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

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

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 CarnéDirectorFrance
1957 Jay CarmodyFilm CriticUnited States
1958 Frank CapraDirector
1959 Robert Aldrich
1960 Harold LloydActor
1961 James QuinnFilm AdministratorUnited Kingdom
1962 King VidorDirectorUnited States
1963 Wendy ToyeDancerUnited Kingdom
1964 Anthony MannDirector, ActorUnited States
1965 John GillettFilm CriticUnited Kingdom
1966 Pierre BraunbergerFilm ProducerFrance
1967 Thorold DickinsonDirectorUnited Kingdom
1968 Luis García BerlangaSpain
1969 Johannes SchaafGermany
1970 George StevensUnited States
1971 Bjørn RasmussenPoetDenmark
1972 Eleanor PerryScreenwriterUnited States
1973 David RobinsonFilm CriticUnited Kingdom
1974 Rodolfo KuhnDirectorArgentina
1975 Sylvia SymsActressUnited Kingdom
1976 Jerzy KawalerowiczDirectorPoland
1977 Senta BergerActressAustria
1978 Patricia HighsmithWriterUnited States
1979 Jörn DonnerDirectorFinland
1980 Ingrid ThulinActressSweden
1981 Jutta BrücknerDirector, ScreenwriterGermany
1982 Joan FontaineActressUnited States
1983 Jeanne MoreauFrance
1984 Liv UllmannNorway
1985 Jean MaraisActorFrance
1986 Gina LollobrigidaActressItaly
1987 Klaus Maria BrandauerActorAustria
1988 Guglielmo BiraghiFilm CriticItaly
1989 Rolf LiebermannComposerSwitzerland
1990 Michael BallhausCinematographerGermany
1991 Volker SchlöndorffDirector, Screenwriter
1992 Annie GirardotActressFrance
1993 Frank BeyerDirectorGermany
1994 Jeremy ThomasFilm ProducerUnited Kingdom
1995 Lia van LeerFilm Programmer, Film ArchivistIsrael
1996 Nikita MikhalkovActor, DirectorRussia
1997 Jack LangPoliticianFrance
1998 Ben KingsleyActorUnited Kingdom
1999 Ángela MolinaActressSpain
2000 Gong LiChina
2001 Bill MechanicFilm ProducerUnited States
2002 Mira NairDirectorIndia
2003 Atom Egoyan Canada
2004 Frances McDormandActressUnited States
2005 Roland EmmerichDirectorGermany
2006 Charlotte RamplingActressUnited Kingdom
2007 Paul SchraderDirector, ScreenwriterUnited States
2008 Costa-GavrasDirectorFrance
2009 Tilda SwintonActressUnited Kingdom
2010 Werner HerzogDirector, ScreenwriterGermany
2011 Isabella RosselliniActressItaly
2012 Mike LeighDirector, ScreenwriterUnited Kingdom
2013 Wong Kar-waiDirectorHong Kong
2014 James SchamusScreenwriterUnited States
2015 Darren AronofskyDirector, Screenwriter
2016 Meryl StreepActress
2017 Paul VerhoevenDirector, ScreenwriterNetherlands
2018 Tom TykwerGermany
2019 Juliette BinocheActressFrance
2020 Jeremy IronsActorUnited Kingdom
2021 No jury president[lower-alpha 1]
2022 M. Night ShyamalanDirector, ScreenwriterIndia, United States
2023 Kristen StewartActressUnited States
2024 Lupita Nyong'o Kenya

See also

Footnotes

  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

  1. 1 2 3 "Berlinale beginnings". Variety. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Berlinale – Archive – Annual Archives – 1952 – Juries". Berlinale. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 "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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