Jury-Presidents

• Philip Gröning

  Jury President 2018

  Director (Germany)
  MY BROTHER’S NAME IS ROBERT AND HE IS AN IDIOT (2018), DIE GROSSE STILLE (2005), L’AMOUR, L’ARGENT, L’AMOUR (2000), THE TERRORISTS! (1992) etc

• Götz Otto

  Jury President 2017

  Actor (Germany)
  JAMES BOND 007 - DER MORGEN STIRBT NIE (1997), DER UNTERGANG (2004), IRON SKY (2012), CLOUD ATLAS (2012) etc

  Photo © Michael Petersohn

• Marco Kreuzpaintner

  Jury President 2015

  Director (Germany)
  GANZ UND GAR (2003), SUMMER STORM (2004), TRADE (2007), KRABAT (2007), COMING IN (2013) etc

  Video Masterclass 2015

  Photo © Anne Wilk

• Suri Krishnamma

  Jury President 2013

  Director (GB)
  A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (1994), GOOD SHARMA (2010), DARK TOURIST (2012), BAD KARMA (2012) etc

  Video Masterclass 2013

  "Munich was like a gateway to another world for me. It was the first time I'd presented a film at a festival. It was the first time I seriously thought I might just be able to make a career out of this. I think it was Munich that convinced me I could become a filmmaker. I'm looking forward to sitting in the dark to watch all the student films with the same excitement and anticipation I felt when I was a student. It's a privilege to look at the world through someone else's lense so I look forward to that."

• Dennis Gansel

  Jury-President 2012

  Director / Writer (Germany)
  THE PHANTOM (2000), NAPOLA (2004), THE WAVE (2008), WE ARE THE NIGHT (2010), THE FOURTH STATE (2012)

• Sebastian Schipper

  Jury-President 2011

  Actor / Director / Writer (Germany)
  RUN LOLA RUN (1998), GIGANTIC (1999), 3 (2010), LUDWIG II (2012),  SOMETIME IN AUGUST (2009), VICTORIA (2015) etc

  Video Masterclass 2011

• Dito Tsintsadze

  Jury-President 2010

  Director (Germany/Georgia)
  ZGVARZE (On the Borderline, 1993), GUN-SHY (2003), INVASION (2012) etc

• Hans Steinbichler

  Jury-President 2009

  Director (Germany)
  HIERANKL (2003), WINTER JOURNEY (2006), AUTISTIC DISCO (2007), DAS BLAUE VOM HIMMEL (2011), LANDAUER (2014), DAS DORF DES SCHWEIGENS (2015), DAS TAGEBUCH DER ANNE FRANK (2016), EINE UNERHÖRTE FRAU (2016) etc

  Video Masterclass 2009

• Marc Rothemund

  Jury-President 2008

  Director (Germany)
  LOVE SCENES FROM PLANET EARTH (1998), JUST THE TWO OF US (1999), SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS (2004), HEUTE BIN ICH BLOND (2013) etc

• Michael Ballhaus

  Jury-President 2007

  Cinematographer (Germany)
  DESPAIR (1978), GOODFELLAS (1990), GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002), DEPARTED (2006), etc

• Jeanine Meerapfel

  Jury-President 2006

  Director / Writer / Professor (Argentina/Germany)
  MALOU (1981), LA AMIGA (1988), DER DEUTSCHE FREUND (2012) etc

• Milčo Mančevski

  Jury-President 2005

  Director / Writer (Macedonia)
  BEFORE THE RAIN (1994), DUST (2001), SENKI (2007), MAJKI (2010) etc

• Hal Hartley

  Jury-President 2004

  Director (USA)
  TRUST (1990), HENRY FOOL (1997), FAY GRIM (2006), MEANWHILE (2011), MY AMERICA (2012) etc

  "Being jury president for the film school competition was a welcome challenge. But, even so, I was not prepared for the variety and accuracy (or so it seemed to me) of the evidence these motion pictures provided of how younger people are experiencing the world these days. I felt immediately older and younger at the same time. It was an incredible experience. And I'm glad I was offered the opportunity."

• Peter Sehr (1951-2013)

  Jury-President 2003

  Director / Writer (Germany)
  OBSESSION (1997), LOVE THE HARD WAY (2001), KASPAR HAUSER (2004), DIE FRAU DES ANARCHISTEN (2008), LUDWIG II (2012) etc

• Andreas Gruber

  Jury-President 2002

  professor for directing, dramatic structure and production of motion pictures and television movies; managing director of Department III/Motion Pictures and TV Movies at the HFF Munich / 2003-2013 artistic director of the festivals / director (Austria/Germany)

• Hans-Christian Schmid

  Jury-President 2001

  Director / Writer (Germany)
  AFTER FIVE IN THE FOREST PRIMEVAL (1995), 23 (1998), CRAZY (2000), LICHTER (2003), STORM (2009), WAS BLEIBT (2012) etc

• Fridrik Thór Fridriksson

  Jury-President 2000

  Producer / Director (Iceland)
  BÍÓDAGAR (1994), DEVIL'S ISLAND (1996), ANGELS OF THE UNIVERSE (2000), MAMMA GÓGÓ (2010) etc

• Roland Emmerich

  Jury-President 1999

  Producer / Director / Writer (Germany)
  INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996), THE PATRIOT (2000), THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004), ANONYMOUS (2011), WHITE HOUSE DOWN (2013), INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE (2016) etc

• Monte Hellman

  Jury-President 1998

  Director / Editor / Producer (USA)
  FLIGHT TO FURY (1964), TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (1971), RESEVOIR DOGS (1992), ROAD TO NOWHERE (2010) etc

• Xaver Schwarzenberger

  Jury-President 1997

  Cinematographer / Director (Austria/Germany)
  LILI MARLEEN (1981), VERONIKA VOSS (1982), DER STILLE OZEAN (1983), WALTZES OF THE DANUBE (1984), KRAMBAMBULI (1998)

• Eckhart Schmidt

  Jury-President 1996

  Director / Producer (Germany)
  THE FAN (1982), E.T.A. HOFFMANN'S SANDMAN (1993), numerous documentaries about Hollywood/filmmaking etc

• Peter Lilienthal

  Jury-President 1995

  Director / Writer / Actor / Professor (Germany)
  DER BEGINN (1966), MALATESTA (1970), CALM PREVAILS OVER THE COUNTRY (1976), DAS SCHWEIGEN DES DICHTERS (1987) etc

• Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)

  Jury-President 1994

  Writer (USA)
  WINTER CARNIVAL (1939), ON THE WATERFRONT (1954), THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956), A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957) etc

• Wim Wenders

  Jury-President 1993

  Director (Germany)
  KINGS OF THE ROAD (1976), PARIS, TEXAX (1984), WINGS OF DESIRE (1987), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (1999), THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL (2000), PINA (2011), SALT OF THE EARTH (2014), EVERY THING WILL BE FINE (2015) etc

  "I look back on my time as the jury president of the festival with the greatest of pleasure. There were a couple of incredibly beautiful films from Finland, there was a highly talented Dane by the name of Thomas Vinterberg, exciting films from Israel and Georgia and a memorable on-stage dialogue with old Sam Fuller; not much sleep but plenty of films and a lot of discussions. Without exaggerating, I can say that I'm an old hand at festivals but, in the course of time, there have only been a few of these innumerable events that have such a lasting impression on me as those days in the fall of 1993. This festival for film students is vital, dynamic, and an enormously important stepping stone to the public for many of these young filmmakers. I wish I could be there again!"

• Marco Bellocchio

  Jury-President 1992

  Director / Writer (Italy)
  FISTS IN THE POCKET (1965), LOVE AND ANGER (1969), A LEAP IN THE DARK (1980), THE CONVICTION (1991), L'ORA DI RELIGIONE (IL SORRISO DI MIA MADRE) (2002), VINCERE (2009), BELLA ADDORMENTATA (2012) etc

• Volker Schlöndorff

  Jury-President 1991

  Director (Germany)
  YOUNG TÖRLESS (1966), THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM (1975), THE TIN DRUM (1979), OGRE (1996), CALM AT SEA (2011), DIPLOMACY (2014) etc

• Irvin Kershner (1923-2010)

  Jury-President 1990

  Director (USA)
  HOODLUM PRIEST (1961), THE EMPIRE STIKES BACK (1980), NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983), ROBOCOP II (1990) etc

• Bernd Eichinger (1949-2011)

  Jury-President 1989

  Producer / Writer / Director (Germany)
  u.a. CHRISTIANE F. (1981), THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986), MAYBE... MAYBE NOT (1994), NOWHERE IN AFRICA (2001), DOWNFALL (2004), PERFUME (2006) etc

• Sir Alan Parker

  Jury-President 1988

  Director (GB)
  MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (1978), MISSISSIPPI BURNING (1988), THE COMMITMENTS (1991), ANGELA'S ASHES (1999), THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE (2003) etc

  "I loved my time at the Munich International Festival of Film Schools. I saw so many innovative films (and a few not so brilliant ones) and met some very beautiful people. I have very fond memories indeed - which in itself is amazing as is considering how many people were buying me drinks, it's a miracle I have any memory at all."

• Laurens Straub (1944-2007)

  Jury-President 1987

  Writer / Actor / Director / Producer / Professor (Netherlands)
  REVERSE ANGLE: REBELLION OF THE FILMMAKERS (2008) etc

• George Moorse (1936-1999)

  Jury-President 1986

  Director / Writer (USA/Germany)
  THE CUCKOO YEARS (1967), LENZ (1970), LINDENSTRASSE (1988-1999) etc

• Jerzy Bossak (1910-1989)

  Jury-President 1985

  Director for documentaries / Professor (Poland)
  REQUIEM FÜR 500.000 (1963) etc

• Roland Klick

  Jury-President 1984

  Director / Writer (Germany)
  DEADLOCK (1970), SUPERMARKET (1974) etc

• Reinhard Hauff

  Jury-President 1983

  Director (Germany)
  KNIFE IN THE HEAD (1978), STAMMHEIM (1986) etc / professor (dffb)

• Peter Märthesheimer (1937-2004)

  Jury-President 1982

  Sociologist / Dramatic advisor / Professor (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) / Producer / Writer (Germany)
  THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (1979), I AM THE OTHER WOMAN (2006) etc

• Uli Edel

  Jury-President 1981

  Director / Writer / Producer (Germany)
  CHRISTIANE F. (1981), THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (2008), HOUDINI (2014) etc