injustices in the world'", World Socialist Web Site, 6 January 2001, Raven Evans, "'I Can Respect The Stupidity Of People Who Think That Speed Is Beauty,' Agrees Paul Cox", 19 May 2009. Richard Phillips, "'Cinema must have a social conscience' — Veteran filmmaker Paul Cox discusses his latest feature", World Socialist Web Site, 16 November 2015. Paul Cox: "Fight the good fight", Paul Cox's Opening Night Speech of BBFF2015 Richard Phillips, "'Cinema has the potential to make us richer in spirit'—filmmaker Paul Cox (1940–2016)", World Socialist Web Site, 11 July 2016. 1940 births 2016 deaths Dutch emigrants to Australia Dutch people of German descent Australian people of German descent Dutch photographers English-language film directors Film directors from Melbourne People from Venlo Liver transplant recipients Australian art teachers Photography academics Photographers from Melbourne