US director and screenwriter Sofia Coppola[Photo/www.festival-cannes.com]

Sofia Coppola, Director and screenwriter (United States)

Coppola's first feature film, The Virgin Suicides (1999) was selected for the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, where it met with international critical acclaim. Four years later, after several Oscar nominations for Lost in Translation, including Best Director, she walked off with the Best Screenplay award. Her third film, Marie-Antoinette was selected in Competition at Cannes in 2006. After picking up a Golden Lion in Venice for Somewhere (2010), Sofia Coppola opened Un Certain Regard with her last film The Bling Ring at the Festival de Cannes in 2013.