List of Venice Film Festival jury presidents

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Each year, the jury of the Venice Film Festival is chaired by an internationally recognized personality of cinema.

From 1935 to 1939, senator and entrepreneur Giuseppe Volpi, founder of the Festival, held the office of President of the Jury. Volpi, together with journalist Mario Gromo holds the record of acting as Jury President for 5 times.

The first foreign President of the Jury was Scottish documentarian John Grierson. The first woman who held the office of President of the Jury was screenwriter Suso Cecchi d'Amico.

In 1992, two people held the office of President of the Jury together: actor Dennis Hopper and director Jiří Menzel.

From 1940 to 1942 the Festivals are considered as not disputed, while from 1943 to 1945 the Festival wasn't organized due to World War II. From 1969 to 1972 and in 1979 the Festival was not competitive, while from 1973 to 1978 the Festival was not organized.

Main competition jury presidents

Giuseppe Volpi, President of the Jury from 1935 to 1939
Luigi Chiarini, President of the Jury in 1948, 1959 and 1962
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, the first woman President of the Jury in 1980
Bernardo Bertolucci, President of the Jury in 1983 and 2013
Alexandre Desplat, the first composer President of the Jury in 2014
Guillermo del Toro, President of the Jury in 2018
Damien Chazelle, President of Jury in 2023
Year President Profession Nationality
1935 Giuseppe Volpi Producer Italy
1936
1937
1938
1939
1947 Vinicio Marinucci Journalist, Filmmaker
1948 Luigi Chiarini
1949 Mario Gromo Journalist
1950
1951
1952
1953 Eugenio Montale Poet
1954 Ignazio Silone
1955 Mario Gromo Journalist
1956 John Grierson Documentarian Scotland
1957 René Clair Filmmaker France
1958 Jean Grémillon France
1959 Luigi Chiarini Journalist, Filmmaker Italy
1960 Marcel Achard Screenwriter France
1961 Filippo Sacchi Journalist Italy
1962 Luigi Chiarini Journalist, Filmmaker
1963 Arturo Lanocita Journalist
1964 Mario Soldati Filmmaker
1965 Carlo Bo Poet
1966 Giorgio Bassani
1967 Alberto Moravia
1968 Guido Piovene Journalist
1980 Suso Cecchi d'Amico Screenwriter
1981 Italo Calvino Poet
1982 Marcel Carné Filmmaker France
1983 Bernardo Bertolucci Italy
1984 Michelangelo Antonioni
1985 Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
1986 Alain Robbe-Grillet France
1987 Irene Papas Actress Greece
1988 Sergio Leone Filmmaker Italy
1989 Andrei Smirnov Actor Soviet Union
1990 Gore Vidal Poet, Screenwriter United States
1991 Gian Luigi Rondi Journalist Italy
1992 Dennis Hopper Actor, Director United States
Jiří Menzel Filmmaker Czechoslovakia
1993 Peter Weir Australia
1994 David Lynch United States
1995 Jorge Semprún Poet Spain
1996 Roman Polanski Filmmaker Poland
1997 Jane Campion New Zealand
1998 Ettore Scola Italy
1999 Emir Kusturica Serbia
2000 Miloš Forman Czech Republic
2001 Nanni Moretti Actor and Filmmaker Italy
2002 Gong Li Actress China
2003 Mario Monicelli Filmmaker Italy
2004 John Boorman England
2005 Dante Ferretti Production Designer Italy
2006 Catherine Deneuve Actress France
2007 Zhang Yimou Filmmaker China
2008 Wim Wenders Germany
2009 Ang Lee Taiwan
2010 Quentin Tarantino United States
2011 Darren Aronofsky
2012 Michael Mann United States
2013 Bernardo Bertolucci Italy
2014 Alexandre Desplat Composer France
2015 Alfonso Cuarón Filmmaker Mexico
2016 Sam Mendes England
2017 Annette Bening Actress United States
2018 Guillermo del Toro Filmmaker Mexico
2019 Lucrecia Martel Argentina
2020 Cate Blanchett Actress Australia
2021 Bong Joon-ho Filmmaker South Korea
2022 Julianne Moore Actress United States
2023 Damien Chazelle Filmmaker

Multiple time presidents

The following individuals served as President of the Jury two or more times:

Times President Nationality
5 Mario Gromo  Italy
Giuseppe Volpi
3 Luigi Chiarini
2 Bernardo Bertolucci

See also