AWARDS & TRIBUTES
A Retrospective Homage to Mary Pickford
Year: 1979
Recipient: Mary Pickford
Role: Actor
Comments: Pickford died shortly before the Festival.
Films:
A Retrospective Tribute to Alexander Dovzhenko
Year: 1969
Recipient: Alexander Dovzhenko
Role: Director, Screenwriter
Comments: Dovzhenko (1894–1956) wrote the script for The Enchanted Desna and Story of the Flaming Years, and his novels were the basis of The Unforgettable; all three were directed by someone else.
Films:
A Retrospective Tribute to F.W. Murnau
Year: 1970
Recipient: F.W. Murnau
Role: Director
Comments: Murnau (1889–1931)
Films:
A Salute to Ernest Dickerson
Year: 1991
Recipient: Ernest Dickerson
Role: Cinematographer
Films:- Ava and Gabriel, A Love Story
A Salute to George Kuchar
Year: 1991
Recipient: George Kuchar
Role: Director
Comments: 24 films, mostly shorts, were shown.
A Salute to Jacques Demy
Year: 1991
Recipient: Jacques Demy
Role: Director
Films:
A Tribute to Bernardo Bertolucci
Year: 1979
Recipient: Bernardo Bertolucci
Role: Director
Comments: Attended clips program tribute 1:00 pm Saturday, October 14, 1979 at the Palace of Fine Arts.
A Tribute to Cyd Charisse
Year: 2004
Recipient: Cyd Charisse
Role: Actor
Films:
A Tribute to Don Novello
Year: 1983
Recipient: Don Novello
Role: Director
Films:- Angelo, My Love
A Tribute to Esther Williams
Year: 2000
Recipient: Esther Williams
Role: Actor
A Tribute to Jacques Rozier
Year: 2001
Recipient: Jacques Rozier
Role: Director
Films:
A Tribute to James Broughton on His 75th Birthday
Year: 1988
Recipient: James Broughton
Role: Director
Films:
A Tribute to Joel McCrea
Year: 1983
Recipient: Joel McCrea
Role: Actor
Comments: McCrea did not appear.
Films:
A Tribute to Liv Ullman
Year: 1973
Recipient: Liv Ullman
Role: Actress
Films:
A Tribute to Luis Buñuel
Year: 1978
Recipient: Luis Buñuel
Role: Director
Comments: The tribute took place October 12. Buñuel did not attend.
A Tribute to Marco Ferreri
Year: 1983
Recipient: Marco Ferreri
Role: Director
Comments: Could not attend.
Films:
A Tribute to Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Year: 1995
Recipient: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Role: Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Comments: Actress Kim Hunter in person.
Films:
A Tribute to Nelson Rodríguez
Year: 2003
Recipient: Nelson Rodríguez
Role: Other
Comments: Could not obtain a visa from the U.S. to attend the Festival.
Films:- Edited by Nelson Rodríguez
A Tribute to Pietro Germi: Latin Loner
Year: 2000
Recipient: Pietro Germi
Role: Director
Films:- The Birds, Bees, and Italians
A Tribute To Robert Duvall
Year: 1983
Recipient: Robert Duvall
Role: Actor
Films:
A Tribute to Robert Mitchum
Year: 1983
Recipient: Robert Mitchum
Role: Actor
Comments: Mitchum in person.
Films:
A Tribute to Sir Alec Guinness
Year: 1979
Recipient: Alec Guinness
Role: Actor
Comments: Film clips only; Guinness in person for Opening Night and October 11 tribute.
A Tribute to Suso Cecchi d’Amico
Year: 1995
Recipient: Suso Cecchi d’ Amico
Role: Screenwriter
Comments: D’Amico in person.
Films:
A Tribute to Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Year: 1979
Recipient: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Role: Director
Comments: Alea was unable to attend.
Films:
A Tribute to Tuesday Weld
Year: 1983
Recipient: Tuesday Weld
Role: Actor
Films:
A Tribute to Yuli Raizman
Year: 1983
Recipient: Yuli Raizman
Role: Director
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1998
Recipient: Im Kwon-Taek
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:- JudyTaebeck Mountains
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1988
Recipient: Robert Bresson
Role: Director
Comments: Bresson was unable to attend.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1986
Recipient: Akira Kurosawa
Role: Director
Comments: March 27.
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1987
Recipient: Michael Powell
Role: Director
Comments: April 2.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1989
Recipient: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Role: Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Comments: In person.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1990
Recipient: Jiri Menzel
Role: Director
Comments: Jiri Menzel was in attendance.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1991
Recipient: Marcel Carné
Role: Director
Comments: Carné could not attend.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1992
Recipient: Satyajit Ray
Role: Director
Comments: Actress Sharmila Tagore appeared to accept the Akira Kurosawa Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing on behalf of Satyajit Ray at a screening of The World of Apu on May 4, 1992. Ray had passed away on April 23, 1992.
Films:- The Return of Goopy and Bagha
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1993
Recipient: Ousmane Sembène
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1994
Recipient: Manoel de Oliveira
Role: Director
Comments: Oliveira in person.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1995
Recipient: Stanley Donen
Role: Director
Comments: Donen in person.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1996
Recipient: Arthur Penn
Role: Director
Comments: Penn in person.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1997
Recipient: Francesco Rosi
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 1999
Recipient: Arturo Ripstein
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 2000
Recipient: Abbas Kiarostami
Role: Director
Films:- Where Is the Friend’s House?
- And Life Goes On . . .
Akira Kurosawa Award
Year: 2001
Recipient: Clint Eastwood
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:
Akira Kurosawa Tribute
Year: 1980
Recipient: Akira Kurosawa
Role: Director
Comments: October 11.
Films:
Alan Bennett: The Poet of Embarassment
Year: 1997
Recipient: Alan Bennett
Role: Director, Screenwriter
Comments: Bennett could not appear; Tracey Ullman came in his place.
Films:
An Afternoon with Agnès Varda
Year: 1986
Recipient: Agnès Varda
Role: Director
Comments: March 29.
Films:
An Afternoon with Danny Glover
Year: 1986
Recipient: Danny Glover
Role: Actor
Comments: March 23.
An Evening with Shelley Winters
Year: 1976
Recipient: Shelley Winters
Role: Actor
Comments: October 24.
Anatole Dauman: Producer
Year: 1990
Recipient: Anatole Dauman
Role: Producer
Films:- Les Astronauts
Andre de Toth Tribute
Year: 1997
Recipient: Andre de Toth
Role: Director
Comments: De Toth in person for all screenings.
Films:
Ann-Margret in Person
Year: 1985
Recipient: Ann-Margret
Role: Actor
Comments: April 18.
Films:
Bill Jersey: The Art of Reality
Year: 1990
Recipient: Bill Jersey
Role: Director
Comments: Clips program. Bill Jersey was in attendance.
Burt Lancaster Tribute
Year: 1976
Recipient: Burt Lancaster
Role: Actor
Comments: October 14.
Charles Bronson Tribute
Year: 1980
Recipient: Charles Bronson
Role: Actor
Comments: October 13, could not attend; also included clips program.
Films:
Chris Holter Humor in Film Award
Year: 2008
Recipient: Dorota Kedzierzawska
Role: Director
Films:
Chris Holter Humor in Film Award
Year: 2007
Recipient: Pavel Giroud
Role: Director
Films:
Claude Chabrol Tribute
Year: 1978
Recipient: Claude Chabrol
Role: Director
Comments: October 14.
Claude Lelouch Tribute
Year: 1977
Recipient: Claude Lelouch
Role: Director
Comments: October 16 in-person appearance.
Films:
David L. Wolper Tribute
Year: 1973
Recipient: David L. Wolper
Role: Director
Comments: October 25 in person.
David O. Selznick Award
Year: 1966
Recipient: Toshiro Mifune
Role: Actor
Comments: Mifune received the award, but was not present. Miiko Taka accepted on his behalf.
David O. Selznick Award for 1965–66
Year: 1966
Recipient: Luis Buñuel
Role: Director
Comments: Buñuel received the award, but was not present. Servando González accepted on his behalf.
David O. Selznick Memorial Silver Laurel Award
Year: 1966
Recipient: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Role: Director
Comments: Pasolini received the award for the film, but he was not present. Alan J. Pakula accepted on his behalf.
David O. Selznick Memorial Silver Laurel Award
Year: 1966
Recipient: Jean-Luc Godard
Role: Director
Comments: Godard received the award for the film, but the film was not shown, and he was not present. Actrress Hope Lange accepted on his behalf.
Discovering György Szomjas
Year: 1989
Recipient: György Szomjas
Role: Director
Films:
Discovering Juraj Jakubisko
Year: 1991
Recipient: Juraj Jakubisko
Role: Director
Films:
Discovering Mike Leigh
Year: 1986
Recipient: Mike Leigh
Role: Director
Films:
Djibril Diop Mambéty: A Tribute
Year: 1999
Recipient: Djibril Diop Mambéty
Role: Director
Comments: Mambéty died in Paris, July 23, 1998 while editing his final film, The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun, and undergoing treatment for cancer.
Films:- Badou Boy
- Contras’ City
Dolores Del Rio Tribute
Year: 1981
Recipient: Dolores Del Rio
Role: Actor
Comments: October 11.
Films:
Enraptured Images: Films by Gunvor Nelson and Warren Sonbert
Year: 1990
Recipient: Gunvor Nelson, Warren Sonbert
Role: Director
Comments: Gunvor Nelson and Warren Sonbert were both in attendance.
Films:
Ernst Lubitsch Centennial
Year: 1992
Recipient: Ernst Lubitsch
Role: Director
Films:
Film Society Directing Award
Year: 2004
Recipient: Milos Forman
Role: Director
Films:- The Fireman’s Ball
Film Society Directing Award
Year: 2003
Recipient: Robert Altman
Role: Director
Films:- Tanner ‘88
Film Society Directing Award
Year: 2006
Recipient: Werner Herzog
Role: Director
Films:
Film Society Directing Award
Year: 2005
Recipient: Taylor Hackford
Role: Director
Films:
Film Society Directing Award
Year: 2007
Recipient: Spike Lee
Role: Director
Films:
FIPRESCI Prize
Year: 2004
Recipient: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni
Role: Director
Films:
FIPRESCI Prize
Year: 2006
Recipient: Ryan Fleck
Role: Director
Films:
FIPRESCI Prize
Year: 2005
Recipient: Saverio Costanzo
Role: Director
Films:
FIPRESCI Prize
Year: 2008
Recipient: Lance Hammer
Role: Director
Films:
FIPRESCI Prize
Year: 2007
Recipient: Jeanne Waltz
Role: Director
Films:
Founder\'s Directing Award
Year: 2008
Recipient: Mike Leigh
Role: Director
Films:
Francesco Rosi Tribute
Year: 1981
Recipient: Francesco Rosi
Role: Director
Comments: October 17.
Films:- Three Brothers
- Just Another War (Uomini contro)
François Truffaut Tribute
Year: 1973
Recipient: François Truffaut
Role: Director
Comments: October 24, 1973 in person.
Films:
Frank Westmore Tribute
Year: 1976
Recipient: Frank Westmore
Role: Makeup Artist
Comments: Legendary Hollywood makeup artist.
Fred MacMurray Tribute
Year: 1987
Recipient: Fred MacMurray
Role: Actor
Films:
Gabriel Figueroa Tribute
Year: 1984
Recipient: Gabriel Figueroa
Role: Cinematographer
Comments: April 14 in person.
Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes Tribute
Year: 1984
Recipient: Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes
Role: Actor, Director
Comments: April 14 in person.
Films:
Gene Hackman Tribute
Year: 1975
Recipient: Gene Hackman
Role: Actor
Comments: October 24 clips, in-person appearance.
Ginger Rogers Tribute
Year: 1984
Recipient: Ginger Rogers
Role: Actor
Comments: April 14 in person.
Giulietta Masina Tribute
Year: 1980
Recipient: Giulietta Masina
Role: Actor
Comments: October 12.
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 1998
Recipient: Robert Frank
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 1997
Recipient: Jan Svankmajer
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 1999
Recipient: Johan van der Keuken
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:- I [heart symbol] $
- Johan van der Keuken: Early Shorts
- Last Words—My Sister Yoka (1935-1997)
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 2000
Recipient: Faith Hubley
Role: Director
Films:- Appreciating the Universe (shorts program)
- Bangs, Dances and an * (shorts program)
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 2004
Recipient: Jon Else
Role: Director
Films:
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 2002
Recipient: Fernando Birri
Role: Director
Films:
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 2001
Recipient: Kenneth Anger
Role: Director
Films:- Magick Lantern Cycle
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 2003
Recipient: Pat O’Neil
Role: Director
Films:
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 2006
Recipient: Guy Maddin
Role: Director
Films:- Heart of the World
- Odilon Redon
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 2005
Recipient: Adam Curtis
Role: Director
Films:- The Power of Nightmares
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 2008
Recipient: Errol Morris
Role: Director
Films:
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award
Year: 2007
Recipient: Heddy Honigmann
Role: Director
Films:
Gustav Machaty: A Tribute
Year: 1999
Recipient: Gustav Machaty
Role: Director
Comments: Machaty (1901–1963).
Films:
Homage to Abel Gance
Year: 1972
Recipient: Abel Gance
Role: Director
Comments: October 22.
Films:- Un Grand Amour de Beethoven
Homage to Albert Lamorisse
Year: 1971
Recipient: Albert Lamorisse
Role: Director
Comments: October 17.
Films:
Homage to Fred Astaire
Year: 1966
Recipient: Fred Astaire
Role: Actor
Comments: October 30, presentation included clips program of Astaire and Rogers titled “The Lyric Hero and Heroine.”
Irving M. Levin Award
Year: 2007
Recipient: George Lucas
Comments: One-time only Irving M. Levin Award given in honor of the Festival's founder.
Jack Lemmon Tribute
Year: 1975
Recipient: Jack Lemmon
Role: Actor
Comments: Held on October 16.
Jack Nicholson Tribute
Year: 1976
Recipient: Jack Nicholson
Role: Actor
Comments: October 16.
Jackie Chan Tribute
Year: 1989
Recipient: Jackie Chan
Role: Actor, Director
Films:
James Wong Howe Tribute
Year: 1974
Recipient: James Wong Howe
Role: Cinematographer
Comments: October 19.
Jane Fonda Tribute
Year: 1975
Recipient: Jane Fonda
Role: Actor
Comments: October 25.
Jiri Menzel Tribute
Year: 1981
Recipient: Jiri Menzel
Role: Director
Comments: October 18.
Films:
Joanne Woodward Tribute
Year: 1973
Recipient: Joanne Woodward
Role: Actor
Comments: October 18 in person.
Films:
Joseph Cotten Tribute
Year: 1987
Recipient: Joseph Cotten
Role: Actor
Comments: Did not take place during Festival. Scheduled as an off-season event.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Tribute
Year: 1975
Recipient: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Role: Director
Comments: October 19.
Kanbar Award
Year: 2006
Recipient: Jean-Claude Carrière
Role: Screenwriter
Films:
Kanbar Award
Year: 2005
Recipient: Paul Haggis
Role: Screenwriter
Films:
Kanbar Award
Year: 2008
Recipient: Robert Towne
Role: Screenwriter
Films:
Kanbar Award
Year: 2007
Recipient: Peter Morgan
Role: Screenwriter
Films:
Kazakh New Wave: A Tribute
Year: 1999
Recipient: Darezhan Omirbaev, Amir Karakulov
Role: Director
Comments: Recipients continued: Satybaldy Narymbetov Serik Aprymov Ermek Shinarbaev Ardak Amirkulov All in person.
Films:- Biography of a Young Accordian Player
- The Fall of Otar
Lauren Bacall Tribute
Year: 1977
Recipient: Lauren Bacall
Role: Actor
Comments: October 15 in-person appearance, interviewed by Mark Chase.
Louis Malle Tribute
Year: 1975
Recipient: Louis Malle
Role: Director
Films:
Made in Britain: Alan Clarke
Year: 1993
Recipient: Alan Clarke
Role: Director, Screenwriter
Films:- Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Masterpieces of the Cinema of Fantasy: Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Year: 1965
Recipient: Walt Disney
Role: Director
Comments: Disney appeared in person to discuss the making of the film.
Films:
Masters of Light: A Tribute to John Alton
Year: 1994
Recipient: John Alton
Role: Cinematographer
Comments: An evening in honor of the legendary cinematographer, with an onstage interview, film clips of his work and a screening of The Black Book.
Films:
Mel Brooks Tribute
Year: 1977
Recipient: Mel Brooks
Role: Director
Comments: October 9 in-person appearance.
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1988
Recipient: Daniel Talbot
Role: Other
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1990
Recipient: Donald Richie
Role: Other
Comments: May 1, Japanese film Knock-Out screened. Donald Richie was in attendance.
Films:
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1991
Recipient: Pauline Kael
Role: Other
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1992
Recipient: Jonas Mekas
Role: Other
Comments: April 25.
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1993
Recipient: Andrew Sarris
Role: Other
Films:
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1994
Recipient: Naum Kleiman
Role: Other
Comments: Kleiman in person.
Films:
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1995
Recipient: Institut Lumière
Role: Other
Comments: A program of dozens of restored Louis Lumière shorts was presented by Bertrand Tavernier and Thierry Frémaux of the Institut Lumière.
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1996
Recipient: David Robinson
Role: Other
Comments: Robinson in person.
Films:
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1998
Recipient: Adrienne Mancia
Role: Other
Comments: In person.
Films:
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1997
Recipient: Judy Stone
Role: Other
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1989
Recipient: USSR Filmmakers Association
Role: Other
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1999
Recipient: Enno Patalas
Role: Other
Comments: In person.
Films:
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 2000
Recipient: David Shepard, Donald Krim
Role: Other
Films:
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 2004
Recipient: Paolo Cherchi Usai
Role: Other
Comments: Film archivist, George Eastman House.
Films:- Life Is Shorts
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 2003
Recipient: Manny Farber
Role: Other
Films:
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 2002
Recipient: David Francis
Role: Other
Films:
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 2001
Recipient: San Francisco Cinematheque
Role: Other
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 2001
Recipient: Cahiers du Cinéma
Role: Other
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 2005
Recipient: Anita Monga
Role: Other
Films:
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 1997
Recipient: Film Arts Foundation
Role: Other
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 2007
Recipient: Kevin Brownlow
Role: Preservationist
Comments: Brownlow was interviewed onstage at the Castro Theatre by Berkeley film professor Russell Merritt prior to a screening of The Iron Mask April 28, 2007. He also attended screenings of the documentary Cecil B. De Mille - American Epic, which he directed.
Films:
Mel Novikoff Award
Year: 2008
Recipient: J. Hoberman
Role: Film Critic
Comments: Hoberman was interviewed onstage at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on Sunday, April 27, by colleague Kent Jones, before introducing his programming selection, José Luis Guerín's In the City of Sylvia.
Films:
Memoirs and Meditations
Year: 1997
Comments: A series of personal essay films.
Films:
Michael Caine Tribute
Year: 1975
Recipient: Michael Caine
Role: Actor
Comments: Attended in person October 18 for discussion and film clips.
Films:
Michel Legrand Tribute
Year: 1980
Recipient: Michel Legrand
Role: Other
Comments: Composer, October 19 in-person tribute.
Midnight Award
Year: 2007
Recipient: Rosario Dawson
Midnight Award
Year: 2007
Recipient: Sam Rockwell
Midnight Award
Year: 2008
Recipient: Jason Lee
Role: Actor
Midnight Award
Year: 2008
Recipient: Rose McGowan
Role: Actor
Natalie Wood Tribute
Year: 1976
Recipient: Natalie Wood
Role: Actor
Comments: October 23 in person.
New American Directors: Juleen Compton
Year: 1966
Recipient: Juleen Compton
Role: Director
Comments: 10/23/2006
Films:
New American Directors: Monte Hellman
Year: 1966
Recipient: Monte Hellman
Role: Director
Comments: October 22. Jack Nicholson, Ride in the Whirlwind, also in attendance.
Films:
New American Directors: Shirley Clarke
Year: 1966
Recipient: Shirley Clarke
Role: Director
Comments: 10/24/2006
Films:
New Directors Prize
Year: 2008
Recipient: Mushon Salmona
Role: Director
Films:
New Directors Series
Year: 1975
Recipient: Steven Spielberg
Role: Director
Comments: Attended in person October 16 for discussion and film clips.
New Directors: Annie Tresgot
Year: 1971
Recipient: Annie Tresgot
Role: Director
Comments: October 6.
Films:
New Directors: Barbara Loden
Year: 1970
Recipient: Barbara Loden
Role: Director
Comments: October 31.
Films:
New Directors: Cinda Firestone
Year: 1974
Recipient: Cinda Firestone
Role: Director
Comments: October 26.
Films:
New Directors: Claire Clouzot
Year: 1981
Recipient: Claire Clouzot
Role: Director
Comments: October 13.
Films:
New Directors: Conrad Rooks
Year: 1968
Recipient: Conrad Rooks
Role: Director
Comments: October 27 in person.
Films:
New Directors: David Gladwell
Year: 1981
Recipient: David Gladwell
Role: Director
Comments: October 17.
Films:
New Directors: Gabor Body
Year: 1981
Recipient: Gabor Body
Role: Director
Comments: October 15.
Films:
New Directors: Gordon Parks
Year: 1969
Recipient: Gordon Parks
Role: Director
Comments: November 2.
Films:
New Directors: Gunnel Lindblom
Year: 1981
Recipient: Gunnel Lindblom
Role: Director
Comments: October 16.
Films:
New Directors: Harold Prince
Year: 1971
Recipient: Harold Prince
Role: Director
Comments: October 7.
Films:
New Directors: Haskell Wexler
Year: 1969
Recipient: Haskell Wexler
Role: Director
Comments: October 26.
Films:
New Directors: Jamaa Fanaka
Year: 1980
Recipient: Jamaa Fanaka
Role: Director
Comments: October 9.
New Directors: James Guercio
Year: 1973
Recipient: James Guercio
Role: Director
Films:
New Directors: Jean-Claude Brialy
Year: 1972
Recipient: Jean-Claude Brialy
Role: Director
Comments: October 20.
Films:
New Directors: Jeremy Paul Kagan
Year: 1975
Recipient: Jeremy Paul Kagan
Role: Director
Comments: Attended in person October 18 for discussion .
Films:
New Directors: Jim McBride
Year: 1968
Recipient: Jim McBride
Role: Director
Comments: November 2 in person.
Films:
New Directors: Joan Micklin Silver
Year: 1980
Recipient: Joan Micklin Silver
Role: Director
Comments: October 14.
New Directors: John Crowther
Year: 1970
Recipient: John Crowther
Role: Director
Comments: October 25.
Films:
New Directors: Karen Arthur
Year: 1975
Recipient: Karen Arthur
Role: Director
Comments: October 25 in-person appearance.
Films:
New Directors: MacGregor Douglas
Year: 1969
Recipient: MacGregor Douglas
Role: Director
Comments: October 30.
Films:
New Directors: Marco Tullio Giordana
Year: 1980
Recipient: Marco Tullio Giordana
Role: Director
Comments: October 15.
New Directors: Maroun Bagdadi
Year: 1983
Recipient: Maroun Bagdadi
Role: Director
Comments: April 15 and April 20.
Films:
New Directors: Michael Barry
Year: 1974
Recipient: Michael Barry
Role: Director
Comments: 10/20/2006
Films:
New Directors: Michael Verhoeven
Year: 1970
Recipient: Michael Verhoeven
Role: Director
Comments: October 25.
Films:
New Directors: Mike de Leon
Year: 1983
Recipient: Mike de Leon
Role: Director
Comments: April 17 and April 20.
Films:- In the Twinkling of an Eye
New Directors: Mireille Dansereau
Year: 1973
Recipient: Mireille Dansereau
Role: Director
Comments: October 27.
Films:
New Directors: Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Year: 1983
Recipient: Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Role: Director
Films:
New Directors: Pancho Kohner
Year: 1970
Recipient: Pancho Kohner
Role: Director
Comments: October 24.
Films:
New Directors: Pascal Aubier
Year: 1971
Recipient: Pascal Aubier
Role: Director
Comments: October 13.
Films:
New Directors: Paul Morrissey
Year: 1972
Recipient: Paul Morrissey
Role: Director
Comments: October 19 in person.
Films:
New Directors: Robert Benayoun
Year: 1969
Recipient: Robert Benayoun
Role: Director
Comments: October 27.
Films:
New Directors: Robert Gardner
Year: 1981
Recipient: Robert Gardner
Role: Director
Comments: October 12.
Films:
New Directors: Sandro Franchina
Year: 1968
Recipient: Sandro Franchina
Role: Director
Comments: October 31 in person.
Films:
New Directors: Shu Shuen
Year: 1968
Recipient: Shu Shuen
Role: Director
Comments: October 30 in person.
Films:
New Directors: Spike Lee
Year: 1983
Recipient: Spike Lee
Role: Director
Comments: April 23.
Films:
New Directors: Steven Arnold
Year: 1971
Recipient: Steven Arnold
Role: Director
Comments: October 13.
Films:
New Directors: Stole Popov
Year: 1983
Recipient: Stole Popov
Role: Director
Comments: April 22.
Films:
New Directors: Susan Sontag
Year: 1969
Recipient: Susan Sontag
Role: Director
Comments: October 25.
Films:
New Directors: Victor Nuñez
Year: 1980
Recipient: Victor Nuñez
Role: Director
Comments: October 13.
Films:- Gal Young‘Un
New Directors: Vincent Ward
Year: 1980
Recipient: Vincent Ward
Role: Director
Comments: October 10.
Films:
New Directors: Wendell Franklin
Year: 1971
Recipient: Wendell Franklin
Role: Director
Comments: October 14.
Films:- Bus Is Coming, The
Niven Busch Tribute
Year: 1980
Recipient: Niven Busch
Role: Screenwriter
Comments: October 14.
Only Connect: Robert Kramer—An American in Paris
Year: 1994
Recipient: Robert Kramer
Role: Director
Films:
Pacific Film Archive 20th Anniversary
Year: 1991
Films:
Paramount Pictures Salute
Year: 1987
Comments: March 28.
Films:
Paul Mazursky Tribute
Year: 1978
Recipient: Paul Mazursky
Role: Director
Comments: October 8.
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 1996
Recipient: Harvey Keitel
Role: Actor
Films:
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 1998
Recipient: Nicolas Cage
Role: Actor
Comments: In person.
Films:
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 1997
Recipient: Annette Bening
Role: Actor
Films:- The Grifters
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 1999
Recipient: Sean Penn
Role: Actor, Director
Comments: In person.
Films:
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 2000
Recipient: Winona Ryder
Role: Actor
Films:
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 2004
Recipient: Chris Cooper
Role: Actor
Films:
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 2002
Recipient: Kevin Spacey
Role: Actor
Films:- Swinmming with Sharks
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 2001
Recipient: Stockard Channing
Role: Actor
Films:
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 2003
Recipient: Dustin Hoffman
Role: Actor
Films:
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 2006
Recipient: Ed Harris
Role: Actor
Films:
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 2005
Recipient: Joan Allen
Role: Actor
Films:
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 2007
Recipient: Robin Williams
Role: Actor
Films:
Peter J. Owens Award
Year: 2008
Recipient: Maria Bello
Role: Actor
Films:
Piper-Heidsieck Award
Year: 1993
Recipient: Danny Glover
Role: Actor
Films:
Piper-Heidsieck Award
Year: 1991
Recipient: Anjelica Huston
Role: Actor
Comments: April 29.
Films:
Piper-Heidsieck Award
Year: 1992
Recipient: Geena Davis
Role: Actor
Films:
Piper-Heidsieck Award
Year: 1994
Recipient: Gérard Depardieu
Role: Actor
Comments: April 30 clips program with Depardieu.
Films:
Piper-Heidsieck Award
Year: 1995
Recipient: Tim Roth
Role: Actor
Films:
Reaching Through the Screen: A Tribute to Lynn Hershman
Year: 1994
Recipient: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Role: Director
Films:- Recovered Diaries
Rediscovering French Film
Year: 1983
Comments: Retrospective from the Museum of Modern Art organized by Adrienne Mancia and Stephen Harvey. Includes films by Carné, Gance, Feyder, Duvivier and others.
Films:
Remebering Pasolini
Year: 2002
Recipient: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Role: Director
Films:
Restored Film Noir from the UCLA Film Archives
Year: 1984
Films:
Robert Altman Tribute
Year: 1973
Recipient: Robert Altman
Role: Director
Comments: October 21 in person.
Robert Evans Tribute
Year: 1976
Recipient: Robert Evans
Role: Producer
Comments: October 17. The 1976 SFIFF Program guide reads, Evans is the “first producer honored at the San Francisco Film Festival.” That is wrong: Jack L. Warner and Arthur Freed received tributes in the 1960s.
Roger Vadim Tribute
Year: 1976
Recipient: Roger Vadim
Role: Director
Comments: October 24.
Ruth Gordon Tribute
Year: 1973
Recipient: Ruth Gordon
Role: Actor, Screenwriter
Comments: October 20 in person.
Sam Peckinpah Tribute
Year: 1974
Recipient: Sam Peckinpah
Role: Director
Comments: October 25.
Films:
Satyajit Ray Award
Year: 1993
Recipient: Sally Potter
Role: Director
Comments: May 8 award ceremony at the Castro Theatre.
Films:
Satyajit Ray Award
Year: 1994
Recipient: Artur Aristakisian
Role: Director
Comments: May 3 presentation with Aristakisian in person.
Films:
Satyajit Ray Award
Year: 1995
Recipient: Moufida Tlatli
Role: Director
Comments: Tlatli in person.
Films:
Shirley MacLaine Tribute
Year: 1973
Recipient: Shirley MacLaine
Role: Actor
Comments: October 28.
SKYY Prize
Year: 1998
Recipient: Dervis Zaim
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:
SKYY Prize
Year: 1997
Recipient: Nadia Fares
Role: Director
Comments: Unable to attend.
Films:
SKYY Prize
Year: 1999
Recipient: Jia Zhang Ke
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:
SKYY Prize
Year: 2003
Recipient: Jose Henrique Fonseca
Role: Director
Films:
SKYY Prize
Year: 2002
Recipient: Bhodan Sláma
Role: Director
Films:
SKYY Prize
Year: 2001
Recipient: Patrick Stettner
Role: Director
Films:
SKYY Prize
Year: 2000
Recipient: Alice Nellis
Role: Director
Films:
SKYY Prize
Year: 2004
Recipient: Andrzej Jakimowski
Role: Director
Films:
SKYY Prize
Year: 2006
Recipient: Ying Liang
Role: Director
Films:
SKYY Prize
Year: 2005
Recipient: Miranda July
Role: Director
Films:
SKYY Prize
Year: 2007
Recipient: Francisco Vargas
Role: Director
Films:
Stanley Donen Tribute
Year: 1975
Recipient: Stanley Donen
Role: Director
Comments: October 26 clips, personal appearance.
Sydney Pollack Tribute
Year: 1977
Recipient: Sydney Pollack
Role: Director
Comments: October 8 in-person appearance.
Films:
Talking Heads
Year: 1989
Comments: A series of British made-for-television films
Films:
The American Director: Busby Berkeley
Year: 1965
Recipient: Busby Berkeley
Role: Director
Comments: October 24, 1965 clips program and panel discussion followed by feature film; discussion conducted by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The American Director: Gene Kelly
Year: 1965
Recipient: Gene Kelly
Role: Director, Actor
Comments: October 30, 1965 clips program and panel discussion followed by feature film; discussion conducted by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The American Director: Hal Roach
Year: 1965
Recipient: Hal Roach
Role: Director
Comments: October 31, 1965 clips program and panel discussion followed by feature film; discussion conducted by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The American Director: John Ford
Year: 1965
Recipient: John Ford
Role: Director
Comments: October 23, 1965 clips program and panel discussion followed by feature film; discussion conducted by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The American Director: John Frankenheimer
Year: 1965
Recipient: John Frankenheimer
Role: Director
Comments: October 26, 1965 clips program and panel discussion followed by feature film; discussion conducted by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The American Director: King Vidor
Year: 1965
Recipient: King Vidor
Role: Director
Comments: October 29, 1965 clips program and panel discussion followed by feature film; discussion conducted by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The American Director: Leo McCarey
Year: 1965
Recipient: Leo McCarey
Role: Director
Comments: October 28, 1965 clips program and panel discussion followed by feature film; discussion conducted by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The American Director: Lewis Milestone
Year: 1965
Recipient: Lewis Milestone
Role: Director
Comments: October 27, 1965 clips program and panel discussion followed by feature film; discussion conducted by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The American Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Year: 1965
Recipient: Mervyn LeRoy
Role: Director
Comments: October 22, 1965 clips program and panel discussion followed by feature film; discussion conducted by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The American Director: William Wellman
Year: 1965
Recipient: William Wellman
Role: Director
Comments: October 25, 1965 clips program and panel discussion followed by feature film; discussion conducted by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Robert Carlisle
Year: 1967
Recipient: Robert Carlisle
Role: Director
Comments: On person October 27.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: William Holden
Year: 1967
Recipient: William Holden
Role: Actor
Comments: In person October 28.
The Craft of Cinema: Allan King
Year: 1967
Recipient: Allan King
Role: Director
Comments: Canadian documentarian.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Arthur Freed
Year: 1966
Recipient: Arthur Freed
Role: Producer
The Craft of Cinema: Arthur Penn
Year: 1971
Recipient: Arthur Penn
Role: Director
Comments: October 12.
The Craft of Cinema: Bette Davis
Year: 1969
Recipient: Bette Davis
Role: Actor
Comments: November 1.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Bo Widerberg
Year: 1969
Recipient: Bo Widerberg
Role: Director
Comments: October 30.
Films:- Adalen ’31
The Craft of Cinema: Clint Eastwood
Year: 1971
Recipient: Clint Eastwood
Role: Director
Comments: October 12.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Dalton Trumbo
Year: 1971
Recipient: Dalton Trumbo
Role: Director, Screenwriter
Comments: October 10.
The Craft of Cinema: David Lean
Year: 1970
Recipient: David Lean
Role: Director
Comments: October 27.
The Craft of Cinema: Edward G. Robinson
Year: 1968
Recipient: Edward G. Robinson
Role: Actor
Comments: Onstage interview October 30 by Albert Johnson.
The Craft of Cinema: Elisabeth Bergner
Year: 1968
Recipient: Elisabeth Bergner
Role: Actor
Comments: Onstage interview October 31 by Albert Johnson.
The Craft of Cinema: Francis Ford Coppola
Year: 1972
Recipient: Francis Ford Coppola
Role: Director
Comments: October 18.
The Craft of Cinema: Frank Capra
Year: 1971
Recipient: Frank Capra
Role: Director
Comments: October 9.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Frank Perry
Year: 1969
Recipient: Frank Perry
Role: Director
Comments: October 28.
The Craft of Cinema: George Cukor
Year: 1966
Recipient: George Cukor
Role: Director
Comments: Cukor in person.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Henry Fonda
Year: 1967
Recipient: Henry Fonda
Role: Actor
Comments: In person October 25.
The Craft of Cinema: Howard Hawks
Year: 1972
Recipient: Howard Hawks
Role: Director
Comments: October 15.
The Craft of Cinema: Jack L.Warner
Year: 1966
Recipient: Jack L. Warner
Role: Producer
Comments: Warner also received the “First Golden Gate Retrospective Award;” October 21 clips program with Warner.
The Craft of Cinema: Jacques Demy and Agnès Varda
Year: 1967
Recipient: Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda
Role: Director
Comments: In person October 22, film clips.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Jacques Tati
Year: 1972
Recipient: Jacques Tati
Role: Director
Comments: October 21.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: John Cassavetes
Year: 1970
Recipient: John Cassavetes
Role: Director
Comments: October 25.
The Craft of Cinema: John Huston
Year: 1968
Recipient: John Huston
Role: Director
Comments: Onstage interview October 28 by Albert Johnson.
The Craft of Cinema: John Schlesinger
Year: 1969
Recipient: John Schlesinger
Role: Director
Comments: October 25 discussion led by Albert Johnson.
The Craft of Cinema: Judy Garland
Year: 1967
Recipient: Judy Garland
Role: Actor
Comments: From the program: “It is important to the San Francisco International Film Festival that this first American homage to Judy Garland is taking place in this city, one that has always been among her favorite towns, where the lyric spirit has always responded to its goddesses.” She could not attend clips program.
The Craft of Cinema: Kirk Douglas
Year: 1968
Recipient: Kirk Douglas
Role: Actor
Comments: Onstage interview November 2 by Albert Johnson.
The Craft of Cinema: Lillian Gish
Year: 1968
Recipient: Lillian Gish
Role: Actor
Comments: Onstage interview October 26 by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Mai Zetterling
Year: 1968
Recipient: Mai Zetterling
Role: Director
Comments: Onstage interview October 29 by Albert Johnson.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Mark Robson
Year: 1966
Recipient: Mark Robson
Role: Director
Comments: Robson in person.
The Craft of Cinema: Martin Fric
Year: 1966
Recipient: Martin Fric
Role: Director
Comments: Fric in person for U.S. premiere.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Martin Ritt
Year: 1970
Recipient: Martin Ritt
Role: Director
Comments: October 22.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Melvin Van Peebles
Year: 1967
Recipient: Melvin Van Peebles
Role: Director
Comments: In person October 21.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Merle Oberon
Year: 1971
Recipient: Merle Oberon
Role: Actor
Comments: October 4.
The Craft of Cinema: Michelangelo Antonioni
Year: 1968
Recipient: Michelangelo Antonioni
Role: Director
Comments: Onstage interview October 27 by Albert Johnson.
Films:- Cronaca di un Amore
- L'Avventura
The Craft of Cinema: Mike Nichols
Year: 1969
Recipient: Mike Nichols
Role: Director
Comments: October 31.
The Craft of Cinema: Milos Forman
Year: 1969
Recipient: Milos Forman
Role: Director
Comments: November 2.
The Craft of Cinema: Paul Newman
Year: 1970
Recipient: Paul Newman
Role: Actor
Comments: October 24.
The Craft of Cinema: Raoul Walsh
Year: 1972
Recipient: Raoul Walsh
Role: Director
Comments: October 17.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Rex Harrison
Year: 1971
Recipient: Rex Harrison
Role: Actor
Comments: October 3.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Rita Hayworth
Year: 1972
Recipient: Rita Hayworth
Role: Actor
Comments: October 14.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Robert Aldrich
Year: 1967
Recipient: Robert Aldrich
Role: Director
Comments: In person October 21, clips only.
The Craft of Cinema: Roman Polanski
Year: 1966
Recipient: Roman Polanski
Role: Director
Comments: Polanski in person.
The Craft of Cinema: Rosalind Russell
Year: 1970
Recipient: Rosalind Russell
Role: Actor
Comments: October 27 in person.
The Craft of Cinema: Rouben Mamoulian
Year: 1971
Recipient: Rouben Mamoulian
Role: Director
Comments: October 8.
The Craft of Cinema: Satyajit Ray
Year: 1970
Recipient: Satyajit Ray
Role: Director
Comments: November 1.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Sergei Bondarchuk
Year: 1971
Recipient: Sergei Bondarchuk
Role: Director
Comments: October 11.
The Craft of Cinema: Sidney Lumet
Year: 1969
Recipient: Sidney Lumet
Role: Director
Comments: October 26.
The Craft of Cinema: Susumu Hani
Year: 1966
Recipient: Susumu Hani
Role: Director
Comments: Hani in person.
Films:
The Craft of Cinema: Vincente Minnelli
Year: 1971
Recipient: Vincente Minnelli
Role: Director
Comments: October 16.
The Craft of Cinema: William Wyler
Year: 1968
Recipient: William Wyler
Role: Director
Comments: November 3.
The Divine Muses
Year: 1980
Recipient: Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman
Role: Actor
Comments: This program was put together after Mitchum cancelled his tribute; October 18, 1:00 pm.
Films:- Intermezzo (1936)
- The Story of Gösta Berling (1924)
The German Lubitsch
Year: 1983
Recipient: Ernst Lubitsch
Role: Director
Comments: Restored retrospective from the Munich Film Museum.
Films:- Das Fideles Gefangnis
The Good Life: A Tribute to Les Blank
Year: 1995
Recipient: Les Blank
Role: Director
Comments: Blank appeared in person.
Films:
The Martial Arts Hero: An Afternoon with Jackie Chan
Year: 1980
Recipient: Jackie Chan
Role: Actor
Comments: October 16.
The Spirit of the Dance
Year: 1996
Comments: A series of dance films.
Films:
The Tunnel at the End of the light: John Jost and His Tom Blair Trilogy
Year: 1993
Recipient: John Jost, Tom Blair
Role: Director
Comments: Jost and Blair in person
Films:- Bed You Sleep In, The
The Unvanquished
Year: 1996
Recipient: Paul Carpita
Role: Director
Films:
The Unvanquished
Year: 1996
Recipient: Paul Meyer
Role: Director
Films:
The Unvanquished
Year: 1998
Recipient: John Berry
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:
The Unvanquished
Year: 1996
Recipient: Abraham Polonsky
Role: Director
Comments: In person.
Films:
The Unvanquished
Year: 1999
Recipient: Karen Morley
Role: Actor
Comments: Could not attend.
Films:
Treasures from the Past: Michael Strogoff and Our Hospitality
Year: 1990
Comments: The pianist, Jean-Marie Sénia, was in attendance to accompany the films.
Films:- Michael Strogoff
Tribute to Annelie and Andrew Thorndike
Year: 1978
Recipient: Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike
Role: Director
Comments: October 16, documentarians.
Tribute to Jeanne Moreau, A
Year: 1974
Recipient: Jeanne Moreau
Role: Actor
Comments: October 25; an 11-hour tribute, longest in Festival history to that time. Moreau appeared at screening.
Films:
Tribute to Nestor Almendros
Year: 1986
Recipient: Nestor Almendros
Role: Director, Cinematographer
Comments: March 20.
Films:
Truman Capote Tribute
Year: 1974
Recipient: Truman Capote
Role: Screenwriter
Comments: Tribute October 20, 1974.
Vincent Price Tribute
Year: 1985
Recipient: Vincent Price
Role: Actor
Comments: Dragonwyck was not in the program guide. It was shown at Opera Plaza before the tribute dinner at Modesto Lanzone restaurent.
Films:
Yves Montand Tribute
Year: 1978
Recipient: Yves Montand
Role: Actor
Comments: October 7.
Films:
FACTOID #210
When Ginger Rogers appeared for a tribute at the SFIFF in 1984 (’sporting hair with the color and richness of whipped butter,’ wrote the Examiner), she shocked the packed Castro Theatre crowd at her 1984 tribute when she griped, ’The filthy mouths we’re hearing in films today’I won’t pay to see these movies. I’d rather stay home and make jam.’
