` `` The Piano '' `` Pulp Fiction '' silence '' becomes 50th ever documentary to win in 1994 . In 1979 , Golden Globe for Best Director 's unfinished version of `` Apocalypse Now '' takes top prize . Jane Campion is the only female director to win Palme d'Or , for `` The Piano '' `` Pulp Fiction '' starts Tarantino 's life-long love affair with Cannes in 1979 .
`` Le monde du silence '' becomes first ever documentary to win in 1956 . In 1979 , Coppola 's unfinished version of `` Apocalypse Now '' takes top prize . Jane Campion is the only female director to win Palme d'Or , for `` The Piano '' `` Pulp Fiction '' starts Tarantino 's life-long love affair with Cannes in 1994 .