In 1992 Ivory directed another film adapted from Forster , '' Howards End '' . The film was nominated for nine Academy awards , including Best Picture and Best Director , and won three : Best Actress ( Emma Thompson ) , Best Screenplay – Adaptation ( Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ) , and Best Art Direction/Set Decoration ( Luciana Arrighi/Ian Whittaker ) . The film also won Best Picture at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) Awards , as well as awards for Best Picture , Best Actress for Emma Thompson and Best Director for Ivory from the National Board of Review . The Directors Guild of America awarded the D.W. Griffith award , its highest honor , to Ivory for his work . At the 1992 Cannes Film Festival the film won the 45th Anniversary Prize
1992 Cannes Film Festival
1992 Cannes Film Festival
James Ivory