Honorary Golden Bear (Goldener Ehrenbar) | |
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Location | Berlin |
Country | Germany |
Presented by | Berlin International Film Festival |
First awarded | 1982 |
Last awarded | 2024 |
Currently held by | Martin Scorsese |
Website | www |
The Honorary Golden Bear (German : Goldener Ehrenbar) is the Berlin International Film Festival's honorary award for lifetime achievement by important figures in the world of film. [1]
The award was first presented in 1982. The award was not presented in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, and 2021. The award is presented for an exceptional artistic career and is given to the guest of honour of the Homage. [1]
Year | Image | Honorees | Profession | Nationality | Ref. |
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1980's | |||||
1982 | James Stewart | Actor | United States | [2] | |
1988 | Alec Guinness | United Kingdom | [3] | ||
1989 | Dustin Hoffman | United States | [4] | ||
1990's | |||||
1990 | Oliver Stone | Filmmaker | United States | [5] | |
1993 | Billy Wilder | United States, Austria | [6] | ||
Gregory Peck | Actor | United States | |||
1994 | Sophia Loren | Actress | Italy | [7] | |
1995 | Alain Delon | Actor | France | [8] | |
1996 | Jack Lemmon | United States | [9] | ||
Elia Kazan | Filmmaker | ||||
1997 | Kim Novak | Actress | [10] | ||
1998 | Catherine Deneuve | France | [11] | ||
1999 | Shirley MacLaine | United States | [12] | ||
2000's | |||||
2000 | Jeanne Moreau | Actress | France | [13] | |
2001 | Kirk Douglas | Actor and filmmaker | United States | [14] | |
2002 | Claudia Cardinale | Actress | Italy, Tunisia | [15] | |
Robert Altman | Filmmaker | United States | |||
2003 | Anouk Aimée | Actress | France | [16] | |
2004 | Fernando Solanas | Filmmaker | Argentina | [17] | |
2005 | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea | [18] | ||
Fernando Fernán Gómez | Filmmaker, actor and writer | Spain | |||
2006 | Andrzej Wajda | Filmmaker | Poland | [19] | |
Ian McKellen | Actor | United Kingdom | |||
2007 | Arthur Penn | Filmmaker and producer | United States | [20] | |
2008 | Francesco Rosi | Filmmaker | Italy | [21] | |
2009 | Maurice Jarre | Composer and conductor | France | [22] | |
2010's | |||||
2010 | Hanna Schygulla | Actress | Germany | [23] | |
Wolfgang Kohlhaase | Filmmaker | ||||
2011 | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Actor, painter and author | [24] | ||
2012 | Meryl Streep | Actress | United States | [25] | |
2013 | Claude Lanzmann | Filmmaker | France | [26] | |
2014 | Ken Loach | United Kingdom | [27] | ||
2015 | Wim Wenders | Germany | [28] | ||
2016 | Michael Ballhaus | Cinematographer | [29] | ||
2017 | Milena Canonero | Costume Designer | Italy | [30] | |
2018 | Willem Dafoe | Actor | United States | [31] | |
2019 | Charlotte Rampling | Actress | United Kingdom | [32] | |
2020's | |||||
2020 | Helen Mirren | Actress | United Kingdom | [33] | |
2022 | Isabelle Huppert | France | [34] | ||
2023 | Steven Spielberg | Filmmaker | United States | [35] | |
2024 | Martin Scorsese | [36] |
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