Each year, the jury of theCannes Film Festival is chaired by an internationally recognized personality of cinema. Being appointed to this position is the recognition of an outstanding career.
Since 1960, there has been only one personality to get this honor twice:Jeanne Moreau in1975 and1995. The last non-professional film personality to be president of the jury is the American writerWilliam Styron in1983.
Since 1987, the Official Selection includes a separate jury and its President in the frame of theCaméra 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 theUn Certain Regard section.
| Year | President | Profession |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 |  Lambert Wilson | Actor |
| 2000 |  Jane Birkin | Actress |
| 2001 | Ariane Ascaride | |
| 2002 | Anne Fontaine | Filmmaker |
| 2003 |  Abderrahmane Sissako | |
| 2004 | Jeremy Thomas | Producer |
| 2005 |  Alexander Payne | Filmmaker |
| 2006 | Monte Hellman | |
| 2007 | Pascale Ferran | |
| 2008 |  Fatih Akin | |
| 2009 |  Paolo Sorrentino | |
| 2010 | Claire Denis | |
| 2011 |  Emir Kusturica | |
| 2012 | Tim Roth | Actor |
| 2013 |  Thomas Vinterberg | Filmmaker |
| 2014 |  Pablo Trapero | |
| 2015 | Isabella Rossellini | Actress |
| 2016 |  Marthe Keller | |
| 2017 | Uma Thurman | |
| 2018 |  Benicio del Toro | Actor |
| 2019 |  Nadine Labaki | Actress and filmmaker |
| 2021 | Andrea Arnold | Filmmaker |
| 2022 | Valeria Golino | Actress and filmmaker |
| 2023 | John C. Reilly | Actor |
| 2024 |  Xavier Dolan | Actor and filmmaker |
| 2025 | Molly Manning Walker | Filmmaker |
