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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.
Todd Haynes, 2025 president.
Year President[4] Profession
1956 France Marcel Carné Filmmaker
1957 United States Jay Carmody Film critic
1958 United States Frank Capra Filmmaker
1959 United States Robert Aldrich
1960 United States Harold Lloyd Actor
1961 United Kingdom James Quinn Film administrator
1962 United States King Vidor Filmmaker
1963 United Kingdom Wendy Toye Dancer
1964 United States Anthony Mann Director and actor
1965 United Kingdom John Gillett Film critic
1966 France Pierre Braunberger Producer
1967 United Kingdom Thorold Dickinson Filmmaker
1968 Francoist Spain Luis García Berlanga
1969 West Germany Johannes Schaaf
1970 United States George Stevens
1971 Denmark Bjørn Rasmussen Poet
1972 United States Eleanor Perry Writer
1973 United Kingdom David Robinson Film Critic
1974 Argentina Rodolfo Kuhn Filmmaker
1975 United Kingdom Sylvia Syms Actress
1976 Poland Jerzy Kawalerowicz Filmmaker
1977 Austria Senta Berger Actress
1978 United States Patricia Highsmith Writer
1979 Finland Jörn Donner Filmmaker
1980 Sweden Ingrid Thulin Actress
1981 West Germany Jutta Brückner Filmmaker
1982 United States Joan Fontaine Actress
1983 France Jeanne Moreau
1984 Norway Liv Ullmann
1985 France Jean Marais Actor
1986 Italy Gina Lollobrigida Actress
1987 Austria Klaus Maria Brandauer Actor
1988 Italy Guglielmo Biraghi Film critic
1989 Switzerland Rolf Liebermann Composer
1990 West Germany Michael Ballhaus Cinematographer
1991 Germany Volker Schlöndorff Filmmaker
1992 France Annie Girardot Actress
1993 Germany Frank Beyer Filmmaker
1994 United Kingdom Jeremy Thomas Film producer
1995 Israel Lia van Leer Film programmer and film archivist
1996 Russia Nikita Mikhalkov Filmmaker and actor
1997 France Jack Lang Politician
1998 United Kingdom Ben Kingsley Actor
1999 Spain Ángela Molina Actress
2000 China Gong Li
2001 United States Bill Mechanic Film producer
2002 India Mira Nair Filmmaker
2003 Canada Atom Egoyan
2004 United States Frances McDormand Actress
2005 Germany Roland Emmerich Filmmaker
2006 United Kingdom Charlotte Rampling Actress
2007 United States Paul Schrader Filmmaker
2008 FranceGreece Costa-Gavras Filmmaker
2009 United Kingdom Tilda Swinton Actress
2010 Germany Werner Herzog Filmmaker
2011 Italy Isabella Rossellini Actress
2012 United Kingdom Mike Leigh Filmmaker
2013 Hong KongChina Wong Kar-wai Filmmaker
2014 United States James Schamus Writer
2015 United States Darren Aronofsky Filmmaker
2016 United States Meryl Streep Actress
2017 Netherlands Paul Verhoeven Filmmaker
2018 Germany Tom Tykwer
2019 France Juliette Binoche Actress
2020 United Kingdom Jeremy Irons Actor
2021 No jury president[a]
2022 IndiaUnited States M. Night Shyamalan Filmmaker
2023 United States Kristen Stewart Actress
2024 KenyaMexico Lupita Nyong'o
2025 United States Todd Haynes Filmmaker

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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