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. The FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films) banned the awarding of jury prizes at the festival so between 1952 and 1955, the winners of the Golden Bear were determined by the audience members.
In 1956, FIAPF formally accredited the festival and since then the Golden Bear has been awarded by an international jury. In 2021 a jury presidency was not appointed for the first time since creation of the position.
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
Year President Profession 1956 Marcel Carné Filmmaker 1957 Jay Carmody Film critic 1958 Frank Capra Filmmaker 1959 Robert Aldrich 1960 Harold Lloyd Actor 1961 James Quinn Film administrator 1962 King Vidor Filmmaker 1963 Wendy Toye Dancer 1964 Anthony Mann Director and actor 1965 John Gillett Film critic 1966 Pierre Braunberger Producer 1967 Thorold Dickinson Filmmaker 1968 Luis García Berlanga 1969 Johannes Schaaf 1970 George Stevens 1971 Bjørn Rasmussen Poet 1972 Eleanor Perry Writer 1973 David Robinson Film Critic 1974 Rodolfo Kuhn Filmmaker 1975 Sylvia Syms Actress 1976 Jerzy Kawalerowicz Filmmaker 1977 Senta Berger Actress 1978 Patricia Highsmith Writer 1979 Jörn Donner Filmmaker 1980 Ingrid Thulin Actress 1981 Jutta Brückner Filmmaker 1982 Joan Fontaine Actress 1983 Jeanne Moreau 1984 Liv Ullmann 1985 Jean Marais Actor 1986 Gina Lollobrigida Actress 1987 Klaus Maria Brandauer Actor 1988 Guglielmo Biraghi Film critic 1989 Rolf Liebermann Composer 1990 Michael Ballhaus Cinematographer 1991 Volker Schlöndorff Filmmaker 1992 Annie Girardot Actress 1993 Frank Beyer Filmmaker 1994 Jeremy Thomas Film producer 1995 Lia van Leer Film programmer and film archivist 1996 Nikita Mikhalkov Filmmaker and actor 1997 Jack Lang Politician 1998 Ben Kingsley Actor 1999 Ángela Molina Actress 2000 Gong Li 2001 Bill Mechanic Film producer 2002 Mira Nair Filmmaker 2003 Atom Egoyan 2004 Frances McDormand Actress 2005 Roland Emmerich Filmmaker 2006 Charlotte Rampling Actress 2007 Paul Schrader Filmmaker 2008 Costa-Gavras Filmmaker 2009 Tilda Swinton Actress 2010 Werner Herzog Filmmaker 2011 Isabella Rossellini Actress 2012 Mike Leigh Filmmaker 2013 Wong Kar-wai Filmmaker 2014 James Schamus Writer 2015 Darren Aronofsky Filmmaker 2016 Meryl Streep Actress 2017 Paul Verhoeven Filmmaker 2018 Tom Tykwer 2019 Juliette Binoche Actress 2020 Jeremy Irons Actor 2021 No jury president 2022 M. Night Shyamalan Filmmaker 2023 Kristen Stewart Actress 2024 Lupita Nyong'o 2025 Todd HaynesFilmmaker2026 Wim Wenders
See also List of Cannes Film Festival jury presidents List of Venice Film Festival jury presidents
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