Louis Marie Malle ( ; 30 October 1932 &ndash; 23 November 1995 ) was a French film director , screenwriter and producer . His film '' Le Monde du silence '' won the Palme d'Or in 1956 and the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1957 , although he was not credited at the ceremony ; the award was instead presented to the film 's co-director Jacques Cousteau . Later in his career he was nominated multiple times for Academy Awards . Malle is also one of the few directors to have won the Golden Lion multiple times
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Louis Malle