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List of Berlin International Film Festival jury presidents

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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

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The 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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King Vidor, 1962 president.
Senta Berger, 1977 president.
Roland Emmerich, 2005 president.
Werner Herzog, 2010 president.
Juliette Binoche, 2019 president.
Jeremy Irons, 2020 president.
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

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Berlinale beginnings". Variety. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Berlinale – Archive – Annual Archives – 1952 – Juries". Berlinale. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Golden Bear Winners Form the International Jury of the 71st Berlinale". Berlinale. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Berlin International Film Festival - Archives - Juries". Berlinale. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Meet the 2021 Berlinale jury". DW.COM. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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