Each year, the jury of the Cannes Film Festival is chaired by an internationally recognized personality of cinema. Being appointed to this position is the recognition of an outstanding career.
Originally occupied by a French personality, the position was opened to foreign figures starting in the 1960s. Typically, the role is assigned to a film director or an actor. However, several individuals outside the film industry have held the position, including italian theatre director Giorgio Strehler and novelists Françoise Sagan, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Georges Simenon, and William Styron (the last non-professional film personality to serve as jury president). The first woman to hold the position was British and American actress Olivia de Havilland in 1965. Since 1960, only one person has received this honor twice: french actress Jeanne Moreau in 1975 and 1995. In 2015, the jury presidency was awarded for the first time to two individuals: American filmmakers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
Since 1987, the Official Selection includes a separate jury and its president in the frame of the Caméra d'Or which chooses its best feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight, or International Critics' Week). Since 1998, another separate jury and its president have been added for the films of the Un Certain Regard section.
Jury Presidents
Main Competition Year PresidentProfession 1946 Georges HuismanHistorian and politician 1947 1949 1951 André MauroisAuthor 1952 Maurice Genevoix 1953 Jean CocteauFilmmaker and author 1954 1955 Marcel Pagnol 1956 Maurice LehmannActor 1957 André MauroisAuthor 1958 Marcel Achard 1959 1960 Georges Simenon 1961 Jean Giono 1962 Tetsurō FurukakiJournalist and diplomat 1963 Armand SalacrouAuthor 1964 Fritz LangFilmmaker 1965 Olivia de HavillandActress 1966 Sophia Loren 1967 Alessandro BlasettiFilmmaker 1968 André ChamsonAuthor 1969 Luchino ViscontiFilmmaker 1970 Miguel Ángel AsturiasAuthor and diplomat 1971 Michèle MorganActress 1972 Joseph LoseyFilmmaker 1973 Ingrid BergmanActress 1974 René ClairFilmmaker 1975 Jeanne MoreauActress 1976 Tennessee WilliamsAuthor 1977 Roberto RosselliniFilmmaker 1978 Alan J. Pakula 1979 Françoise SaganAuthor 1980 Kirk DouglasActor 1981 Jacques DerayFilmmaker 1982 Giorgio StrehlerOpera and theater director 1983 William StyronAuthor 1984 Dirk BogardeActor 1985 Miloš FormanFilmmaker 1986 Sydney Pollack 1987 Yves MontandActor 1988 Ettore ScolaFilmmaker 1989 Wim Wenders 1990 Bernardo Bertolucci 1991 Roman Polanski 1992 Gérard DepardieuActor 1993 Louis MalleFilmmaker 1994 Clint EastwoodFilmmaker and actor 1995 Jeanne MoreauActress 1996 Francis Ford CoppolaFilmmaker 1997 Isabelle AdjaniActress 1998 Martin ScorseseFilmmaker 1999 David Cronenberg 2000 Luc Besson 2001 Liv UllmannActress 2002 David LynchFilmmaker 2003 Patrice ChéreauOpera and theater director 2004 Quentin TarantinoFilmmaker 2005 Emir Kusturica 2006 Wong Kar-wai 2007 Stephen Frears 2008 Sean PennActor 2009 Isabelle HuppertActress 2010 Tim BurtonFilmmaker 2011 Robert De NiroActor 2012 Nanni MorettiFilmmaker and actor 2013 Steven SpielbergFilmmaker 2014 Jane Campion 2015 Joel Coen and Ethan CoenFilmmakers 2016 George MillerFilmmaker 2017 Pedro Almodóvar 2018 Cate BlanchettActress 2019 Alejandro González IñárrituFilmmaker 2020 Spike LeeFilmmaker and actor 2021 2022 Vincent LindonActor 2023 Ruben ÖstlundFilmmaker 2024 Greta GerwigFilmmaker and actress 2025 Juliette BinocheActress 2026 Park Chan-wookFilmmaker
Caméra d'Or Year PresidentProfession 1987 Maurice Le RouxComposer and conductor 1988 Danièle DelormeActress and producer 1989 Raf ValloneActor and footballer 1990 Christine BoissonActress 1991 Geraldine Chaplin 1992 André DelvauxFilmmaker 1993 Micheline PresleActress 1994 Marthe Keller 1995 Michel DevilleFilmmaker 1996 Françoise FabianActress 1997 Françoise Arnoul 1998 Tran Anh HungFilmmaker 1999 Michel PiccoliActor 2000 Otar IosselianiFilmmaker 2001 Maria de MedeirosActress 2002 Geraldine Chaplin 2003 Wim WendersFilmmaker 2004 Tim RothActor 2005 Abbas KiarostamiFilmmaker 2006 Dardenne brothersFilmmakers 2007 Pavel LunginFilmmaker 2008 Bruno Dumont 2009 Roschdy ZemActor and filmmaker 2010 Gael García BernalActor 2011 Bong Joon-hoFilmmaker 2012 Carlos Diegues 2013 Agnès Varda 2014 Nicole GarciaActress and filmmaker 2015 Sabine Azéma 2016 Catherine Corsini 2017 Sandrine KiberlainActress 2018 Ursula MeierFilmmaker 2019 Rithy Panh 2021 Mélanie ThierryActress 2022 Rossy de Palma2023 Anaïs Demoustier2024 Baloji (co-president)Filmmaker Emmanuelle Béart (co-president)Actress 2025 Alice RohrwacherFilmmaker2026 Monia ChokriActress and filmmaker
Un Certain Regard Year PresidentProfession 1999 Lambert WilsonActor 2000 Jane BirkinActress 2001 Ariane Ascaride 2002 Anne FontaineFilmmaker 2003 Abderrahmane Sissako 2004 Jeremy ThomasProducer 2005 Alexander PayneFilmmaker 2006 Monte Hellman 2007 Pascale Ferran 2008 Fatih Akin 2009 Paolo Sorrentino 2010 Claire Denis 2011 Emir Kusturica 2012 Tim RothActor 2013 Thomas VinterbergFilmmaker 2014 Pablo Trapero 2015 Isabella RosselliniActress 2016 Marthe Keller 2017 Uma Thurman 2018 Benicio del ToroActor 2019 Nadine LabakiActress and filmmaker 2021 Andrea ArnoldFilmmaker 2022 Valeria GolinoActress and filmmaker 2023 John C. ReillyActor 2024 Xavier DolanActor and filmmaker2025 Molly Manning WalkerFilmmaker2026 Leïla BekhtiActress
See also List of Berlin International Film Festival jury presidents List of Venice Film Festival jury presidents
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