Marcel Camus ( 21 April 1912 &ndash; 13 January 1982 ) was a French film director . He is best known for '' Orfeu Negro '' ( '' Black Orpheus '' ) , which won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1959 Cannes Film Festival
1959 Cannes Film Festival
Marcel Camus