Each year, the jury of the Berlin International Film Festival is chaired by an internationally recognised personality of cinema. Being appointed to this position is the recognition of an outstanding career. This article lists all past presidents of the international jury, which is responsible for awarding the most prestigious prizes in the festival, including the Golden Bear and various Silver Bears.
History
editThe winners of the first awards in 1951 were determined by an exclusively West German panel.[1] The FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films) banned the awarding of jury prizes at the festival[1] so between 1952 and 1955, the winners of the Golden Bear were determined by the audience members.[2]
In 1956, FIAPF formally accredited the festival[1] and since then the Golden Bear has been awarded by an international jury.[2] In 2021 a jury presidency was not appointed for the first time since creation of the position.[3]
The first foreign president of the jury and inaugural holder of this position was French film director Marcel Carné. The first woman who held the office of president of the jury was dancer Wendy Toye.
Since creation, no one has been appointed as president of the jury more than once.
Main competition jury presidents
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| Year | President[4] | Profession | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Marcel Carné | Director | France |
| 1957 | Jay Carmody | Film Critic | United States |
| 1958 | Frank Capra | Director | |
| 1959 | Robert Aldrich | ||
| 1960 | Harold Lloyd | Actor | |
| 1961 | James Quinn | Film Administrator | United Kingdom |
| 1962 | King Vidor | Director | United States |
| 1963 | Wendy Toye | Dancer | United Kingdom |
| 1964 | Anthony Mann | Director, Actor | United States |
| 1965 | John Gillett | Film Critic | United Kingdom |
| 1966 | Pierre Braunberger | Film Producer | France |
| 1967 | Thorold Dickinson | Director | United Kingdom |
| 1968 | Luis García Berlanga | Spain | |
| 1969 | Johannes Schaaf | Germany | |
| 1970 | George Stevens | United States | |
| 1971 | Bjørn Rasmussen | Poet | Denmark |
| 1972 | Eleanor Perry | Screenwriter | United States |
| 1973 | David Robinson | Film Critic | United Kingdom |
| 1974 | Rodolfo Kuhn | Director | Argentina |
| 1975 | Sylvia Syms | Actress | United Kingdom |
| 1976 | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Director | Poland |
| 1977 | Senta Berger | Actress | Austria |
| 1978 | Patricia Highsmith | Writer | United States |
| 1979 | Jörn Donner | Director | Finland |
| 1980 | Ingrid Thulin | Actress | Sweden |
| 1981 | Jutta Brückner | Director, Screenwriter | Germany |
| 1982 | Joan Fontaine | Actress | United States |
| 1983 | Jeanne Moreau | France | |
| 1984 | Liv Ullmann | Norway | |
| 1985 | Jean Marais | Actor | France |
| 1986 | Gina Lollobrigida | Actress | Italy |
| 1987 | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Actor | Austria |
| 1988 | Guglielmo Biraghi | Film Critic | Italy |
| 1989 | Rolf Liebermann | Composer | Switzerland |
| 1990 | Michael Ballhaus | Cinematographer | Germany |
| 1991 | Volker Schlöndorff | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 1992 | Annie Girardot | Actress | France |
| 1993 | Frank Beyer | Director | Germany |
| 1994 | Jeremy Thomas | Film Producer | United Kingdom |
| 1995 | Lia van Leer | Film Programmer, Film Archivist | Israel |
| 1996 | Nikita Mikhalkov | Actor, Director | Russia |
| 1997 | Jack Lang | Politician | France |
| 1998 | Ben Kingsley | Actor | United Kingdom |
| 1999 | Ángela Molina | Actress | Spain |
| 2000 | Gong Li | China | |
| 2001 | Bill Mechanic | Film Producer | United States |
| 2002 | Mira Nair | Director | India |
| 2003 | Atom Egoyan | Canada | |
| 2004 | Frances McDormand | Actress | United States |
| 2005 | Roland Emmerich | Director | Germany |
| 2006 | Charlotte Rampling | Actress | United Kingdom |
| 2007 | Paul Schrader | Director, Screenwriter | United States |
| 2008 | Costa-Gavras | Director | France |
| 2009 | Tilda Swinton | Actress | United Kingdom |
| 2010 | Werner Herzog | Director, Screenwriter | Germany |
| 2011 | Isabella Rossellini | Actress | Italy |
| 2012 | Mike Leigh | Director, Screenwriter | United Kingdom |
| 2013 | Wong Kar-wai | Director | Hong Kong |
| 2014 | James Schamus | Screenwriter | United States |
| 2015 | Darren Aronofsky | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 2016 | Meryl Streep | Actress | |
| 2017 | Paul Verhoeven | Director, Screenwriter | Netherlands |
| 2018 | Tom Tykwer | Germany | |
| 2019 | Juliette Binoche | Actress | France |
| 2020 | Jeremy Irons | Actor | United Kingdom |
| 2021 | No jury president[a] | ||
| 2022 | M. Night Shyamalan | Director, Screenwriter | India, United States |
| 2023 | Kristen Stewart | Actress | United States |
| 2024 | Lupita Nyong'o | Kenya, Mexico | |
| 2025 | Todd Haynes | Director, Screenwriter | United States |
See also
editFootnotes
edit- ^ In 2021, the directors of six previous Golden-Bear-winning films determined the awards for the Competition of the 71st Berlinale. There was no president of the jury that year. The jury members were Mohammad Rasoulof, Nadav Lapid, Adina Pintilie, Ildikó Enyedi, Gianfranco Rosi and Jasmila Žbanić.[5][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Berlinale beginnings". Variety. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Berlinale – Archive – Annual Archives – 1952 – Juries". Berlinale. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Golden Bear Winners Form the International Jury of the 71st Berlinale". Berlinale. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Berlin International Film Festival - Archives - Juries". Berlinale. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Meet the 2021 Berlinale jury". DW.COM. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.