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Costa-Gavras
Comments:
A. Deshe
Comments:
Aaron Augenblick
Comments:
Aaron Chiang
Comments:
Aaron Lubarsky
Comments:
Aaron Proctor
Comments:
Aaron Van Borek
Comments:
Abbas Kiarostami
Comments: Kurosawa Award recipient.
Abdellatif Kechiche
Comments:
Abel Ferrara
Comments:
Abraham Polonsky
Comments: Celebrated as one of the Unvanquished.
Adam Brodie
Comments:
Adam Curtis
Comments: POV Award recipient 2005.
Adam McArthur
Comments:
Adam Trese
Comments:
Adam Wolfensohn
Comments:
Ademir Kenovic
Comments:
Adi Barash
Comments:
Aditya Assarat
Comments:
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Comments:
Adrian Belic
Comments:
Adrienne Mancia
Comments: Mel Novikoff Award recipient.
Agnès Varda
Comments: Appeared for An Afternoon with Agnès Varda in 1986.
Agnieszka Holland
Comments:
Aidan Quinn
Comments:
Akira Kurosawa
Comments: First recipient of Kurosawa Award in 1986.
Aktan Abdikalikov
Comments:
Al Brodax
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Alain Corneau
Comments:
Alain Tasma
Comments:
Alaissa Collins
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Alan Abel
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Alan Berliner
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Alan Franey
Comments: Vancouver Film Festival director.
Alan J. Pakula
Comments: Accepted the David O. Selznick Memorial Silver Laurel Award on the behalf of Pier Paolo Pasolini for the film The Gospel According to Saint Matthew.
Alan Jacobs
Comments:
Alan Rudolph
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Alan Taylor
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Albert Johnson
Comments: Juror, as film critic for Sight and Sound. Festival Board Program Director
Alberto Arvelo
Comments:
Alberto Barbera
Comments: SKYY Prize juror.
Alberto Durant
Comments:
Alec Guinness
Comments: Attended tribute in his honor, Opening Night, October 10: clips program at Palace of Fine Arts, followed by black-tie dinner at the St. Francis Hotel. The following afternoon there was another film clips program, this one with Q&A.
Alejandro de Valera
Comments:
Aleksandar Manic
Comments:
Aleksandar Petrovic
Comments:
Aleksandr Askoldov
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Alex Baum
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Alex da Silva
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Alex Gibney
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Alex Lasheras
Comments:
Alex North
Comments: Famous Hollywood composer attended Opening Night. He wrote score for The Sound and the Fury (1959), a Jerry Wald-produced film.
Alex Rivera
Comments:
Alex van Warmerdam
Comments:
Alexander Galin
Comments:
Alexander Karaganov
Comments: Soviet film critic; member of 1960 Festival jury.
Alexander Stuart
Comments:
Alexandra Adams
Comments: Before 2007, credited as Alexandra Hontalas-Adams.
Alexandra Hontales-Adams
Comments: Also credited as Alexandra Adams.
Alexandra Pelosi
Comments:
Alexandra Stewart
Comments:
Alexandra White
Comments:
Alexandre Charlet
Comments:
Alexei Gherman
Comments:
Alexey Perevoshchikov
Comments:
Alfonso "Al" Alvarez
Comments:
Alfre Woodard
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Ali Aboawwad
Comments:
Ali Kazimi
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Alice Braga
Comments:
Alice Nellis
Comments: 2000 Skyy Prize winner. 2001 Skyy Prize juror.
Alice Ray
Comments:
Alice Shih
Comments: Member of the FIPRESCI Prize jury.
Alicia Scherson
Comments:
Alison Lohman
Comments:
Alison Maclean
Comments:
Alison Murray
Comments:
Alissa Simon
Comments: SKYY Prize juror 2001.
Allan Francovich
Comments:
Allen Baron
Comments: New Directors series.
Allison Anders
Comments:
Allison Shigo
Comments:
Amanda Micheli
Comments: GGA juror 2006.
Amanda Veith
Comments: Seminar: Short Films on the Web.
Amar Kanwar
Comments:
Amir Karakulov
Comments:
Amir Muhammad
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Amir Naderi
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Amy Bucher
Comments:
Amy Hicks
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Amy Madigan
Comments: FSAN presenter, attended with spouse Ed Harris in 2006.
Amy Tan
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Amy Ziering Kofman
Comments:
Ana Cristina Fernández
Comments:
Anand Patwardhan
Comments:
Anastasia King
Comments:
Anatoly Valuzhentch
Comments: Representative of the Soviet Embassy in Washington.
Andre de Toth
Comments:
Andre Morgan
Comments:
Andrea Ferreol
Comments:
Andreas Herder
Comments:
Andrei Konchalovsky
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Andrei Slabakovf
Comments:
Andrei Tarkovsky
Comments:
Andrej Sheleznjakov
Comments:
Andrés Waissbluth
Comments:
Andrew Baxter
Comments:
Andrew Gilbert
Comments:
Andrew Lin
Comments:
Andrew Morreale
Comments:
Andrew Morton
Comments: Director in attendance.
Andrew Repasky-McElhinney
Comments:
Andrew Sarris
Comments: At Festival to receive Mel Novikoff Award.
Andrew Stanton
Comments: Appeared at the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Andrey Osipov
Comments:
Andrey Paounov
Comments:
Andrucha Waddington
Comments:
Andrzej Fidyk
Comments:
Andrzej Jakimowski
Comments:
Andrzej Zulawski
Comments:
Andy Cohn
Comments:
Andy García
Comments:
Andy Lau
Comments:
Andy Malcolm
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Andy Schocken
Comments:
Andy Warhol
Comments:
Angel Aviles
Comments:
Anita Monga
Comments: Novikoff Award recipient.
Anja Breien
Comments:
Anjelica Huston
Comments: Attended screening of Janis in 1974; 1991 recipient of Piper-Heidsieck Award.
Ann Hui
Comments:
Ann Martin
Comments: GGA juror.
Ann-Margret
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Anna Boden
Comments:
Anna Malkin
Comments:
Anne Flournoy
Comments:
Anne Makepeace
Comments:
Anne Thompson
Comments: Interviewed Milos Forman onstage for Directing Award 2004.
Annelie Thorndike
Comments: Appeared for a tribute to her and her husband Andrew’s documentaries.
Annelise Wunderlich
Comments:
Annette Bening
Comments: 1997 Peter J. Owens Award. 2002 accompanied Warren Beatty.
Annie Sundberg
Comments:
Annie Tresgot
Comments:
Anselmo Duarte
Comments:
Ansgar Vogt
Comments: GGA juror.
Anthony Drazan
Comments:
Anthony Mackie
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Anthony Mattea
Comments:
Anthony Quinn
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Anthony Wall
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Antoine Ohanessian
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Antonio Vidal Aguilar
Comments:
Arben Tasellari
Comments:
Ari Gold
Comments:
Ariane Kah
Comments:
Arianné Ulmer Cipes
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Aristomenis Tsirbas
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Arlene Dahl
Comments: Actress gave an award at the 9th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival in 1965.
Armand Assante
Comments:
Armistead Maupin
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Arnaud Desplechin
Comments:
Arnie Reisman
Comments:
Aron Ranon
Comments: Adult advisor for Bus 24: The Diversity Bus.
Arthur Freed
Comments: President of the Academy and apart of the Hollywood Advisory Comittee for the festival. Honored in 1966 Craft of Cinema retrospective.
Arthur Knight
Comments: Film As Art competition juror 1963. Attended as journalist for Saturday Review 1964.
Arthur Mayer
Comments: New York fim distributor in attendance.
Arthur Peleshian
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1991.
Arthur Penn
Comments: Subject of a 1971 tribute. Akira Kurosawa Award recipient in 1996.
Arthur Yee
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Artie Shaw
Comments: Appeared in person and conducted a concert after the screening.
Arto Koskinen
Comments:
Artur Aristakisian
Comments: Satyajit Ray Award recipient.
Arturo Ripstein
Comments: 1999 recipient of the Akira Kurosawa Award.
Arup Guhathakurta
Comments:
Ascención Serrano
Comments:
Asger Leth
Comments:
Ash Bowie
Comments: Musician with Superchunk accompanied A Page of Madness.
Ashlyn Perri
Comments:
Aslihan Unaldi
Comments:
Atef Hetata
Comments:
Atom Egoyan
Comments:
Attila Janisch
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Audie Bock
Comments: Interpreter for Akira Kurosawa in 1986.
August Coppola
Comments: Festival Board Member 1986
Auraeus Solito
Comments:
Aurore Clément
Comments:
Ava Sadripour
Comments:
Axel Corti
Comments:
Aymara Rovera
Comments:
Aysin Karaduman
Comments:
B.Z. Goldberg
Comments:
Babak Payami
Comments:
Bahman Farmanara
Comments:
Bai Ling
Comments:
Baltasar Kormákur
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Barbara Carrera
Comments: Attended Opening Night with Merv Griffin.
Barbara Gale
Comments: Stockard Channing’s manager.
Barbara Kopple
Comments:
Barbara Loden
Comments: Mrs. Elia Kazan.
Barbara London
Comments:
Barbara Parker
Comments:
Barbara Rush
Comments: Actress attended the Festival.
Barbara Sonneborn
Comments:
Barbara Steele
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Barbet Schroeder
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Barbra Streisand
Comments: Accepted the Samuel Goldwyn Award for Funny Girl with producer Ray Stark, which was given out before the screening of The Touchables.
Barnaby Conrad
Comments: Golden Gate juror.
Barry Stone
Comments:
Bassek ba Kobhio
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Beeban Kidron
Comments:
Behrooz Hashemian
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Behrouz Vossoughi
Comments: Attended with Abbas Kiaorostami in 2000. Subject of The Unvanquished in 2001.
Bela Tarr
Comments:
Belinda Man
Comments: GGA shorts juror in 2006 and 2007.
Belkacem Hadjadj
Comments:
Ben Piazza
Comments:
Ben Prusiner
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Ben Sombogaart
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Bence Nanay
Comments: FIPRESCI juror 2004.
Benedek Fliegauf
Comments:
Benedictine M. Orvung
Comments:
Benjamin Brand
Comments:
Benjamin Bratt
Comments: Presented Taylor Hackford the Film Society Directing Award in 2005.
Benjamin Tucek
Comments:
Benno Fürmann
Comments:
Bent Hamer
Comments:
Bernard Blancan
Comments:
Bernard Menez
Comments:
Bernardo Bertolucci
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Berry Minott
Comments:
Bert Haanstra
Comments:
Bert Schneider
Comments:
Bertha Bay-sa Pan
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Bertha Landers
Comments: Film as Communication juror.
Bertrand Delanoë
Comments: Mayor of Paris was given the key to the city on Opening Night by S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Bertrand Tavernier
Comments: Received Novikoff Award in 1995 on behalf of the Institut Lumière.
Bess Heitner
Comments:
Beth Custer
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Betsy Bayha
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Bette Davis
Comments: 1969 tribute.
Beverly Sills
Comments: Appeared at Opening Night
Bibi Andersen
Comments:
Bibiana Beglau
Comments:
Bill Brodie
Comments:
Bill Cosby
Comments: Master of Ceremonies on Opening Night, 1970.
Bill Couturié
Comments:
Bill Griffith
Comments: Cartoonist (Zippy the Pinhead) attended Crumb on Opening Night.
Bill Jersey
Comments: Subject of a tribute—Bill Jersey: The Art of Reality.
Bill Krohn
Comments: GGA Grand Prize juror.
Bill Lee
Comments: Spike Lee’s father.
Bill Morrison
Comments:
Bill Paxton
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Bill Siegel
Comments:
Bill Walsh
Comments: Attended Dream for an Insomniac on Opening Night.
Bing Crosby
Comments: Film Industry Advisor for the Festival Board 1965. Appeared at Leo McCarey retrospective in 1965 (McCarey was ill and didn\'t attend), at which Going My Way was screened. Introduced Gene Kelly at Opening Night in 1968.
Bjoern Melhus
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Bob Ostertag
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Bob Smeaton
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Bob Zagone
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Bohdan Sláma
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Bola Sete
Comments: Attended, played at party.
Bong Joon-Ho
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Bonni Cohen
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Bonnie Hunt
Comments: Presented Peter J. Owens Award to Robin Williams.
Boro Draskovic
Comments:
Borys Lanskosz
Comments:
Bourlem Guerdjou
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Boz Scaggs
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Brad Bird
Comments: State of Cinema Address presenter in 2005. Appeared at the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Brad Cerf
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Brad Davis
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Brandon Schaeffer
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Brenda Kovrig
Comments:
Brenda Vaccaro
Comments: Attendee in 1974; Actress attended 1975 Opening Night Party at the Hyatt Regency.
Brendan Bellomo
Comments:
Brendan Gill
Comments: Prominent writer for New Yorker magazine
Brent Renaud
Comments:
Brett Simon
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Brian Gilbert
Comments:
Brian Harding
Comments:
Brian Hubbard
Comments:
Brian Jamieson
Comments: Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Brian McArthur
Comments:
Brian Steidle
Comments:
Brigitte Berg
Comments: Les Documents Cinématographiques.
Brigitte Fossey
Comments:
Brit Marling
Comments:
Bruce Beresford
Comments:
Bruce Conner
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Bruce Sinofsky
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Bruce Sweeney
Comments:
Bruce Vanderhoff
Comments: Hair and makeup artist accompanying Cyd Charisse.
Bruce Weber
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Bruno Dumont
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Bruno Wintzell
Comments: Attended Opening Night screening of The Odessa File with date Goldie Hawn at the 1974 SFIFF.
Bryan Brown
Comments: Accepted a GGA on behalf of David Bradbury for his film Public Enemy Number One.
Buck Henry
Comments: Attended screening of Janis.
Budd Boetticher
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Budd Moss
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Burt Lancaster
Comments: Subject of a tribute October 14, 1976.
Busby Berkeley
Comments: Honored in The American Director series in 1965.
Caitlin Wells
Comments:
Caleb Sampson
Comments: Member of Alloy Orchestra, which provided live musical accompaniment.
Cameron Macauley
Comments: Film as Communication juror.
Camila Guzmán Urzúa
Comments:
Camille Servan-Schreiber
Comments:
Candice Bergen
Comments: Attended the gala premiere of her film Rich and Famous the day before Opening Night at the 1981 festival. Attended Opening Night in 1990 with husband Louis Malle, director of May Fools.
Caoimhe Doyle
Comments:
Carl Foreman
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Carl Hofbauer
Comments: Adult advisor for youth work Phone Cycle.
Carl Peppercorn
Comments: Co-head of Peppercorn-Wormser, Inc. Film Enterprises.
Carl Weathers
Comments: Attended Opening Night tribute to Alec Guinness.
Carla Gugino
Comments:
Carlos Bolado
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Carmen Policy
Comments: Attended Opening Night world premiere of Dream for an Insomniac.
Carol Burnett
Comments: Attended premiere of La Traviata with Placido Domingo.
Carol Doda
Comments:
Carol Howe
Comments:
Carole Langer
Comments:
Caroline Champetier
Comments:
Caroline Muller
Comments: Ceiling
Caroline Roboh
Comments:
Caroline Savage
Comments: GGA juror 2005. GGA Shorts juror 2006.
Caroly Nikolich
Comments: Adult advisor for youth work TechnoPenguin.
Carrie Lozano
Comments: Member of the Golden Gate Awards Shorts jury.
Carroll Baker
Comments: Appeared in person on stage at Opening Night of the 1966 festival
Casey Siemaszko
Comments:
Catherine Breillat
Comments:
Catherine Deneuve
Comments: Attended with Claude Lelouch in 1977. Attended with Truffaut in 1980.
Catherine Keener
Comments:
Cathy Begien
Comments:
Cathy Highland
Comments: Hairdresser for Courteney Cox.
Cathy Lee Crane
Comments:
Caveh Zahedi
Comments:
CCH Pounder
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Cédric Kahn
Comments:
Celia Carey
Comments:
Celina Murga
Comments:
Chad McKnight
Comments:
Chad Morgan
Comments:
Chad Toronchuck
Comments:
Chantal Akerman
Comments:
Chantal Latour
Comments: Distributor
Chantal Richard
Comments:
Charles Berling
Comments:
Charles Bronson
Comments: Charles Bronson attended the Peter J. Owens Award Gala honoring Sean Penn, April 21, 1999.
Charles Burnett
Comments:
Charles Eames
Comments:
Charles Vanel
Comments: French actor in attendance.
Charles “Buddy” Rogers
Comments: The star of Wings accompanied his wife, Mary Pickford, in 1960. In 1979 attended Opening Night tribute to Alec Guinness; Retrospective tribute to his wife, Mary Pickford.
Charlie Canfield
Comments:
Charlie Peters
Comments: One of three Opening Night films.
Charlotte Lagarde
Comments:
Charlotte Maillard
Comments:
Charlotte Pryce
Comments:
Charlotte Rampling
Comments:
Chatrichalerm Yukol
Comments:
Cheech Marin
Comments: Attended Peter J. Owens Gala honoring Annette Bening, 1997.
Cheick Oumar Sissoko
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Cheik Doukoure
Comments:
Chen Daming
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Cheryl Dunye
Comments:
Ches Smith
Comments:
Chiara Mastroianni
Comments:
Chigusa Nagayo
Comments:
Chris Alexander
Comments:
Chris Cohen
Comments: Musician with Deerhoof accompanied screening of Heaven and Earth Magic.
Chris Columbus
Comments: Participated in a Q&A session following the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Chris Cooper
Comments: 2004 Peter J. Owens Award recipient.
Chris Frantz
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Chris Hegedus
Comments:
Chris Hilton
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Chris Kennedy
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Chris Landreth
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Chris Marker
Comments:
Chris Mullington
Comments:
Chris Paine
Comments: Yahoo! GreenWorld Contest juror in 2007.
Chris Petit
Comments:
Chris Rodley
Comments:
Chris Smith
Comments:
Christa Speck
Comments: Actress
Christian Bruno
Comments: Panelist in 2006.
Christian Farrell
Comments: Member of the silt collective.
Christian Tison
Comments:
Christian Valdelièvre
Comments:
Christina Morales
Comments:
Christine Choy
Comments:
Christine Turner
Comments:
Christoph Terhechte
Comments: Member of the SKYY Prize jury.
Christophe Ruggia
Comments:
Christopher Bratton
Comments: GGA shorts juror.
Christopher Arcella
Comments:
Christopher Brown
Comments: Part of Random Touch.
Christopher Lee
Comments: Attended Opening Night tribute to Alec Guinness.
Christopher Lloyd
Comments:
Christopher Nolan
Comments: Received the 1998 SKYY Prize for Best First Feature.
Christopher Sheppard
Comments: Spouse of Sally Potter.
Chuck Johnson
Comments: Musician with Superchunk accompanied A Page of Madness.
Chuck Smith
Comments:
Chuck Workman
Comments:
Chuleenan Svetvilas
Comments: GGA shorts juror.
Cinda Firestone
Comments: Appeared with her film in the New Directors series.
Claire Clouzot
Comments:
Claire Denis
Comments:
Claire Devers
Comments:
Claire Missanelli
Comments:
Claire Simon
Comments:
Clara Sinta
Comments:
Clare Peploe
Comments: Attended with Michelangelo Antonioni for his tribute in 1968. Attended with Bernardo Bertolucci for his tribute in 1979.
Clark Brigham
Comments:
Claude Chabrol
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Claude Jarman
Comments: Executive festival Director from 1967 to 1979.
Claude Lelouch
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1977; attended with Deneuve.
Claudia Bernardi
Comments:
Claudia Landsberger
Comments: GGA Grand Prize juror in 2002. Programming consultant in 2004.
Claudine Nougaret
Comments:
Clayton Day
Comments:
Clint Eastwood
Comments: He was paid tribute October 15, 1971. 2001 Kurosawa Award.
Colin Goh
Comments:
Coline Serreau
Comments:
Colleen Camp
Comments:
Columba Domínguez
Comments:
Connie Field
Comments:
Conrad Rooks
Comments:
Conroy Chan
Comments:
Cora Miao
Comments: Cora Miao is also married to Wayne Wang.
Corissa Anderson
Comments:
Cosmo Segurson
Comments:
Courteney Cox Arquette
Comments:
Courtney Ott
Comments: Member of the SKYY Prize jury.
Courtney Vance
Comments:
Craig Baldwin
Comments: Presented the Masters of Montage program for the Indelible Images series in 1999.
Craig Lucas
Comments:
Craig Renaud
Comments:
Craig Sheffer
Comments:
Crystal Lowe
Comments:
Cyd Charisse
Comments: Onstage tribute in 2004.
Cynthia McKinney
Comments:
Cyril Magnin
Comments: Was present at the Festival kick-off party at Trader Vic’s Trafalgar Room
Cyrus Frisch
Comments:
Czeslaw Milosz
Comments: Nobel laureate attended Commissar screening.
Dagoberto Rodríguez
Comments:
Dalton Trumbo
Comments: Tribute with onstage interview.
Dan Bucatinsky
Comments:
Dan Dixon
Comments:
Dan Katzir
Comments:
Dan Krauss
Comments: GGA juror 2006.
Dan O’Herlihy
Comments: Actor
Dan Perkel
Comments:
Dan Tierney
Comments:
Dana Adam Shapiro
Comments:
Dana Brunetti
Comments:
Dana Rotberg
Comments:
Dane Smith
Comments:
Daniel Alpert
Comments:
Daniel B. Gold
Comments:
Daniel Benzali
Comments: Actor attended the Festival.
Daniel Craig
Comments:
Daniel Díaz Torres
Comments:
Daniel Downey
Comments:
Daniel Ellsberg
Comments: Interviewee in documentary about Vietnam.
Daniel Gelin
Comments: French actor in attendance.
Daniel Handler
Comments: SKYY juror.
Daniel Howard
Comments:
Daniel Petry
Comments:
Daniel Plotnick
Comments: Seminar coordinator.
Daniel Schmid
Comments:
Daniel Talbot
Comments: Recipient of the Novikoff Award.
Daniel Wu
Comments:
Daniel Yu
Comments:
Daniela Thomas
Comments:
Danielle Arbid
Comments:
Danielle Renfrew
Comments:
Danny Bailey
Comments:
Danny DeVito
Comments: 2004 presenter of Directing Award to Milos Forman.
Danny Glover
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1986. Received Piper-Heidsieck Award in 1993. Participated in panel entitled Picturing Development in conjunction with appearance as Executive Producer of Bamako in 2007. Frequent Festival attendee.
Darío Grandinetti
Comments:
Darius Milhaud
Comments: Famous composer who was teaching at Mills College; A Festival award was named after him
Darlene Johnson
Comments:
Darren McGavin
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Darryl McCane
Comments:
Dave Borthwick
Comments:
Dave Derewlany
Comments:
Dave Gebroe
Comments:
David Ackerman
Comments:
David Arquette
Comments:
David Begelman
Comments: Received special award on Opening Night from Mayor Alioto re: Columbia Pictures Tribute.
David Bolton
Comments:
David Brown
Comments:
David Byrne
Comments: Closing night film in 1984; other Talking Heads members also attended. Appeared at the 1993 Festival to present clips program of Cuban music called Eurrragh! All four Heads in person for 1999 rerelease.
David Chalker
Comments:
David Cohen
Comments:
David D’Arcy
Comments: In 2002, covered the Festival for National Public Radio. In 2003, interviewed Robert Altman onstage. In 2004, interviewed Chris Cooper onstage. In 2006, interviewed Jean-Claude Carrière. Participated in Five-0 storytelling event in 2007.
David Fenkel
Comments: Festival Express distributor.
David Francis
Comments: 2002 Mel Novikoff Award recipient, restoration of Where Are My Children? (1916).
David Friendly
Comments:
David Gladwell
Comments:
David Helpern Jr.
Comments: Appeared onstage with film subjects Lester Cole and Gale Sondergaard.
David Hughes
Comments:
David Ichioka
Comments:
David Janssen
Comments:
David Jones
Comments:
David Koff
Comments:
David Krumholtz
Comments:
David L. Wolper
Comments: Director tribute October 25.
David Lean
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1970.
David Leland
Comments:
David Mamet
Comments:
David Niven
Comments:
David Ondrícek
Comments:
David Phillips
Comments:
David Rathod
Comments:
David Robinson
Comments: Novikoff Award recipient.
David Sabin
Comments:
David Sacks
Comments: The Festival Board General Chairman attended the festival in 1966.
David Shapiro
Comments:
David Shepard
Comments: Novikoff Award recipient, showed Cyrano de Bergerac (1925).
David Sherman
Comments:
David Siegel
Comments:
David Sofian
Comments:
David Sterritt
Comments: Juror, Golden Gate Awards Grand Prize, 2000. Interviewed Wernor Herzog onstage for the Film Society Directing Award 2006.
David Thomas
Comments:
David Timoner
Comments:
David Urrutia
Comments:
David Vassar
Comments:
David Williams
Comments:
David Yates
Comments:
Davor Antolic
Comments:
Davor Janjic
Comments:
Deana Jakubiskova
Comments:
Deann Borshay Liem
Comments:
Deborah Hoffman
Comments:
Deborah Rennard
Comments: Spouse of Paul Haggis.
Décio Matos Jr.
Comments:
Deepak Kumaran Menon
Comments:
Delroy Lindo
Comments: Selected Sugar Cane Alley for Indelible Images in 2000. SKYY Prize juror in 2003.
Deni Bonet
Comments:
Denise Iris
Comments:
Dennis Hopper
Comments:
Dennis James
Comments: Musician, Metropolis, 2001. Musician, Orphans of the Storm, 2003.
Dennis Murphy
Comments:
Dennis O’Rourke
Comments:
Denys Arcand
Comments:
Derek Dabkoski
Comments:
Derek Flood
Comments:
Dermot Mulroney
Comments:
Dervis Zaim
Comments: Won Skyy Prize.
Desiree Holman
Comments:
Devon Crosby-Helms
Comments:
Devorah Devries
Comments:
Devorah Herbert
Comments:
Diane Baker
Comments: Attendee
Diane Disney Miller
Comments:
Diane Weipert
Comments:
Dick Fontaine
Comments:
Dierdre Lynch
Comments:
Dieter Schidor
Comments:
Dima El-Horr
Comments:
Dimos Avdeliodis
Comments:
Dina Ciraulo
Comments: GGA panel chair.
Dinah Shore
Comments: She gave out an award at the 9th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival in 1965.
Dmitry Astrakhan
Comments:
Dolissa Medina
Comments:
Dolores Del Rio
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1981.
Dolores Dorn-Heft
Comments:
Dolores Michaels
Comments: Actress attended Closing Night gala.
Dominic Angerame
Comments: Appeared at the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Dominique Abel
Comments:
Dominique Loreau
Comments:
Dominique Pifarély
Comments: Live musical accompaniment.
Don Francks
Comments:
Don Kleszy
Comments:
Don McGlynn
Comments:
Don McKellar
Comments:
Don Montano
Comments: Whatever.
Don Roos
Comments:
Don Was
Comments:
Don White
Comments:
Dona Rotberg
Comments:
Donal Lardner Ward
Comments:
Donald Crombie
Comments:
Donald Krim
Comments: Novikoff Award recipient, Cyrano de Bergerac (1925) was screened.
Donald Richie
Comments: Recipient of the Mel Novikoff Award.
Donatello Dubini
Comments:
Dong Jie
Comments:
Dorothy DeBolt
Comments:
Dorothy McGuire
Comments: Actress presented David O. Selznick Award to (Ms.) Miiko Taka on the behalf of Toshiro Mifune.
Doug Easdon
Comments:
Dragos Bogdan Iuga
Comments:
Duane Boutte
Comments:
Dusan Makavejev
Comments: Participated in seminar on Eastern European cinema in 1993. Appeared when WR: Mysteries of the Organism was chosen for Indelible Images by Wayne Wang in 1998.
Dustin Hoffman
Comments: Peter J. Owens Award recipient at the 46th San Francisco International Film Festival.
Dyan Cannon
Comments:
Eartha Kitt
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Ed Ames
Comments: Appeared at Opening Night.
Ed Arentz
Comments: SKYY juror.
Ed Begley
Comments: Attended opening night in 1965.
Ed Harris
Comments: Peter Owens Award recipient in 2006.
Eddie DeBartolo
Comments: Father of the director of Dream for an Insomniac, Tiffanie DeBartolo.
Eddie Money
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Edie Adams
Comments:
Edie Ichioka
Comments:
Edmund Elias Merhige
Comments:
Edna Politi
Comments:
Edouard Luntz
Comments:
Edouard Niermans
Comments:
Eduardo do Coutinho
Comments:
Edward Burns
Comments:
Edward Dmytryk
Comments: Dmytryk grew up in San Francisco, the son of Ukrainian immigrants. Hollywood filmmaker served on Golden Gate jury in 1959. He returned in 1960 to speak on a panel entitled \"The Role of Film in International Cultural Relations.\"
Edward G. Robinson
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Edward Guthmann
Comments: San Francisco Chronicle film critic conducted onstage interview with Nestor Almendros.
Edward Yang
Comments:
Edwin L. Wilber
Comments: Film as Communication juror.
Eileen Brennan
Comments:
Ekachai Uekrongtham
Comments:
Eko Supriyanto
Comments:
Elaine Meader
Comments:
Elanna Allen
Comments:
Eleanor Coppola
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1977. Attended party for Anna 1987.
Eleanor Perry
Comments: Subject of a tribute with her husband Frank.
Elem Klimov
Comments: Director of Come and See (SFIFF 1985) and head of the Filmmakers’ Union accepted the Mel Novikoff Award for the Soviet Filmmakers’ Union.
Elena Gordeeva
Comments:
Eli Roth
Comments:
Elia Suleiman
Comments:
Elina Lowensohn
Comments:
Elisabeth Bergner
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Elisabeth Perceval
Comments:
Elise Pearlstein
Comments:
Eliseo Subiela
Comments:
Elizabeth Adams
Comments:
Elizabeth Barret
Comments:
Elizabeth Daily
Comments: Performed music with fellow musicians which appear in the film Street Music.
Elizabeth Sher
Comments:
Ella Fitzgerald
Comments:
Ellen Bruno
Comments: Chose Lessons of Darkness for Indelible Images in 2000. Her film Satya screened with it.
Ellen Burstyn
Comments:
Ellen Kaiper
Comments:
Ellen Osborne
Comments:
Ellen Page
Comments:
Ellen Perry
Comments:
Ellen Ugelstad
Comments:
Elliot Edward
Comments:
Elliott Gould
Comments: Accompanied wife Barbra Streisand as she collected Samuel Goldwyn Award for Funny Girl.
Elliott Stein
Comments: New York film critic.
Elsa Lanchester
Comments:
Elsa Zylberstein
Comments:
Elvis Mitchell
Comments: Interviewed Owens Award recipient Stockard Channing, 2001.
Emanuel Levy
Comments: Golden Gate Awards Juror. SKYY Prize juror 2003.
Emanuele Crialese
Comments: Golden Door was the Opening Night film of the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival. Crialese attended the Castro Theatre screening April 26, 2007 and participated in a Q&A session after the film.
Emiko Omori
Comments: Chose San Soleil for Indelible Images in 1999. Member of the Golden Gate Awards jury in 2007.
Emile de Antonio
Comments:
Emily Goldstein
Comments:
Emily Hubley
Comments:
Emma Thomas
Comments:
Emmanuel Carrère
Comments:
Emmanuel Finkiel
Comments:
Emmanuelle Bercot
Comments:
Enno Patalas
Comments: Presented restored print of Nosferatu in 1987. Novikoff Award recipient 1999.
Enric Folch
Comments:
Eoin Clarke
Comments:
Ephraim Kishon
Comments:
Eric Black
Comments:
Eric Escobar
Comments:
Eric Geringas
Comments:
Eric Saks
Comments:
Eric Schaeffer
Comments:
Eric Slade
Comments:
Eric Steel
Comments:
Eric Stoltz
Comments:
Eric Towner
Comments:
Erica Eng
Comments:
Erica Nicotra
Comments:
Erica Peng
Comments:
Erich Langjahr
Comments:
Erich Svabik
Comments: Czechlosovakian in attendance with Martin Fric; Accepted the David O. Selznick Memorial Silver Laurel Award on the behalf of Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos for the film The Shop on Main Street.
Erik Pauser
Comments:
Erik Poppe
Comments:
Erik Rosenlund
Comments:
Erin McEnery
Comments:
Erla Skúladóttir
Comments:
Ernest Borgnine
Comments: Attended opening night of the 11th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival in 1967.
Ernest Callenbach
Comments: Founder of Film Quarterly served as Film As Art competition juror.
Ernest Dickerson
Comments: 1991 tribute recipient.
Ernest Hardy
Comments:
Ernest Tidyman
Comments: Screenwriter attended Opening Night tribute to Alec Guinness in 1979.
Ernie Gehr
Comments:
Errol Morris
Comments:
Esai Morales
Comments:
Esther Anderson
Comments:
Esther Williams
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Ethan Hawke
Comments:
Ettore Scola
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Eugene Burdick
Comments: Famous novelist and writer served as GGA juror
Eugene Hernandez
Comments: 2001 GGA Grand Prize Juror.
Eugene Martin
Comments:
Eva Ilona Brzeski
Comments:
Evan White
Comments:
Eyal Sivan
Comments:
F.R. Crawley
Comments:
Fabrice Guez
Comments:
Faith Hubley
Comments: 2000 Persistence of Vision Award recipient.
Fanta Regina Nacro
Comments:
Farah Dews
Comments:
Farid Lahoussassa
Comments:
Fatima Jebli Ouazzani
Comments:
Fay Kanin
Comments: Writer, producer, attended Opening Night tribute to Alec Guinness in 1979.
Feiping Chen
Comments: Go for Broke.
Ferde Grofé Jr.
Comments:
Fernando Birri
Comments: 2002 Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award recipient.
Fernando E. Solanas
Comments:
Fernando Pérez
Comments:
Fielder Cook
Comments: Chose Babette’s Feast for Indelible Images.
Filip Remunda
Comments:
Fina Torres
Comments:
Finn Taylor
Comments:
Florent Herry
Comments:
Flower Goings
Comments: Member of the Golden Gate Awards Shorts jury.
Fons Rademakers
Comments:
Forest Whitaker
Comments: Kurosawa Award presenter to Clint Eastwood.
Frances Fisher
Comments:
Frances Reid
Comments:
Francesca de Sapio
Comments:
Francesco Calogero
Comments:
Francesco Fei
Comments:
Francesco Rosi
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1981. In 1997 received Akira Kurosawa Award.
Franchot Tone
Comments: Franchot Tone was the emcee for the 1957 SFIFF Opening Night at the Metro Theatre.
Francine Jean-Baptiste
Comments:
Francis Ford Coppola
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1968. Festival guest in 1971. Subject of a Craft of Cinema tribute in 1972; 1975 recipient of the St. Francis of Assisi Award presented by Mayor Joseph Alioto; award was presented at the Opening Night Party at the Hyatt Regency. Attended screening of Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha in 1980. Chose Black God, White Devil for Indelible Images in 1997.
Francisco Vargas
Comments:
Franck Nouchi
Comments: Accepted Novikoff Award on behalf of Cahiers du Cinéma.
Franco Cancellieri
Comments:
Franco Pesci
Comments: The Roman architect escorted his wife, actress Virna Lisi to the festival in 1965.
Franco Zeffirelli
Comments: Opening Night film.
François Cluzet
Comments:
François Couturier
Comments: Live musical accompaniment
François Truffaut
Comments: Attended 1973 retrospective tribute to his work with Jacqueline Bisset. Attended the screening of The Last Metro in 1980 with Catherine Deneuve.
François Villiers
Comments: Brother of Jean-Pierre Aumont.
Françoise Etchegaray
Comments:
Françoise Lamy
Comments:
Françoise Romand
Comments: Juror, SKYY Prize, 2000.
Frank Borzage
Comments: Famous Hollywood director attended.
Frank Capra
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1971. Attended Festival in 1974.
Frank Cassenti
Comments:
Frank Le Wita
Comments:
Frank Müller
Comments:
Frank Perry
Comments: Subject of tribute with his wife Eleanor.
Frank Westmore
Comments: Make-up man was subject of a tribute.
Franka Potente
Comments:
Franny Armstrong
Comments:
Franz Grabner
Comments:
Frauke Sandig
Comments:
Frazer Bradshaw
Comments:
Fred Astaire
Comments: Appeared on stage with Albert Johnson at the Fred Astaire tribute. They famously danced together on stage.
Fred Haines
Comments:
Fred Kelemen
Comments:
Fred MacMurray
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1987.
Fred Marx
Comments:
Fred Meader
Comments:
Fred Tan
Comments:
Fred Zinneman
Comments: Hollywood director in attendance.
Freddie Davies
Comments:
Frédéric Labourasse
Comments:
Frederick Baker
Comments:
Frederick Marx
Comments: GGA Grand Prize juror 2002.
Fredi M. Murer
Comments:
Frida Betrani
Comments:
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Comments:
Gabriel Orozco
Comments:
Gabriel Figueroa
Comments: Mexican cinematographer subject of a tribute.
Gabriela Muskala
Comments:
Gabrielle Anwar
Comments:
Gabrielle Pfeiffer
Comments:
Gaby Dellal
Comments:
Gail Dolgin
Comments:
Gail Waldron
Comments:
Galaxy Craze
Comments:
Gale Sondergaard
Comments: Actress, blacklisted during MacCarthy era; married to Herbert Biberman, one of the Hollywood Ten; participated in Q&A after screening.
Galen Fott
Comments:
Garance Clavel
Comments:
Garin Nugroho
Comments:
Garry Goodrow
Comments: Member of San Francisco comedy troupe The Committee.
Gary Eister
Comments: Musician for restored Metropolis.
Gary Goetzman
Comments:
Gary Leva
Comments:
Gary Ross
Comments: Owens Award presenter to Chris Cooper at Awards Night.
Gary Shandling
Comments:
Gary Sorensen
Comments:
Gaspar Noé
Comments:
Gaston Kabore
Comments:
Gautami Bhattacherjee
Comments:
Gavin Dougan
Comments:
Gavin Lambert
Comments: British filmmaker.
Gavin O’Connor
Comments:
Geena Davis
Comments: 1992 Piper-Heidsieck Award recipient. Interviewed by B. Ruby Rich on stage.
Gemma Jones
Comments:
Gena Rowlands
Comments: Rowlands and John Cassavetes were subjects of a tribute.
Gene Hackman
Comments: Subject of tribute. Film clips shown.
Gene Kelly
Comments: Attended screening as part of The American Director series in 1965. Received tribute in 1968; also emcee Opening Night. Attended Opening Night in 1973.
Gene Tunney
Comments: Former heavyweight champ attended The Great White Hope screening.
Gèneviève Cluny
Comments:
Geoff Callan
Comments:
George Butler
Comments:
George Carl
Comments:
George Cukor
Comments: Honored in the 1966 Craft of Cinema retrospective. Attended the screening of his film Rich and Famous the day before Opening Night of the Festival in 1981.
George Gund III
Comments:
George Hamilton
Comments:
George Kuchar
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1991. Chose The Old Dark House for Indelible Images in 1997.
George Lucas
Comments: Attended 1979 Opening Night tribute to Alec Guinness. Attended screening of Kagemusha in 1980, which he helped to finance. Attended reception for Akira Kurosawa in 1986. Received one-time only Irving M. Levin Award in honor of the Festival\'s founder in 2007. Also attended world premiere of Fog City Mavericks and participated in post-screening Q&A session at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
George Peppard
Comments:
George Ratliff
Comments:
George Rosenthal
Comments:
George Siefert
Comments: Attended Dream for an Insomniac Opening Night.
George Stevens Jr.
Comments: U.S. Information Agency representative and son of the famous director in attendance in 1963. Presented the David O. Selznick Award for best actor at the 9th Annual San Francisco International Film Society.
George Van Buskirk
Comments:
Georgi Djulgerov
Comments:
Georgi Gavrilov
Comments:
Georgi Khaindrava
Comments:
Georgia Hubley
Comments:
Georgina Corzine
Comments:
Georgy Kunitsin
Comments: Soviet film critic.
Georgy Mdivani
Comments: Soviet script writer. Head of Soviet Union delegation to the Festival and attended the festival in 1967.
Gerald Gaxiola
Comments:
Gerald Hustache-Mathieu
Comments:
Gerald Peary
Comments: Member of the FIPRESCI Prize jury.
Gerald Pratley
Comments: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Geraldine Chaplin
Comments:
Gérard Depardieu
Comments: Received Piper-Heidsieck Award.
Gideon Bachman
Comments:
Gig Young
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1965.
Gilbert Cates
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Gilbert de Goldschmidt
Comments:
Gilles Sandoz
Comments:
Gillies MacKinnon
Comments:
Gina Leibrecht
Comments:
Ginger Rogers
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Giovanni Fago
Comments:
Giulia Achilli
Comments:
Giulietta Masina
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1980.
Giuseppe M. Gaudino
Comments:
Giuseppe Piccioni
Comments:
Glen Pitre
Comments:
Glen Scantlebury
Comments:
Gloria Stockton
Comments:
Godfrey Cambridge
Comments: Attended and entertained the lobby of the Masonic with singing and playing the guitar in 1966.
Golan Levin
Comments:
Goldie Hawn
Comments: Attended Opening Night screening of The Odessa File with date Bruno Wuntzel at the 1974 SFIFF. Appeared at the Opening Night screening of Private Benjamin.
Gonzalo Justiniano
Comments:
Gonzalo Valenzuela
Comments:
Goran Markovic
Comments:
Goran Paskaljevic
Comments:
Goro Koyama
Comments:
Graham Daniels
Comments:
Graham Tallman
Comments:
Grahame Weinbren
Comments:
Greg Harrison
Comments:
Greg Niemeyer
Comments:
Greg O’Connor
Comments:
Greg Samata
Comments:
Greg Saunier
Comments: Musician with Deerhoof accompanied screening of Heaven and Earth Magic.
Greg Zglinski
Comments:
Gregg Araki
Comments:
Gregg Lachow
Comments:
Gregor Clark
Comments:
Gregory Nava
Comments:
Gregory Peck
Comments: He studied pre-med at UC Berkeley. Acted in The Yearling with San Franciscan and future SFIFF executive director Claude Jarman.
Greil Marcus
Comments: Chose The Manchurian Candidate for Indelible Images.
Greta Scacchi
Comments:
Greta van dern Bempt
Comments:
Grigori Chukhrai
Comments:
Grzegorz Linkowski
Comments:
Guillaume Canet
Comments:
Guillermo Calderón
Comments:
Guillermo del Toro
Comments:
Guillermo Pfening
Comments:
Gunvor Nelson
Comments: Shown as part of program titled Enraptured Images: New Films by Gunvor Nelson and Warren Sonbert.
Gustavo Mosquera
Comments:
Guy Maddin
Comments: Persistence of Vision Award recipient in 2006.
György Pálfi
Comments:
Gyorgy Szomjas
Comments: Hungarian director appeared in conjunction with a six-film tribute to him.
Hal Hartley
Comments:
Halil Efrat
Comments:
Halina Reijn
Comments:
Hanif Kureishi
Comments:
Hanna Elias
Comments:
Hannah Lesser
Comments:
Hans Dahlberg
Comments:
Hans Gottschank
Comments:
Hans Hurch
Comments: 2000 Golden Gate Awards Grand Prize juror
Hansjurgen Pohland
Comments:
Harada Ippei
Comments:
Harlan Jacobson
Comments: Talk Cinema host.
Harold Pinter
Comments: Opening Night film.
Harold Prince
Comments:
Harriet Hirshorn
Comments:
Harry Dean Stanton
Comments: Attended Peter J. Owens Award Gala in 1999 with Sean Penn.
Harry Schein
Comments: Attended opening night. President of Swedish Film Institute. Married to Ingrid Thulin. Participated in the symposium “Censorship and the Actor’s Art” at Grace Cathedral
Hart Bochner
Comments: Attended the screening of his film Rich and Famous in 1981.
Hartmut Jahn
Comments:
Harvey Keitel
Comments: 1996 Owens Award recipient.
Haskell Wexler
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Hayao Miyazaki
Comments:
Haym Topol
Comments:
Hector Babenco
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Héctor Menis
Comments:
Heddy Honigmann
Comments: Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award recipient in 2007.
Heeraz Marfatia
Comments:
Heidi Ewing
Comments:
Heidi Reavis
Comments:
Heiner Stadler
Comments:
Helen McCrory
Comments:
Helen Mirren
Comments: Spouse of 2005 Directing Award recipient Taylor Hackford.
Helen Morse
Comments:
Helena Younossi
Comments:
Helke Sander
Comments:
Henning Brümmer
Comments:
Henry Alex Rubin
Comments:
Henry Barrial
Comments:
Henry Fonda
Comments: Received Golden Gate Award during the Craft of Cinema tribute at the 1967 Festival.
Henry Jacobs
Comments:
Henry Jaglom
Comments:
Henry S. Rosenthal
Comments:
Henry Sheehan
Comments: FIPRESCI jury.
Herb Caen
Comments: Attended Opening Nights.
Hermann Greuel
Comments: Network for European Film
Herschel Weingrod
Comments:
Hervé Le Roux
Comments:
Hideko Takamine
Comments:
Hideyuki Kobayashi
Comments:
Hilary Clarke
Comments:
Hillard Elkins
Comments:
Hiroshi Mikami
Comments:
Hiroshi Shimizu
Comments:
Hisa Iino
Comments:
Hisham Selim
Comments:
Holger Römers
Comments: Member of the FIPRESCI Prize jury.
Hope Lange
Comments: Accepted the David O. Selznick Memorial Silver Laurel Award on the behalf of Jean-Luc Godard for the film Masculine Feminine.
Horace Ahmad Shansab
Comments:
Horst Buchholz
Comments: Recieved the David O. Selznick Award for best actor in 1965.
Howard Armstrong
Comments:
Howard Hawks
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1972.
Howard Hesseman
Comments: Attended Opening Night party.
Howard Zieff
Comments: Both of these were Opening Night films.
Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir
Comments:
Hsiao Shuo-wen
Comments:
Hu Mei
Comments:
Hui Rao
Comments:
Hyuk Byun
Comments:
Hyun-Ock Im
Comments:
Ian Dixon
Comments:
Ian Inaba
Comments:
Ian McKellen
Comments:
Iara Lee
Comments:
Ifoghale Amata
Comments: Educator from Nigeria (former president of the Students Union at Ibadan University), received key to the city from Mayor Christopher.
Ignacio López Tarso
Comments: Won 1960 GGA for Best Actor in Macario. Again Best Actor in The Paper Man, 1963.
Igor Ivanov
Comments:
Igor Prokopenko
Comments:
Ildikó Enyedi
Comments:
Ilia Livikou
Comments: She played the aunt.
Im Kwon-Taek
Comments: 1998 Kurosawa Award.
Im Sang-Soo
Comments:
Imad Noury
Comments:
Imogen Cunningham
Comments: Served as juror in Film As Art competition.
Imogene Coca
Comments: With Sid Ceasar, introduced Mayor George Moscone on Opening Night.
Ingrid Thulin
Comments: Attended Opening Night of Festival.
Ione Skye
Comments:
Ira Deutchman
Comments: Panelist in 2003
Ira Kaplan
Comments: Musician for the program Yo La Tengo and Jean Painlevé: The Sounds of Silence.
Irakli Quiricadze
Comments:
Irene Langemann
Comments:
Irina Leimbacher
Comments: GGA juror.
Irvin Kershner
Comments:
Irving Ackerman
Comments: Juror.
Irving Lerner
Comments:
Isaac Ortiz
Comments:
Isabella Sandri
Comments:
Isabelle Adjani
Comments:
Isabelle Bridges
Comments: Accompanied father Jeff Bridges as award presenter.
Isild Le Besco
Comments:
Ismael Rodríguez
Comments:
Israel “Cachao” López
Comments:
Ivan Giroud
Comments: Advisory board member, director of the Havana Film Festival.
Ivan Reitman
Comments:
Jaap van Hoewijk
Comments:
Jack Brodsky
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Jack Arnold
Comments:
Jack Fisk
Comments:
Jack Green
Comments:
Jack Janssen
Comments:
Jack Kerouac
Comments:
Jack L. Warner
Comments: The Craft of Cinema Tribute to Warner Bros. in 1966; Golden Gate Retrospective Award (first one ever given).
Jack Lemmon
Comments: Subject of a 1975 tribute.
Jack Nicholson
Comments: Attended screening of Janis in 1974. Subject of a tribute in 1976.
Jack Valenti
Comments: President of MPAA made a \"major address\" at a luncheon at the Fairmont Hotel on October 29 during the Festival.
Jack Walsh
Comments:
Jack Youngelson
Comments:
Jackie Chan
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Jackie Schulz
Comments:
Jacob Gentry
Comments:
Jacob Holdt
Comments:
Jacqueline Bisset
Comments:
Jacques Demy
Comments: Honored at the Craft of Cinema retrospective. Married to Agnès Varda. Attended Opening Night in 1967. Attended Michel Legrand\'s tribute in 1980.
Jacques Fabert
Comments: Film as Art juror.
Jacques Perrin
Comments:
Jaime Camino
Comments:
Jake Sawyer
Comments:
Jalil Lespert
Comments:
Jamaa Fanaka
Comments:
James Bridges
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
James Broughton
Comments: 1963 juror for Film As Art competition; 1988 retrospective tribute recipient.
James Danaqyumtewa
Comments:
James Darren
Comments: Actor. Attended opening night.
James Dean Jay Byrd
Comments:
James Fraser
Comments: A Man of Substance
James Grey
Comments:
James Gunn
Comments: GGA juror 2005. GGA shorts juror 2006. Member of the Golden Gate Awards shorts jury in 2007.
James Hetfield
Comments:
James Katz
Comments: Co-restorer of Vertigo.
James Landis
Comments: New Directors series.
James Lapine
Comments:
James LeGros
Comments:
James Longley
Comments:
James Mackay
Comments:
James Mason
Comments: He was an honored guest and speaker at Opening Night during the 1967 festival. The same year the film he produced, The London Nobody Knows, was shown.
James McNew
Comments: Musician for the program Yo La Tengo and Jean Painlevé: The Sounds of Silence.
James Merendino
Comments:
James Mulvey
Comments: President of Goldwyn Productions, Inc.
James S. Cho
Comments:
James Strahs
Comments:
James T. Hong
Comments:
James Webb
Comments: President, Writers Guild of America.
James Wilbur
Comments: Musician with Superchunk accompanied A Page of Madness.
James William Guercio
Comments: Attended his screening in the New Directors series.
James Wong Howe
Comments: First tribute to a cinematographer at a festival.
Jamie Chan
Comments:
Jamie Meltzer
Comments:
Jamie Patricof
Comments:
Jamison Jones
Comments:
Jan Harlan
Comments:
Jan Michael Vincent
Comments: Attendee
Jan Svankmajer
Comments: Recipient of the 1997 Persistence of Vision Award.
Jan Wahl
Comments: Onstage interviewer for Cyd Charisse.
Jana Bokova
Comments:
Jana Sevcíková
Comments:
Jana Sinyor
Comments:
Jane Fonda
Comments: Subject of tribute.
Jane Russell
Comments: Attended Opening Night 1970.
Jane Seymour
Comments:
Jane Weiner
Comments:
Janet Suzman
Comments:
Janis Plotkin
Comments: GGA shorts juror.
Jano Williams
Comments:
Jasmine Dellal
Comments:
Jason Borger
Comments: Musician with American Music Club accompanied screening of Street Angel.
Jason Dasilva
Comments:
Jason Lytle
Comments:
Jason Staczek
Comments:
Jay Rosenblatt
Comments:
Jayne Mansfield
Comments: Actress attended the 1966 festival.
Je Yong Lee
Comments:
Jean Babilée
Comments:
Jean Bréhat
Comments:
Jean des Forets
Comments:
Jean Karnow
Comments:
Jean Renoir
Comments: Served on the Golden Gate jury.
Jean Stapleton
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Jean Yves Pitoun
Comments:
Jean-Claude Baker
Comments: Son of Josephine Baker, star of the film The Siren of the Tropics.
Jean-Claude Brialy
Comments: Appeared for the New Directors series.
Jean-Claude Carrière
Comments: Received Kanbar Award in 2006.
Jean-Claude Lauzon
Comments:
Jean-Luc Godard
Comments:
Jean-Marie Sénia
Comments: Pianist who accompanied the silent film Michel Strogoff.
Jean-Marie Teno
Comments:
Jean-Michel Roux
Comments:
Jean-Pascal Hattu
Comments:
Jean-Philippe Boucicaut
Comments:
Jean-Philippe Toussaint
Comments:
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Comments: French actor in attendance
Jean-Pierre Denis
Comments:
Jean-Pierre Gorin
Comments: Appeared with Jean-Luc Godard in 1972. Appeared on Cinephilia panel in 1996.
Jeanne Jordan
Comments:
Jeanne Moreau
Comments: Part of 11-hour tribute, longest in Festival history to that time. Four features, chosen by Moreau, were shown. Moreau appeared at screening.
Jeanne Waltz
Comments:
Jeannette Etheridge
Comments: Festival Board Member
Jeannie Epper
Comments:
Jece Valadao
Comments:
Jeff Bridges
Comments: Appeared at screening and at Opening Night party at the Hyatt Regency in 1975. Presented the Peter J. Owens Award to Joan Allen in 2005.
Jeff Hockett
Comments:
Jeff Levy-Hinte
Comments:
Jeff Swan
Comments:
Jeff Zimbalist
Comments:
Jefferson Guzman
Comments:
Jeffrey Blitz
Comments:
Jeffrey Friedman
Comments: Chose My Beautiful Laundrette for Indelible Images in 1998.
Jehane Noujaim
Comments:
Jenifer Millstone
Comments:
Jenna Helwig
Comments:
Jenni Olson
Comments:
Jennifer Arzt
Comments:
Jennifer Jones
Comments: Was present at the Festival kickoff party at Trader Vic’s Trafalgar Room
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
Comments:
Jennifer Montana
Comments: Attended Dream for an Insomniac Opening Night with husband Joe.
Jennifer Montgomery
Comments:
Jennifer Petrucelli
Comments:
Jenny Abel
Comments:
Jenny Agutter
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Jenny Gago
Comments:
Jens Arentzen
Comments:
Jeremy Irons
Comments:
Jeremy Northam
Comments:
Jeremy Paul Kagan
Comments:
Jeremy Theobald
Comments:
Jerry Garcia
Comments: Performed song “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” in movie. Attended Opening Night party.
Jerry Harrison
Comments: Band member of Talking Heads and subject of the 1984 Closing Night film. Also appeared at 1999 rerelease.
Jerry Hunt
Comments:
Jerry Robinson
Comments:
Jerry Schatzberg
Comments:
Jerry Wald
Comments: Beloved Infidel was the first Hollywood entry to the SFIFF. Wald was the producer of San Francisco-set films Dark Passage and Kiss Them for Me.
Jerzy Kucia
Comments:
Jess Beck
Comments:
Jess Fulton
Comments:
Jessica Hobbs
Comments:
Jessica Yu
Comments:
Jessie Deeter
Comments:
Jesus Mondragón
Comments:
Jia Zhangke
Comments:
Jiang Wen
Comments:
Jill Norton
Comments:
Jill Sprecher
Comments:
Jill St. John
Comments: Presented awards on Closing Night at the Sheraton Palace.
Jim Brown
Comments: Presented Film Society Directing Award to Spike Lee.
Jim Healy
Comments: Eastman House archivist
Jim Hoberman
Comments: Film critic
Jim Jarmusch
Comments: Year of the Horse closed the 40th anniversary Festival in 1997. Coffee and Cigarettes opened the 47th SFIFF in 2004.
Jim Jennings
Comments:
Jim McBride
Comments:
Jim McKay
Comments:
Jim Nabors
Comments: Hosted the awards show for the best of the television section of the Festival in 1967.
Jim Stark
Comments:
Jim Trainor
Comments:
Jim Van Buskirk
Comments: Author of Celluloid San Francisco in book signing.
Jimmy Marks
Comments:
Jimmy Ripp
Comments: Musician with Tom Verlaine: Music for Film program.
Jimmy Smits
Comments:
Jin-Han Kim
Comments:
Jin-ho Hur
Comments:
Jiri Menzel
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1981. Recipient of the Akira Kurosawa Award in 1990.
Jiri Weiss
Comments: Jury member in 1962.
JJ McGeehan
Comments:
Jo Menell
Comments:
Joachim Jung
Comments:
Joan Allen
Comments: Owens Award recipient in 2005.
Joan Chen
Comments:
Joan Hotchkis
Comments:
Joanna Friedman
Comments:
Joanne Kelley
Comments:
Joanne Parsont
Comments: GGA juror in 2005. Member of the Golden Gate Awards Shorts jury in 2007.
Joanne Woodward
Comments: Attended with husband Paul Newman in 1970. Subject of a tribute in 1973, with onstage interview and clips.
João César Monteiro
Comments:
Joaquim Pinto
Comments:
Joe Bini
Comments:
Joe Berlinger
Comments:
Joe Montana
Comments: Attended Dream for an Insomniac Opening Night.
Joel Gray
Comments: Emcee on Opening Night.
Joel Singer
Comments: Conceived by James Broughton, Scattered Remains was actually directed and photographed by Joel Singer.
Joey Kern
Comments:
Joey O’Bryan
Comments:
Johan Grimonprez
Comments:
Johan van der Keuken
Comments: Persistence of Vision Award recipient.
Johanthan Chen
Comments:
John Adams
Comments:
John Alton
Comments: Received tribute in program, Master of Light: A Tribute to John Alton.
John Anderson
Comments: SKYY Prize juror 2004. FIPRESCI juror 2006. Interviewed Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award recipient Heddy Honigmann onstage in 2007.
John Barker
Comments:
John Berry
Comments: Part of the Unvanquished series.
John Cameron Mitchell
Comments:
John Cassavetes
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1970. With Gena Rowlands, subject of a tribute in 1984.
John Crowther
Comments: Son of Bosley Crowther.
John de Rantau
Comments:
John Della Penna
Comments:
John Dieterich
Comments: Musician with Deerhoof accompanied screening of Heaven and Earth Magic.
John Flynn
Comments:
John Ford
Comments:
John Foreman
Comments:
John Frankenheimer
Comments: Attended screening as part of The American Director series.
John Glover
Comments:
John Halos
Comments: London director in attendance.
John Haptas
Comments:
John Harden
Comments:
John Hoyt
Comments:
John Huston
Comments: 1968 tribute
John Kirk
Comments: Archivist of MGM, brought He Who Must Die.
John Korty
Comments: Attended the 1977 Festival with the subjects of Who Are the Debolts and How Did They get Nineteen Kids?
John Lasseter
Comments: Introduced Yellow Submarine, which he selected as part of the Indelible Images program in 1997. Introduced Hayao Miyazaki before Spirited Away in 2002. Presented Irving M. Levin Award to George Lucas at 50th SFIFF in 2007. Also participated in Q&A session following the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
John Lvoff
Comments:
John Manulis
Comments: Digital panelist, juror.
John Marley
Comments:
John Maybury
Comments:
John McCarten
Comments: New Yorker writer served on Golden Gate jury.
John Peterson
Comments:
John Phillip Law
Comments:
John Pierson
Comments: GGA Grand Prize juror 2001.
John Ritter
Comments:
John Rogers
Comments:
John Saxon
Comments: The actor attended Opening Night of the Festival in 1967.
John Schlesinger
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1969.
John Tunney
Comments: U.S. Senator candidate from California, appeared at Opening Night screening of The Great White Hope with his father, ex-boxer Gene Tunney.
John Turturro
Comments:
John van Dreelan
Comments: Actor in attendance.
John X. Heart
Comments:
Johnny Symons
Comments:
Jojo Li
Comments:
Jon Dann
Comments:
Jon Else
Comments: 2004 Golden Gate Persistence Of Vision Award recipient.
Jon Favreau
Comments:
Jon Fromer
Comments:
Jon Gartenberg
Comments: Introduced tribute to Warren Sonbert: Future for the Past.
Jon Jost
Comments: Received a tribute with Tom Blair in 1993.
Jon Moritsugu
Comments: Chose Liquid Sky for the 1999 Indelible Images series.
Jon Schwartz
Comments:
Jon Shenk
Comments:
Jona Frank
Comments:
Jonah Hall
Comments:
Jonas Mekas
Comments: Received Mel Novikoff Award.
Jonas Odell
Comments:
Jonathan Chen
Comments:
Jonathan Curiel
Comments: Member of the SKYY Prize jury.
Jonathan Demme
Comments:
Jonathan Hludzinski
Comments:
Jonathan Reiss
Comments:
Jonathan Richman
Comments: Composed and performed original score to accompany silent The Phantom Carriage at the Castro Theatre.
Jonathan Rosen
Comments:
Jonathan Stack
Comments:
Joong-Hoon Park
Comments:
Joost van Veen
Comments:
Jos Stelling
Comments:
Jose Araujo
Comments:
José Elías Moreno
Comments:
Jose Guerrero
Comments:
José Luis Borau
Comments:
Josef Heifitz
Comments: Soviet director attended the 1967 festival.
Josef von Sternberg
Comments: Hollywood director served on Golden Gate jury.
Joseph Alioto
Comments: Mayor Alioto presented the St. Francis of Assisi Award to Francis Ford Coppola. Award was presented at the Opening Night party at the Hyatt Regency.
Joseph Costa
Comments:
Joseph Cotten
Comments: Hollywood actor in attendance 1965. (Tribute in the summer of 1987, not during the Festival.)
Joseph Crowell
Comments:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Comments: Subject of 1975 tribute; film clips shown; chaired by Mark Chase, associate Festival director. 1989 Kurosawa Award recipient.
Joseph Losey
Comments: Opening Night film; appeared with Harold Pinter.
Joseph M. Castelo
Comments:
Joseph Procopio
Comments:
Josh Aronson
Comments:
Josh Feiger
Comments: ShortFilms.Com, panelist.
Josh Lau
Comments:
Joss Ackland
Comments: Opening Night film.
Jozef Slovak
Comments:
József Pacskovsky
Comments:
Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti
Comments:
Juan Carlos Martín
Comments:
Juan Carlos Rulfo
Comments:
Juan Manuel Villegas
Comments:
Juan Solanas
Comments:
Judith Anderson
Comments: Actress attended.
Judith Helfand
Comments:
Judith Huxtable
Comments:
Judy Cannon
Comments:
Judy Fiskin
Comments:
Judy Irving
Comments:
Judy Sin
Comments:
Judy Tossell
Comments:
Juleen Compton
Comments: In New American Directors series.
Jules Dassin
Comments:
Jules Stein
Comments: Special Guest. Founder and kingpin of MCA.
Julia Loktev
Comments:
Julia Meltzer
Comments:
Julia Query
Comments:
Julia Reichert
Comments:
Julian Sands
Comments:
Julianne Burton-Carvajal
Comments: Film scholar assisted with Nelson González tribute.
Julie Dorf
Comments:
Julie Strauz
Comments: Miss Brazil of 1962.
Julie Trell
Comments:
Julie Vizza
Comments:
Julien Temple
Comments:
Juliette Binoche
Comments:
Juliusz Machulski
Comments:
June Haver
Comments: Wife of Fred MacMurray, subject of a tribute in 1987.
Jung Min-Young
Comments:
Juraj Jakubisko
Comments:
Justin Curtis
Comments:
Justin Marchacos
Comments:
Justin Wattenbarger
Comments:
Justine Jacob
Comments:
Justine Shapiro
Comments:
Jytte Jensen
Comments: GGA feature doc juror.
Kai Syng Tan
Comments:
Kaizô Hayashi
Comments:
Kalma Yukol
Comments:
Kang Soo-yeon
Comments:
Kang Yi-kwan
Comments:
Karel Och
Comments: Member of the Golden Gate Awards jury.
Karel Zeman
Comments:
Karen Arthur
Comments:
Karen Friedberg
Comments:
Karen Lum
Comments:
Karim Aïnouz
Comments:
Karim Dridi
Comments:
Karin Wegsjö
Comments:
Karina Epperlein
Comments:
Karine Vanasse
Comments:
Karl Frances
Comments:
Karl Francis
Comments:
Karl L. Reid
Comments:
Karl Malden
Comments: Served on 1964 jury. Emcee on Opening Night 1972. Attended 1975 Opening Night party at the Hyatt Regency. Attended silent film postage stamp unveiling in 1994.
Kashiko Kawakita
Comments: jury member
Kasia Bartel
Comments:
Kate Buford
Comments: Seminar participant wrote a biography of Burt Lancaster.
Kate Davis
Comments:
Katherin McInnis
Comments:
Kathy Simmonds
Comments:
Katja von Garnier
Comments:
Katrina Hart Drabkin
Comments:
Katy Kavanaugh
Comments: GGA juror.
Keir Dullea
Comments:
Keith Evans
Comments: Panelist in 2006. Member of the silt collective.
Keith Zwolfer
Comments: GGA juror.
Kelilyn Mohr McKeever
Comments:
Kelly Reichardt
Comments:
Kelly Sears
Comments:
Ken Keating
Comments: Cowboy Pictures rep with All About Lily Chou Chou.
Ken McMullen
Comments:
Ken Winokur
Comments: Member of Alloy Orchestra, which provided live musical accompaniment.
Kenji Yamamoto
Comments:
Kenna McClatchy
Comments: Attended the 1967 Festival.
Kenneth Anger
Comments: Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award recipient.
Kenneth Branagh
Comments:
Kent Jones
Comments: 1999 SKYY Prize juror, from Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Kent Long
Comments:
Kerry Laitala
Comments: Panelist in 2006.
Kevin Brownlow
Comments: Film preservationist Brownlow was honored with the 2007 Mel Novikoff Award at the 50th SFIFF.
Kevin Corrigan
Comments:
Kevin Jenkins
Comments:
Kevin Loader
Comments:
Kevin Spacey
Comments:
Khaled Ghorbal
Comments:
Khaled Youssef
Comments:
Khalil Joreige
Comments:
Kia Simon
Comments:
Kikumi Nakazawa
Comments: The Bird People of China.
Kim Dong-Suk
Comments: Director of the motion picture division of the South Korean government.
Kim Hunter
Comments:
Kim Jingue
Comments:
Kim Ki-Duk
Comments:
Kim Kyoung-wook
Comments:
Kim Spurlock
Comments:
Kimiko Ishi
Comments:
King Vidor
Comments: Attended screening as part of The American Director series.
Kira Paramonores
Comments: Russian critic in attendance on jury.
Kirby Dick
Comments:
Kirk Douglas
Comments: Tribute
Kirk Hammett
Comments:
Kiron Kher
Comments:
Kiseki Hamada
Comments:
Kitty LeRoy
Comments: Wife of Mervyn LeRoy.
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Comments:
Kjell Grede
Comments:
Klára Issová
Comments:
Ko Kyota
Comments:
Kohei Oguri
Comments:
Koyalee Chanda
Comments:
Kris Curry
Comments:
Kristen Nutile
Comments:
Kristin Cato
Comments: Member of the Golden Gate Awards Shorts jury.
Kristin Keelim
Comments:
Kristine Samuelson
Comments:
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
Comments:
Krystian Matysek
Comments:
Krystyna Janda
Comments:
Krzysztof Zanussi
Comments:
Kurt Tom
Comments:
Kurt Wagner
Comments: Musician with Lambchop accompanied Sunrise.
Ladislav Pospisil
Comments: Director of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
Laetitia Sonami
Comments:
Laila el Ahiani
Comments:
Laleh Soomekh
Comments:
Lambert Yam
Comments:
Lana Gogoberidze
Comments:
Larry Clark
Comments: Indelible Images: Kagemusha selected by Larry Clark.
Larry Moyer
Comments: GGA for Best Director, 1963.
Lars Rudolph
Comments:
Lars Ulrich
Comments:
Laura Ballance
Comments: Musician with Superchunk accompanied A Page of Madness.
Laura Dunn
Comments:
Laura Kim
Comments: Author.
Laura McCorkindale
Comments: Bandits.
Laura San Giacomo
Comments:
Laurel Chiten
Comments:
Laurel Legler
Comments:
Lauren Bacall
Comments: Subject of tribute October 15, 1977; clips shown.
Laurence Harvey
Comments: English actor in attendance
Laurent Chevallier
Comments:
Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Comments:
Lawrence Andrews
Comments:
Leah Gilliam
Comments:
Leah Whitman-Salkin
Comments:
Leanne Pooley
Comments:
Lech Kowalski
Comments:
Lee Chang-Dong
Comments:
Lee Kang-i
Comments:
Lee Kang-sheng
Comments:
Lee Phillips
Comments:
Lee Strasberg
Comments:
Lee Yoon-ki
Comments:
Lela Reichert-Klein
Comments:
Leland J. Lazarus
Comments: Local judge who backed the production of Some Sort of a Cage.
Lena Herzog
Comments: Accompanied Wernor Herzog.
Lenny Hirshan
Comments: Clint Eastwood’s manager.
Leon Roth
Comments:
Leon Uris
Comments:
Leonard Bruno
Comments:
Leopoldo Torre-Nilsson
Comments: jury member
Les Blank
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1985. 1991 Festival guest. 1995, ten-film retrospective tribute.
Leslie McCleave
Comments:
Leslie Shearing
Comments:
Leslie Stevens
Comments:
Lester Cole
Comments: Screenwriter, one of the original blacklisted Hollywood Ten; participated in Q&A after screening.
Lev Yilmaz
Comments:
Lewis Milestone
Comments: Jury member in 1962. Attended screening as part of The American Director series in 1965.
Lexi Leban
Comments:
Li Shaohong
Comments:
Liana Boksha
Comments: Film Forum “Arsenal”, Riga, programming manager.
Licia Maglietta
Comments:
Lidia Bobrova
Comments:
Lidia Szajko
Comments:
Lillian Gish
Comments: Attended Opening Night, subject of tribute.
Lily Tomlin
Comments: Directing award presenter to Robert Altman in 2003.
Linda Balaban
Comments:
Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Comments:
Linda Marie Yakush
Comments:
Lionel Mill
Comments:
Lisa Chatfield
Comments:
Lisa Denker
Comments:
Lisa Krueger
Comments:
Lisa Rosenstein
Comments:
Lisa Yu
Comments:
Lisanne Skyler
Comments:
Liv Ullman
Comments:
Livia Gyarmathy
Comments:
Liz Keim
Comments: GGA juror.
Liz Ross
Comments:
Liza Weil
Comments:
Lodewyk Crijns
Comments:
Lorna Tee
Comments: Studio rep for All About Love.
Lorne Pollock
Comments:
Lotfi Mansouri
Comments: Chose Day for Night for Indelible Images.
Louis D. Miano
Comments: West Coast editor, Show magazine, to award Show magazine prize for the “actor, writer, directer or producer whose work in a full-length presentaton holds the most promise for future advancement in the film medium.” which went to director Rangel Vulchanov of Sun and Shadow.
Louis Greenspan
Comments: Participated in the symposium “Censorship and the Actor’s Art” at Grace Cathedral; Executive Director of Screen Producers Guild.
Louis Malle
Comments: Subject of 1975 tribute; film clips also shown.
Louis Massiah
Comments:
Louis Pepe
Comments:
Louis Tocchet
Comments:
Lourdes Portillo
Comments:
Lu Yuqing
Comments:
Luc Chaput
Comments: FIPRESCI jury.
Luci Kwak
Comments:
Lúcia Murat
Comments:
Luciano Berio
Comments: Italian composer teaching at Mills College chose best score for the Darius Milhaud Award
Lucky Mckee
Comments:
Lucrecia Martel
Comments:
Lucy Russell
Comments:
Lucy Virgen
Comments:
Ludmila Pogozheva
Comments: Soviet film critic.
Ludmilla Khitjaeva
Comments: Soviet actress who attended Closing Night of the 8th SFIFF.
Luis Aguilar
Comments:
Luis R. Vera
Comments:
Luis Recorder
Comments:
Luis Valdez
Comments:
Luiz Henrique Xavier
Comments:
Lydia Bobrova
Comments:
Lyle Lovett
Comments:
Lynda Benahouda
Comments:
Lynda Obst
Comments:
Lynn Borden
Comments: Attended opening night of the Festival in 1967.
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Comments: Received tribute in 1994.
Lynn Marie Kirby
Comments:
Lynn O’Donnell
Comments:
Lynne Hale
Comments:
Lynzee Klingman
Comments:
Mac McCaughan
Comments: Musician with Superchunk accompanied A Page of Madness.
Machiko Saito
Comments:
Maciej Janusz Drygas
Comments:
Mackenzie Astin
Comments:
Mackenzie Firgens
Comments:
Madeleine Ali
Comments:
Madelyn Hammond
Comments: Interviewer.
Maggie Cheung
Comments:
Magnus Bejmar
Comments:
Mahamet-Saleh Haroun
Comments:
Mahmoud Chokrollahi
Comments:
Mahmoud Hojeij
Comments:
Mai Zetterling
Comments:
Mairam Yusupova
Comments:
Maissa Chouraki
Comments:
Makda Teklemichael
Comments:
Malcolm Pullinger
Comments:
Malgorzata Szumowska
Comments:
Malik Chibane
Comments:
Mami Kuwano
Comments:
Manasseh Moerane
Comments: Educator from South Africa (vice president of the Teachers Association of South Africa), received key to the city from mayor Christopher.
Mandel Lum
Comments:
Mani Kaul
Comments:
Manijeh Hekmat
Comments:
Manny Farber
Comments: Attended with Chris Petit in 1999. Mel Novikoff Award recipient in 2003.
Manoel de Oliveira
Comments: Received Akira Kurosawa Award.
Manon Briand
Comments:
Mansur Madavi
Comments:
Manuel Poirier
Comments:
Manuela Alberti
Comments:
Marc Capelle
Comments: Musician with American Music Club accompanied screening of Street Angel.
Marc de Bayser
Comments:
Marc Henrich
Comments:
Marc Samuelson
Comments:
Marc van Warmerdam
Comments:
Marc Vogl
Comments:
Marcel Gisler
Comments:
Marceline Loridan
Comments:
Marcelo Janot
Comments: FIPRESCI jury.
Marco Amenta
Comments:
Marco Ricci
Comments:
Marco Vicario
Comments: Married to Rossana Podesta.
Marco Williams
Comments:
Marcus Vetter
Comments:
Marek Najbrt
Comments:
Marek Piwowski
Comments:
Margaret Herrick
Comments: Academy executive director in attendance.
Margarethe von Trotta
Comments:
Margarita Volodina
Comments:
Margo Bennett
Comments: Actress and Keir Dullea’s wife.
María Novaro
Comments:
Maria Wee Morgan
Comments: With Perhaps Love delegation.
Mariam Jobrani
Comments:
Marian Luntz
Comments: Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Marian Masone
Comments: GGA juror 2005.
Marianna Kirejewa
Comments:
Marianne Leone
Comments: Spouse of Chris Cooper.
Marianne Sagebrecht
Comments:
Marie de Laubier
Comments:
Marie Laforêt
Comments:
Marie Modiano
Comments:
Mariko Takahashi
Comments:
Marilyn Agrelo
Comments:
Marilyn Rickard
Comments:
Marina de Van
Comments:
Marina Goldovskaya
Comments:
Marina Razbezhkina
Comments:
Marina Trusch
Comments: Eisenstein: The Master’s House.
Mario Van Peebles
Comments:
Mark Achbar
Comments:
Mark Bittner
Comments:
Mark Donskoy
Comments: Soviet filmmaker on jury; his first trip to America.
Mark Eitzel
Comments: Musician with American Music Club accompanied screening of Street Angel.
Mark Lewis
Comments:
Mark McKinney
Comments:
Mark Rinehart
Comments:
Mark Robson
Comments: Craft of Cinema tribute
Mark Soosaar
Comments:
Mark Taylor
Comments: GGA shorts juror.
Mark Toscano
Comments:
Mark Webber
Comments:
Mark Zupan
Comments:
Markus Imhoff
Comments: New Directors series.
Marleen Gorris
Comments:
Marlen Khutsiev
Comments:
Marsha Kinder
Comments:
Martha Plympton
Comments:
Marthe Keller
Comments:
Martin Donovan
Comments:
Martin Fric
Comments: Replaced Mike Nichols for “Craft of Cinema” series.
Martín Rejtman
Comments:
Martin Ritt
Comments: Opening Night film; subject of a tribute with onstage interview and clips.
Martin Rosen
Comments:
Martin Sulík
Comments:
Martina Forman
Comments: Spouse of Milos Forman.
Marty Krofft
Comments: Producer of French film Les Poupées de Paris (not shown at Festival)
Marva Nabili
Comments:
Marwan Hamed
Comments:
Mary Kay Place
Comments:
Mary McCordick
Comments: Festvial Volunteer at the 1986 Festival
Mary Olive Smith
Comments:
Mary Pickford
Comments: Mary Pickford was the official hostess for the 1960 Festival.
Mary Travers
Comments: Attended Opening Night. Of Peter, Paul and Mary fame.
Masashi Yamamoto
Comments:
Masato Harada
Comments:
Masumi Sanada
Comments:
Mathieu Demy
Comments:
Matt Casado
Comments:
Matt Dillon
Comments:
Matt Scott
Comments:
Matthew Barney
Comments:
Matthew Ebbin
Comments:
Matthew Ginsburg
Comments:
Matthew Lillard
Comments:
Matthew Robins
Comments: Appeared at the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Matthew Swanson
Comments: Musician with Lambchop accompanied Sunrise.
Matthew Vaughn
Comments:
Matty Rich
Comments:
Maud Berthelsen
Comments:
Maureen Gosling
Comments:
Maurizio Scaparro
Comments:
Max Andrews
Comments:
Max Katz
Comments:
Max Stanley
Comments:
Max Strebel
Comments:
Max von Sydow
Comments:
Maximilian Schell
Comments:
Maxine Bahns
Comments:
Maxon Crumb
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Maxwell Anderson
Comments:
Maya Malysheva
Comments: Russian interpreter who attended the festival in 1967 with Soviet delegation/ head screenwritter Georgy Mdivani.
Med Hondo
Comments:
Megan Mylan
Comments:
Mel Brooks
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Mel Gorham
Comments:
Mel Novikoff
Comments: Board of Directors member 1986.
Melissa Howden
Comments:
Melissa Regan
Comments:
Melissa Wee
Comments:
Melvin Frank
Comments: Golden Gate Award
Melvin Van Peebles
Comments: New Directors series in 1967.
Merle Oberon
Comments: Merle Oberon was paid tribute on October 4, 1971. She also appeared at the Festival opening.
Merv Griffin
Comments: Emcee in 1976.
Mervyn LeRoy
Comments: Born and raised in San Francisco. Subject of an American Directors tribute in 1965. Attended Opening Night in 1981.
Meta Louise Foldager
Comments:
Micha X. Peled
Comments:
Michael Barker
Comments: SONY distributor
Michael Barry
Comments: Son of actor Gene Barry. Appeared in the New Directors series.
Michael Besman
Comments:
Michael Caine
Comments: Subject of tribute. Film clips shown.
Michael Camerini
Comments:
Michael Canzoniero
Comments:
Michael Chandler
Comments:
Michael Crawford
Comments:
Michael Douglas
Comments: Attended 1974 screening of Janis; Star of Streets of San Francisco attended 1975 Opening Night Party at the Hyatt Regency.
Michael Ehrenzweig
Comments: 2004 GGA feature doc juror.
Michael Fox
Comments: GGA juror.
Michael Glawogger
Comments:
Michael Goorjian
Comments:
Michael Hausman
Comments:
Michael Hofmann
Comments:
Michael Jacobs
Comments:
Michael Jungfleisch
Comments:
Michael Landis
Comments:
Michael Lehmann
Comments: Chose Simon of the Desert for Indelible Images, 2001.
Michael Mackenzie
Comments:
Michael Magnaye
Comments:
Michael Mayer
Comments: Participated in the symposium “Censorship and the Actor’s Art” at Grace Cathedral; Executive Director of Independent Film Importer & Distributors of America
Michael Overbeck
Comments:
Michael Palin
Comments: Closing Night film in 1985.
Michael Palm
Comments:
Michael Patrick Jann
Comments:
Michael Pearlman
Comments:
Michael Powell
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1985. Appeared with his film Gone to Earth in 1986. Received Kurosawa Award in 1987.
Michael Radford
Comments:
Michael Rappaport
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1996.
Michael Ritchie
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Michael Smith
Comments:
Michael Smuin
Comments: Attended Gala for Nicolas Cage.
Michael Varming
Comments:
Michael Verhoeven
Comments:
Michael Wallin
Comments:
Michael Winterbottom
Comments:
Michal Aviad
Comments:
Michel Ciment
Comments: Positif magazine writer. 2003 guest programmer, State of Cinema Address. 2004, 2005 programming consultant.
Michel Khleifi
Comments:
Michel Legrand
Comments: Tribute recipient.
Michel Ocelot
Comments:
Michel Subor
Comments:
Michelangelo Antonioni
Comments: October 27, 1968 tribute
Michèle Ray-Gavras
Comments:
Michelle Camarda
Comments:
Michelle Chu
Comments:
Michelle Panzer
Comments: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Michelle Rosier
Comments:
Michelle Valladares
Comments:
Mickey Hargitay
Comments:
Miiko Taka
Comments: Accepted David O. Selznick Award on behalf of actor Toshiro Mifune
Mika Kaurismäki
Comments:
Mike Cahill
Comments:
Mike Leigh
Comments: Discovering Mike Leigh, at the 1986 SFIFF, was the first Mike Leigh retrospective in U.S.
Mike Medavoy
Comments:
Mike Nichols
Comments: Craft of Cinema tribute.
Mike Seely
Comments:
Mike Shaw
Comments:
Mikhail Romm
Comments: Soviet filmmaker.
Miklos Jancso
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Milena Dravic
Comments:
Miles Matthew Montalbano
Comments:
Milos Forman
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1969. Attended screening of Hearts of the West in 1975. Attended Opening Night screening of Swann in Love in 1984. Recipient of the 2004 Lifetime Achievement in Directing Award.
Miloslav Ruzek
Comments: Czech ambassador to the United States.
Mimmo Calopresti
Comments:
Minkie Spiro
Comments:
Minyong Jang
Comments:
Miou-Miou
Comments:
Mira Sorvino
Comments:
Miranda July
Comments:
Mircea Dragan
Comments:
Mirjam Quinte
Comments:
Mirjana Jokovic
Comments:
Miro Bilbrough
Comments:
Mirra Bank
Comments:
Mitch Glick
Comments: A Man of Substance
Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Comments:
Molly Haskell
Comments: Accompanied her husband Andrew Sarris.
Mona Skager
Comments: Festival Director
Monika Woehrl
Comments:
Monique Barbaroux
Comments: Centre National de la Cinématographie.
Monte Hellman
Comments: “New American Director” Series
Monti Aguirre
Comments:
Morgan Spurlock
Comments:
Morton Subotnick
Comments: San Francisco avant garde composer served as judge for the Darius Milhaud Award.
Moses Venegas
Comments:
Moufida Tlatli
Comments: Satyajit Ray Award recipient 1995.
Moussa Sene Absa
Comments:
Muriel Merlin
Comments: Life of Jesus
Myriam Aziza
Comments:
Myriam Mézières
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Nadia Fares
Comments: Skyy Prize juror.
Nadir Moknèche
Comments:
Nancy Kelly
Comments:
Nancy Pelosi
Comments: House Speaker (and former Festival volunteer) Pelosi attended the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Nanette Burstein
Comments:
Nanette Sorensen
Comments:
Nangayoma Ng’oge
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Naomi Uman
Comments:
Natalia Savonova
Comments:
Natalie Chan
Comments:
Natalie Wood
Comments: San Francisco native born July 20, 1938. Subject of a tribute October 23, 1976; accompanied by husband Robert Wagner.
Natalija Vekic
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Nathan Golden
Comments: U.S. Commerce Department representative.
Naum Kleiman
Comments: Mel Novikoff Award recipient, 1994.
Nazario Ayala
Comments:
Neil Burger
Comments:
Neil Young
Comments:
Nelson George
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Nestor Almendros
Comments: Tribute, March 20, 1986, interviewed by Edward Guthmann.
Néstor C. Fernández
Comments: Representative of the Mexican Motion Picture Actors Guild.
Nick Broomfield
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Nick Doob
Comments:
Nick Gomez
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Nick Park
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Nick Shumaker
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Nick Yepa
Comments:
Nickole Collins
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Nicolas Cage
Comments: Attended the Peter J. Owens Award gala for Annette Bening at the 40th San Francisco International in 1997. Attended the following year as the recipient of the Peter J. Owens Award.
Nicolas Humbert
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Nicolas Klotz
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Nicolas Philibert
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Nicolas Saada
Comments: Cahiers du Cinéma writer interviewed Kurosawa Award recipient Clint Eastwood.
Nicole Atkinson
Comments:
Nicole Betancourt
Comments:
Nicole Brown
Comments: Attended 1979 Opening Night tribute to Alec Guinness with O.J. Simpson.
Nicole Newnham
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Nicole Page
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Niki Caro
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Nina Catalano
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Nina Dickens
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Nina Hagen
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Nina Rappaport
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Ninfa Dawson
Comments: Festival Volunteer in 1986
Ning Ying
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Nitzan Gilady
Comments:
Niven Busch
Comments: Filled in for Joel McCrea when he no-showed for his tribute. Board of Directors member for the festival. Interviewed Robert Mitchum on stage at Mitchum’s tribute.
Noelle Gillmor
Comments: Inventor of “transonics” dubbing technique.
Noriko Nakajima
Comments:
Norman Mailer
Comments:
O.J. Simpson
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1978; Attended Opening Night tribute to Alec Guinness in 1979 with companion Nicole Brown.
Odetta Ciancarelli
Comments:
Oldrich Lipsky
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Olga Rozanova
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Olga Schoberova
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Olivia De Havilland
Comments: Presented David O. Selznick Memorial Award to Yvette Mimieux on behalf of Agnes Varda for Le Bonheur.
Olivier Assayas
Comments:
Olivier Dahan
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Omar Bekhaled
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Omar Epps
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Omri Hadari
Comments: Conductor lead the original score to the 1929 film The New Babylon.
Ondi Timoner
Comments:
Orlando Lübbert
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Orlando Rojas
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Otar Iosseliani
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Ousmane Sembène
Comments: 1993 Kurosawa Award.
Pablo de Ocampo
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Pablo Prietto
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Pál Schiffer
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Pam Grady
Comments: Member of the Golden Gate Awards Shorts jury.
Pam Sporn
Comments:
Pamela Calvert
Comments: GGA shorts juror.
Pamela Esterson
Comments:
Pamela Godfrey
Comments: Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Pamela Gray
Comments: 2004 SKYY Prize juror.
Pamela Harris
Comments:
Pamela Reed
Comments: One of three Opening Night films.
Pang Ho-Cheung
Comments:
Paola di Florio
Comments:
Paolo Cherchi Usai
Comments: 2004 Mel Novikoff Award recipient; showed shorts program, Life Is Shorts.
Paolo Sambrano
Comments:
Paria Sabooki
Comments:
Park Ki-Yong
Comments:
Park Kwang-Su
Comments:
Park Sunmin
Comments: Sky Blue industry representative.
Parker Posey
Comments:
Pascal Aubier
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Pascal Magnin
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Pascal Thomas
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Pascale Breton
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Pat Brown
Comments: Governor and Mrs. Brown were in attendance.
Pat Hartley
Comments:
Pat O’Neill
Comments:
Patrice Chéreau
Comments:
Patrice O’Neill
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Patricia Arquette
Comments: Attended the Peter J. Owens Award gala for Annette Bening at the 40th San Francisco International in 1997. Attended the same event the following year, when her then-husband, Nicolas Cage, was honored.
Patricia Clarkson
Comments:
Patricio Guzmán
Comments:
Patrick Bensard
Comments: Director of the Cinémathèque de la Danse presented Duende y Misterio del Flamenco and The Siren of the Tropics in 1996. In 2001 presented Ballerina.
Patrick Bisschops
Comments:
Patrick Bossard
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Patrick Nelson Barnes
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Patrick Sobelman
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Patrick Stanbury
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Patrick Stettner
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Patrick Tam
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Patrick Wilde
Comments:
Paul Auster
Comments:
Paul Burton-Mercur
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Paul Campbell
Comments: Artisan Entertainment.
Paul Carpita
Comments: Unvanquished tribute recipient.
Paul Charney
Comments:
Paul Clipson
Comments: Clipson’s films were featured in the performance by the band Tarantel at the live music event Halou, Tarantel and the GreenWorld, held at Mighty, May 9, 2007.
Paul Cohen
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Paul Cox
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Paul de Laubier
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Paul Devlin
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Paul Glanting
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Paul Haggis
Comments: 2005 Kanbar Award recipient.
Paul Joyce
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Paul Lewis
Comments: American producer in attendance.
Paul M. Heller
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Paul Mazursky
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Paul Meyer
Comments: Unvanquished tribute recipient.
Paul Morrissey
Comments: Chosen as a New Director in 1972.
Paul Newman
Comments: Subject of a tribute; onstage interview, clips program.
Paul Pena
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Paul Quinn
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Paul Rowley
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Paul Schrader
Comments: Appeared in place of Kurosawa Award recipient Robert Bresson (who was too ill to attend) to discuss his work.
Paul Speegle
Comments: Local columnist who acted as emcee on Opening Night.
Paul Winfield
Comments:
Paul Winter
Comments: Hs band, the Paul Winter Consort, performed after the film about his band.
Paulina Cruz Suárez
Comments:
Pavel Jech
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Pavel Liska
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Pavel Lozinski
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Pawel Wojtasik
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Paz Alicia Garcíadiego
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Pedro Almodóvar
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Pedro Carvajal
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Pedro Costa
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Penelope Price
Comments:
Peng Shan
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Penny Lane
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Penny Woolcock
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Pepe Danquart
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Pepe Urquijo
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Peppe Barra
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Per Erik Erikkson
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Percy Adlon
Comments:
Pernille Rose Grønkjær
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Perry King
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Pete Docter
Comments: Appeared at the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Pete Hammond
Comments: Interviewed Owens Award recipient Ed Harris.
Peter Baldwin
Comments:
Peter Bamberger
Comments:
Peter Bogdanovich
Comments:
Peter Bratt
Comments:
Peter Broderick
Comments: Seminar participant: Digital Filmmaking.
Peter Chelsom
Comments:
Peter Coyote
Comments: Emcee for Opening Night in 1984. Attended Opening Night in 1992. Participated in On the Road at 50 event, honoring Jack Kerouac’s book, in 2007. Also appeared at the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Peter Dekom
Comments: Presenter of Kanbar Award to Paul Haggis.
Peter Donat
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Peter Fonda
Comments:
Péter Forgács
Comments:
Peter Gilbert
Comments:
Peter Greenaway
Comments:
Peter Hartlaub
Comments: Interviewer.
Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Comments:
Peter Howitt
Comments:
Peter J. Sprague
Comments:
Peter Jennings
Comments: TV journalist. Attended Opening Night. Emceed opening portions of Film Festival, including a tribute to Irving Levin and introduced James Mason in 1967.
Peter Johnson
Comments:
Peter Kim
Comments:
Peter Kropénin
Comments:
Peter Marai
Comments: Life According to Muriel.
Peter Moore
Comments: Spouse of Anita Monga, Novikoff recipient.
Peter Morgan
Comments: Received Kanbar Award at the 50th SFIFF in 2007.
Peter Owens
Comments: Board of directors member and later had an award named after himself.
Peter Riegert
Comments: One of three Opening Night films.
Peter Samuelson
Comments:
Peter Saraf
Comments:
Peter Sarsgaard
Comments:
Peter Scarlet
Comments: Former Film Society Artistic Director participated in Five-0 storytelling event.
Peter Sehr
Comments:
Peter Sellars
Comments: Delivered the State of Cinema address in 2007.
Peter Simpson
Comments:
Peter Stone
Comments:
Peter Sutherland
Comments:
Peter Toll
Comments:
Peter Ustinov
Comments: 1966 Opening Night Master of Ceremonies.
Peter Wang
Comments:
Phil Baker
Comments:
Phil Grabsky
Comments:
Phil Robinson
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Phil Silvers
Comments: Appeared onstage with Zero Mostel.
Philip Day
Comments:
Philip Ermash
Comments: Film critic with the USSR State Committee on Cinematography.
Philip Gröning
Comments:
Philip Haas
Comments:
Philip Herbison
Comments:
Philip Hoffman
Comments:
Philip Kaufman
Comments: As Advisory Board member for the festival, attended Opening Night events in 1985, and has attended several other Opening Nights. Chose Pather Panchali for Indelible Images in 1997. In 2006, attended onstage interview of Peter J. Owens Award recipient Ed Harris. Appeared at the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Philippe Falardeau
Comments:
Philippe Faucon
Comments:
Philippe Gautier
Comments:
Philippe Woitchik
Comments: Divine Body.
Phillip Adams
Comments:
Phillip Lopate
Comments: SKYY Prize juror 2000.
Pia Lindstrom
Comments: in attendance
Pierre Hébert
Comments:
Pierre Henry Salfati
Comments:
Pierre Menahem
Comments: GGA juror.
Pierre Yves Clouin
Comments:
Pino Micol
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Piotr Szulkin
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Pjer Zalica
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Placido Domingo
Comments:
Princess Alexandra
Comments: Of the British royal family. Appeared at the Festival for British Week. She arrived at the Film Festival debut.
Princess Christina Louisa Helena
Comments: Princess Christina of Sweden attended screening of The Emigrants.
Quinn Martin
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1979. Creator of TV show The Streets of San Francisco, he was a generous financial contributor to the Festival and was acknowledged on stage in 1976.
Q’orianka Kilcher
Comments: Presented awards to GreenWorld Contest winners.
R. Crumb
Comments:
R. Elliott Guinn
Comments:
Rachel Bornett
Comments:
Rachel Grady
Comments:
Rachel Libert
Comments:
Rachel Rosen
Comments:
Rafael Hernández
Comments:
Rafi Pitts
Comments:
Rahdi Taylor
Comments: Member of the Golden Gate Awards jury.
Rainer Gansera
Comments: FIPRESCI juror.
Rajat Kapoor
Comments:
Rajko Grlic
Comments:
Rajnesh Domalpalli
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Ralph Arlyck
Comments:
Ralph Hetzel
Comments: Executive VP of the International Motion Picture Producers Association; in attendance Opening Night in lieu of Jack Valenti
Ralph Nelson
Comments: Presented the David O. Selznick Award for 1965–66 to Servando González on the behalf of Luis Buñuel.
Rama Dunayevich
Comments: 2000 SKYY Prize juror.
Ramon Gieling
Comments:
Ramona S. Díaz
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Ramses Naguib
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Randa Chahal Sabbag
Comments:
Randy Becker
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Randy Holland
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Rani Singh
Comments:
Raoul Walsh
Comments:
Raul de Anda
Comments:
Raul de Anda Jr.
Comments:
Raul Ruiz
Comments:
Ray Bolger
Comments: in attendance
Ray Stark
Comments: Appeared with Barbra Streisand before screening of The Touchables to accept the Samuel Goldwyn Award.
Raya Martin
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Raymond Depardon
Comments:
Raymond Lee
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Raymond Red
Comments:
Ra’anan Alexandrowicz
Comments:
Rebecca Baron
Comments:
Rebecca Pidgeon
Comments:
Rebecca Salzer
Comments:
Reece Daniel Thompson
Comments:
Reece Thompson
Comments:
Reha Erdem
Comments:
Reinhard Wulf
Comments: Accepted Golden Gate Awards for television documentary and narrative works by German directors.
Renato Ciasca
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René Cardona
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Renee Penegor
Comments:
Renee Tajima
Comments:
Reshpal Sandhu
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Reuben Grundy
Comments:
Rex Harrison
Comments: Rex Harrison was paid tribute on October 3, 1971. He also appeared at the Festival opening.
Rezo Chkheidze
Comments: Part of the “Russian delegation.”
Ric Martinez
Comments:
Ricardo Benet
Comments:
Ricardo Elias
Comments:
Rich Fox
Comments:
Richard Abramowitz
Comments: 2001 Skyy Prize juror.
Richard Beggs
Comments: SKYY juror.
Richard Berge
Comments:
Richard C. Haber
Comments:
Richard Farnsworth
Comments: Attended the Festival in 1984 with his wife Maggie Farnsworth.
Richard Goldstone
Comments:
Richard Herskowitz
Comments: SKYY juror.
Richard Kwietniowski
Comments:
Richard Lester
Comments:
Richard Spence
Comments:
Rick Goldsmith
Comments:
Rick McCallum
Comments: Panelist.
Rick Tejada-Flores
Comments:
Riju Ramrakha
Comments:
Rita Hayworth
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1968. Subject of a tribute in 1972.
Rita Moreno
Comments: Selected The World of Apu for Indelible Images in 2000.
Rita Morrison
Comments:
Rita Rokisky
Comments:
Rita Tushingham
Comments:
Roar Uthaug
Comments:
Rob Epstein
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1985. Chose My Beautiful Laundrette for Indelible Images in 1998.
Rob Farber
Comments:
Rob Nilsson
Comments: In 2007, the filmmaker appeared for an evening titled Carved Out of Pavement: The Work of Rob Nilsson. The director screened excerpts from his work and discussed his technique with the audience. He also appeared onstage briefly at the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Rob Stefaniuk
Comments:
Rob Thompson
Comments: Attended screening and Opening Night party at the Hyatt Regency.
Robb Moss
Comments:
Robert Aldrich
Comments: Director honored in the Craft of Cinema retrospective. Received Golden Gate Award. Also attended Opening Night in 1967.
Robert Altman
Comments: Tribute with onstage interview 1973. Appeared at Opening Night screening of The Player in 1992. Film Society Directing Award 2003.
Robert Arnold
Comments:
Robert Benayoun
Comments:
Robert Bolt
Comments: Screenwriter appeared for onstage interview and clips with frequent collaborator David Lean.
Robert Carlisle
Comments: Honored in Craft of Cinema program.
Robert Carradine
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Robert Crumb
Comments:
Robert DeBolt
Comments:
Robert Duvall
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Robert Evans
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Robert Fox
Comments:
Robert Frank
Comments: 1998 Persistence of Vision Award recipient.
Robert Gardner
Comments: New Directors series.
Robert Gitt
Comments: UCLA archivist brought print of Turnabout.
Robert Harris
Comments: Co-restorer of Vertigo.
Robert Kiveit
Comments:
Robert Levy
Comments:
Robert Mitchum
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Robert Morley
Comments: Opening Night film.
Robert N. Zagone
Comments:
Robert Naify
Comments: Attended the 1967 Festival with wife.
Robert Nathan
Comments:
Robert Redford
Comments:
Robert Sarkies
Comments:
Robert Stone
Comments:
Robert Thompson
Comments: Attended Opening Night.
Robert Trujillo
Comments:
Robert Tullis
Comments:
Robert Wagner
Comments: Accompanied his wife, Natalie Wood.
Roberto Farias
Comments:
Roberto Gervitz
Comments:
Roberto Moreira
Comments:
Roberto Sneider
Comments:
Robin Tunney
Comments:
Robin Williams
Comments: Peter J. Owens Award recipient at 50th SFIFF in 2007. A frequent Festival attendee.
Robin Wright Penn
Comments: At Owens Award gala for Sean Penn in 1999. Chose Faces for Indelible Images in 1999.
Robyn Hitchcock
Comments:
Rock Hudson
Comments: Appeared at John Frankenheimer retrospective, as the star of Frankenheimer\'s just-finished new feature (which turned out to be Seconds).
Rod Steiger
Comments:
Rodion Nakhapetov
Comments:
Rodney Evans
Comments:
Rodolfo Kuhn
Comments:
Rodrigo Moscoso
Comments:
Roel Bos
Comments:
Roger Le
Comments: GGA shorts juror.
Roger Andrieux
Comments:
Roger C. Miller
Comments: Alloy Orchestra member. Musician for Dans la Nuit, 2004. Blackmail, 2005. Not So Quiet Silents shorts program and The Eagle, 2006.
Roger Craig
Comments: Attended Dream for an Insomniac Opening Night.
Roger Michell
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Roger Montalbano
Comments:
Roger Moore
Comments: Master of ceremonies of Opening Night party at the Hyatt Regency.
Roger Vadim
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Roger Weisberg
Comments:
Roko Belic
Comments:
Rolf Koot
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Roman Coppola
Comments: Presented the Founder\'s Directing Award to Walter Salles in 2010 at Film Society Awards Night
Roman Karmen
Comments: Part of the “Russian delegation”; appeared with his documentary The Great Patriotic War.
Roman Polanski
Comments: Craft of Cinema Retrospective
Romed Wyder
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Ron Ely
Comments: Played “Tarzan” on TV
Ron Havilio
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Ron Howard
Comments: Presented Kanbar Award to Peter Morgan.
Ron Mann
Comments:
Ron Turner
Comments: Last Gasp publisher attended Crumb on Opening Night.
Rona Hartner
Comments:
Ronald Levaco
Comments:
Ronald Neame
Comments:
Ronald Reagan
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Ronit Avni
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Ronnie Montagne
Comments: Appeared at screening.
Rosalind Russell
Comments: Subject of a tribute. Onstage interview with clips.
Rosanne Aguirre
Comments:
Rosario Dawson
Comments: Received the inaugural Midnight Award to honor a dynamic young American actress who has made outstanding contributions to independent and Hollywood cinema. She and fellow honoree Sam Rockwell received the award at a ceremony at the W Hotel, April 28, 2007.
Rose Troche
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Ross Partridge
Comments:
Rossana Podesta
Comments: Married to Mario Vicario.
Rossy de Palma
Comments:
Rouben Mamoulian
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Ruby Yang
Comments: Presented Horse Thief as part of Indelible Images in 2001.
Rudolf Biermann
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Ruma Guhathakurta
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Run Run Shaw
Comments: Legendary Hong Kong producer attended with his wife and daughter, Violet.
Russell Merritt
Comments: Interviewed Mel Novikoff Award recipient Kevin Brownlow onstage at the Castro Theatre.
Ruth Gannett Kahn
Comments: Author of book on which the film is based; autographed book at screening.
Ruth Gordon
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Ruth Roman
Comments: Attended Opening Night ceremonies in 1965.
Ruth Warrick
Comments: Actor. Attended opening night.
Ruthie Shatz
Comments:
Ryan Carmody
Comments:
Ryan Fenson-Hood
Comments:
Ryan Fleck
Comments:
Ryan McCulloch
Comments:
Ryan Shaw
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RZA
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S. Doiguchi
Comments: Japanese exhibitor.
S. Smith Patrick
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S.L. Jalan
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Sabine Huber
Comments:
Sabrina Lloyd
Comments:
Sabrina Nouri
Comments:
Sacha Mirzoeff
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Sachiko Woods
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Sadia Shepard
Comments:
Saika Takeuchi
Comments:
Sally Kirkland
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Sally Potter
Comments: 1993, at Festival to receive Satyajit Ray Award. Interviewed Joan Allen onstage in 2005.
Salomé Breziner
Comments:
Salome Jens
Comments: Appeared at John Frankenheimer tribute, as a star of Frankenheimer\'s just-finished new feature (which turned ut to be Seconds).
Sam Dunn
Comments:
Sam Green
Comments: Golden Gate Awards juror in 2005. Golden Gate Awards Shorts juror in 2007.
Sam Jaffe
Comments: Well known Hollywood character actor (Ben Hur) attended Opening Night.
Sam Marks
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Sam Peckinpah
Comments: Subject of a tribute on October 26.
Sam Rockwell
Comments: Received the inaugural Midnight Award to honor a dynamic young American actor who has made outstanding contributions to independent and Hollywood cinema. She and fellow honoree Rosario Dawson received the award at a ceremony at the W Hotel, April 28, 2007.
Saman Minapara
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Samantha Yu
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Samir Fakhry Self
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Samir Nasr
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Samuel Ball
Comments: In 2004, attended as the adult advisor to the youth film Four Short Films About Love.
Samuel Baker
Comments: Musician with Lambchop accompanied Sunrise.
Sander Bais
Comments: Appeared at screening
Sandra Baker
Comments: Spouse of Frederick Baker.
Sandra Ballesteros
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Sandra Davis
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Sandra Dee
Comments: Sandra Dee did a voiceover role for The Snow Queen.
Sandra Wong
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Sandrine Ray
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Sandro Franchina
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Sandro Kopp
Comments: Artist/actor accompanied Tilda Swinton at State of Cinema and FSAN.
Sandy Guthrie
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Santiago Loza
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Santino Chuor
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Sapana Sakya
Comments: Member of the Golden Gate Awards Shorts jury.
Sarah Blake
Comments:
Sarah Friedland
Comments:
Sarah Green
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Sarah Hamady
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Sarunas Bartas
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Satomi Matsuzaki
Comments: Musician with Deerhoof accompanied screening of Heaven and Earth Magic.
Satybaldy Narymbetov
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Saul Bass
Comments: Graphic designer who designed several Festival posters in attendance.
Saul Zaentz
Comments: Film Society Awards Night presenter in 2006. Appeared at the screening of Fog City Mavericks and participated in a Q&A session at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Saw Teong Hin
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Scarlet Cheng
Comments: 2002 SKYY Prize juror.
Schooly D
Comments: Performed music from the film at the Castro Theatre with Joe Delia.
Scot McFadyen
Comments:
Scott Cooper
Comments:
Scott Hogsett
Comments:
Scott Kravitz
Comments:
Scott McGehee
Comments:
Scott Noble
Comments:
Scott Pearson
Comments:
Scott Pearson
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Scott Smith
Comments: Panelist, ShortFilms.Com seminar.
Scott Stark
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Scott Stewart
Comments: Panelist.
Sean Penn
Comments: Recipient of the Peter J. Owens Award.
Sean Welch
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Sebastian Alfie
Comments:
Sebastián Cordero
Comments:
Seidy Lopez
Comments:
Serena Down
Comments:
Serge Bromberg
Comments: Archivist, presented Treasures from a Chest program.
Serge Le Péron
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Sergei Bodrov
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Sergei Bondarchuk
Comments: Subject of a Craft of Cinema seminar.
Sergei Dvortsevoy
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Sergei Mikhalkov
Comments: Soviet director served on the jury.
Sergei Solovyov
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Sergio Basso
Comments:
Sergio Citti
Comments: Director, screenwriter attended Festival in connection with tribute to Pasolini.
Serik Aprymov
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Serik Toubandykov
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Séverine Cornamusaz
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Seymour Cassel
Comments: Attended the Festival in 1995.
Shaji
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Shari Robertson
Comments:
Sharmila Tagore
Comments: Accepted 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, the day before the Festival started.
Sharon Farrell
Comments: Hollywood actress in attendance with Vince Edwards.
Sharon Stone
Comments: Auctioneer at the 41st SFFIF Gala.
Sheila M. Sofian
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Shelley Winters
Comments: Subject of a 1976 tribute.
Sherine Salama
Comments:
Sheryl Lee
Comments:
Sheryl Mousley
Comments: GGA juror.
Shilpi Gupta
Comments:
Shimichi Shibusawa
Comments: Japanese ambassador to the United Nations.
Shinji Sakoda
Comments:
Shirin Neshat
Comments:
Shirley Clarke
Comments: New American Directors series
Shirley MacLaine
Comments: Subject of a tribute in 1973. Attended Opening Night in 1974.
Shirley Temple
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1960. Member of Festival board of directors in 1965. Introduced The Bluebird in 1965. Quit board in 1966 in protest over screening of Night Games.
Shola Lynch
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Shu Kei
Comments:
Shu Lea Cheang
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Shu Shuen
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Shubhra Swarup
Comments:
Shui-Bo Wang
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Shunji Iwai
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Shykeela Shepard
Comments:
Sid Caesar
Comments: With Imogene Coca, introduced Mayor George Moscone on Opening Night.
Sid Ganis
Comments: President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Sid Ganis presented Wernor Herzog with the Directing Award at FSAN.
Sidney Sheldon
Comments: Author attended Opening Night tribute to Alec Guinness.
Silvia Haselbeck
Comments:
Silvio Soldini
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Simcha Jacobovici
Comments:
Simeon Damevski
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Simon Abkarian
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Simon Shore
Comments:
Simone Signoret
Comments: Attended screening of French film Nude in a White Car.
Sirin Aysan
Comments:
Sissy Spacek
Comments:
Slava Tsukerman
Comments: Liquid Sky was chosen by Jon Moritsugu for Indelible Images in 1999.
Slawomir Grünberg
Comments:
Snooky Flowers
Comments: Former saxophonist for Joplin’s Kozmic Blues Band.
Sofia Coppola
Comments: Attended party for Anna in 1987.
Soheir Abdel Kader
Comments: 2001 GGA Grand Prize juror.
Sokly Ny
Comments:
Solveig Anspach
Comments:
Solveig Dommartin
Comments:
Sonia Furio
Comments:
Sonia Herman Dolz
Comments:
Sonia Hsu
Comments: Representative for Chang-Tso-Chi Film Studio, Darkness and Light.
Sonia Infante
Comments:
Sonia Laszlo
Comments: FIPRESCI juror 2004.
Sonia Mindlin
Comments: Spouse of Underground Game composer.
Sonke Wortmann
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Sophie Bredier
Comments:
Sophie Constantinou
Comments:
Sophie Teper
Comments:
Spalding Gray
Comments:
Spencer Nakasako
Comments:
Spencer Pekar
Comments:
Spike Jonze
Comments: The Virgin Suicides director’s then-husband.
Spike Lee
Comments: Attended world premiere screening of She\'s Gotta Have It at the Palace of Fine Arts. When the Marina district suffered a blackout, Lee rose to the stage and entertained the crowd until the power came back on and his film could continue. Crooklyn closed the 1994 Festival. In 2007, Lee received the Film Society Directing Award.
Srdjan Dragojevic
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Srdjan Karanovic
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Stacey Steers
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Stacy Keach
Comments: Actor attended Opening Night party at the Hyatt Regency.
Stacy Peralta
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Stan Dragotti
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Stan Lathan
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Stanka Veselinov
Comments: Minister of Culture, Yugoslavia.
Stanley Donen
Comments: Subject of 1975 tribute; film clips shown. Recipient of 1995 Kurosawa Award.
Stanley Kramer
Comments: Appeared with stars Anthony Quinn and Virna Lisi.
Stanley Kwan
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Stanley Mosk
Comments: California Supreme Court Justice and Chairman of 1967 Festival.
Stanley Nelson
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Stefan Fraticelli
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Stefan Tolz
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Stephan Elliott
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Stephanie Igunbor
Comments: Princess and the Warrior
Stephen Fry
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Stephen Landau
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Stephen Sotor
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Stephen Taylor
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Stephen Woolley
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Steve Cochran
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Steve Engel
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Steve Jacobs
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Steve James
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Steve Rothenberg
Comments: Artisan Entertainment
Steve York
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Steven Arnold
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Steven Ascher
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Steven Bergman
Comments: Digital panelist.
Steven Bognar
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Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer
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Steven Guevara
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Steven Jenkins
Comments: Member of the Golden Gate Awards Shorts jury.
Steven M. Martin
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Steven Matheson
Comments: GGA juror.
Steven Okazaki
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Steven Raphael
Comments: The Land Girls.
Steven Spielberg
Comments: Subject of 1975 tribute. Helped finance Kagemusha.
Stewart MacKinnon
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Stewart Stern
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Stig Bergqvist
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Stockard Channing
Comments: Attended Harvey Keitel tribute in 1996. 2001 Peter J. Owens Award recipient.
Stuart Whitman
Comments: Attended Closing Night 1959. He was in The Sound and the Fury (1959), a Jerry Wald-produced film. In attendance at Opening Night 1966. San Francisco native.
Sue Costabile
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Sue Mingus
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Sujata Dutta Gupta
Comments: Wife of producer of Waves After Waves.
Sumiko Haneda
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Sunny Lee
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Susan Dynner
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Susan Gerhard
Comments: GGA juror.
Susan Graef
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Susan Kohner
Comments: Hollywood actress.
Susan Martin
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Susan Shadburne
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Susan Skoog
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Susan Sontag
Comments: Attended Opening Night in 1996.
Susan Stern
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Susan Woods
Comments: Programmer, East Lansing Film Festival.
Susan Wrubel
Comments: Distributor, New Yorker Films.
Suso Cecchi d’Amico
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Susumu Hani
Comments: Craft of Cinema Series
Suzana Amaral
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Sven Taddicken
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Svetlana Karmalita
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Sydney Lumet
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Sydney Pollack
Comments: Subject of a tribute; his film Bobby Deerfield was Opening Night film.
Sylvia Binsfield
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Sylvia Miles
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T.C. Rice
Comments: Bandits.
Tad Danielewski
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Taggart Siegel
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Taieb Louhichi
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Takahiro Misuta
Comments: Head of Toho International.
Takushi Tsubokawa
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Talese Harris
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Tamako Yoshida
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Tamara Rosenfeld
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Tan Chui Mui
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Tanya Haden
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Tapan Sinha
Comments: Calcutta director in attendance on jury.
Tariq Teguia
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Tatiana Vilhelmova
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Taylor Hackford
Comments: 2005 Directing Award screening.
Ted Kotcheff
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Teemour Diop Mambéty
Comments: Djibril Diop Mambéty retrospective in 1999.
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Comments: Tennessee Ernie Ford was the 1963 Master of Ceremonies for the Awards Ball November 12.
Teodora Mihai
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Terence Davies
Comments: Appeared with his Terence Davies Trilogy in 1984.
Terence Yin
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Teresa Metcalf
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Teresa Villaverde
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Teri Lang
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Terry Donahue
Comments: Member of Alloy Orchestra, which provided live musical accompaniment.
Terry Zwigoff
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Tess Girard
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Tetsuki Ijichi
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Thad Povey
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Thelma Schoonmaker
Comments: Attended with husband, Michael Powell, in 1987 and 1995.
Theo Ellington
Comments: GGA Juror in 2006.
Thierry Frémaux
Comments: Artistic Director, Institut Lumière accepted Mel Novikoff Award in 1995.
Thierry Knauff
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Thierry Michel
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Thomas Allen Harris
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Thomas Balmès
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Thomas Dolby
Comments: Appeared at the Music and Multimedia conference at the Castro Theatre, May 7.
Thomas G. Miller
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Thomas Luddy
Comments: Board of Directors Member for the festival.
Thomas Riedelsheimer
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Tierney Gearon
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Tiffanie DeBartolo
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Tiffany Shlain
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Tilda Swinton
Comments: State of Cinema Address presenter.
Tim Taylor
Comments: GGA shorts juror.
Tim Blake Nelson
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Tim Boxell
Comments: Member of the Golden Gate Awards Shorts jury.
Tim Roth
Comments: Received Piper-Heidsieck Award, 1995.
Tim Taylor
Comments: Member of the Golden Gate Awards Shorts jury.
Timothy \'Speed\' Levitch
Comments: Attended Genghis Blues screening.
Tina M. Bastajian
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Tina Naccache
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Tina Weymouth
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Tobias Schneebaum
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Tod Lending
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Todd Berry
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Todd Korgan
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Todd Le Jeune
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Todd Rundgren
Comments: Appeared at the Music and Multimedia conference at the Castro Theatre, May 7.
Todd Solondz
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Todd Traina
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Tofik Shahkverdiev
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Tom Bernard
Comments: President of Sony Pictures Classics, distributor.
Tom Blair
Comments: Subject of a tribute with Jon Jost.
Tom DiCillo
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Tom E. Brown
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Tom Hyland
Comments: Skyy juror and Life of Jesus rep.
Tom Laughlin
Comments: Directing debut of the director of the Billy Jack films.
Tom Luddy
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Tom Noonan
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Tom Togashi
Comments: The Bird People of China.
Tom Verlaine
Comments: Musician for Tom Verlaine: Music for Film program.
Tom Waits
Comments: Attended Dead Man with Neil Young and Jim Jarmusch in 1996. Attended Robert Altman gala in 2003.
Tom Wilkinson
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Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Comments: Cuban filmmaker subject of a tribute in 1979.
Tommy Noonan
Comments: Actor from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and other Hollywood films.
Tommy Pallotta
Comments: Producer of A Scanner Darkly showed first reel and talked about film.
Tommy Redmond Hicks
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Tomonari Nishikawa
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Toni Hanna
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Tony Bennett
Comments: Sang ”I Left My Heart in San Francisco” on Opening Night.
Tony Bill
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Tony Bui
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Tony Campos
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Tony Chan
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Tony Hardmon
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Tony Mandich
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Tony Rayns
Comments: SKYY Prize juror.
Tony Zarindast
Comments: Part of the New Director series.
Toshiaki Nakazawa
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Toshiro Mifune
Comments: Attended the 1990 Festival.
Tove Torbiörnsson
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Tracey Carness
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Tracey Ullman
Comments: Did a reading of Alan Bennett writings for Bennett tribute that he could not attend.
Tracy Seretean
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Treat Williams
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Trevor Sands
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Truman Capote
Comments: First screenwriter to receive a Festival tribute.
Tsering Rhitar Sherpa
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Tuesday Weld
Comments: Subject of a tribute.
Udayan Prasad
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Ulrike Koch
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Uri Zohar
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Urs Egger
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Ursula Ferrara
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Valentin Hitz
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Valera Nikolaev
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Valeria Golino
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Valerie Casey
Comments: ShortFilms.Com panelist.
Valery Ogorodnikov
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Vanessa Roth
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Vanessa Woods
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Vassily Ordynsky
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Veit Helmer
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Veljko Bulajic
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Velvy Appleton
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Vera Fogwill
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Vic Morrow
Comments: Appeared as part of the New Director series.
Vicente Amorim
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Vicente Franco
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Vicky Funari
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Victor Bellomo
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Victor Borge
Comments: Opening Night emcee and introduced films Once There Was a War and Claude in 1967. Opening Night emcee in 1969.
Victor Nord
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Victor Nuñez
Comments: New Directors series.
Victor Quinaz
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Victor Schonfeld
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Victoria Gamburg
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Victoria Livingstone
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Victoria Principal
Comments: Attended Opening Night screening of The Odessa File at the 1974 SFIFF.
Victoria Shin
Comments: Sky Blue industry representative.
Vincent Bal
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Vincent Monnikendam
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Vincent Price
Comments: Attended the Opening Night events in 1981. Subject of a tribute in 1985.
Vincent Schiavelli
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Vincent Ward
Comments: Attended for the New Directors series.
Vincente Minnelli
Comments: Attended Opening Night with then-wife Denise Hale.
Vincenzo Amato
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Violet Feng
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Violet Shaw
Comments: Attended with her father, legendary Hong Kong producer Run Run Shaw, for the screening of Enchanting Shadow.
Virginia Madsen
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Virginia Mayo
Comments: In audience at Raoul Walsh tribute.
Virna Lisi
Comments: Appeared at Closing Night party in 1965.
Vít Klusák
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Viva
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Vivian Kleiman
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Vivian Nikolich
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Vladimir Ivashev
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Volker Schlöndorff
Comments: Swann in Love Opening Night film in 1984.
Vudi
Comments: Musician with American Music Club accompanied screening of Street Angel.
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
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Walt Disney
Comments: Native Son Award recipent in 1965. The same year his film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was shown at the festival.
Walter Keane
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Walter Murch
Comments: Chose Diary of a Country Priest for Indelible Images in 1997. Appeared at the screening of Fog City Mavericks at the Castro Theatre, April 29, 2007.
Walter Shenson
Comments: Walter Shenson was a former San Franciscan and brother-in-law to SFIFF founder, Irving Levin.
Wang Guangli
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Wang Shaudi
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Ward Serrill
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Warren Beatty
Comments: In 1997 accompanied Annette Bening. 2002 Akira Kurosawa Award recipient.
Warren Cowan
Comments: Husband of Barbara Rush.
Warren Lockhart
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Warren Sonbert
Comments: Shown as part of program titled Enraptured Images: New Films by Gunvor Nelson and Warren Sonbert.
Wayne Wang
Comments: Attended Harvey Keitel tribute in 1996.
Wendell Corey
Comments: Hollywood actor in attendance
Werner Herzog
Comments: Recipient of the Film Society Directing Award in 2006.
Werner Penzel
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Wesley Morris
Comments: GGA feature doc juror in 2004. Interviewed Film Society Directing Award recipient Spike Lee onstage at the Castro Theatre in 2007.
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Comments: Served on jury.
Will Parrinello
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Will Shank
Comments: Author of Celluloid San Francisco at book signing.
Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen
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William Aldrich
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William Allyn
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William Bird
Comments: The Chamber of Commerce president presented the Native Son Award to Walt Disney at the 1965 festival.
William Crow
Comments: Musician with Lambchop accompanied Sunrise.
William Everson
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William Farley
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William Holden
Comments: The actor was honored in the Craft of Cinema retrospective programs during the 1967 festival.
William Russell
Comments: FIPRESCI juror 2004.
William Tyler
Comments: Musician with Lambchop accompanied Sunrise.
William Wellman
Comments: Attended screening as part of The American Director series.
Willie Brown
Comments: Mayor of San Francisco.
Willie Chan
Comments: Here with Jackie Chan (no relation).
Willie Mays
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Winnie Huang
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Winona Ryder
Comments: Owens Award recipient.
Wladyslaw Spychalski
Comments: Mayor of Warsaw came with Polish delegation.
Woo Jung Cho
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Woo Ming Jin
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Wu Di
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Wu Mi-sen
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Wu Tianming
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Xandra Castleton
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Xavier Koller
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Xavier Pérez Grobet
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Xiaolu Guo
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Xie Jin
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Xuan Ngoc Evans
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Yamina Benguigui
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Yamina Chouikh
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Yang Li-Chou
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Yann Samuell
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Yasuhiko Nakajima
Comments: Studio executive Go.
Yen Yen Woo
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Yesim Ustaoglu
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Yim Ho
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Yin-Ju Chen
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Ying Liang
Comments: Received the SKYY Prize in 2006.
Yoav Potash
Comments: Adult advisor for Chavez 101 in 2003.
Yoav Shamir
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Yoo Hyun-Mok
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Yousra
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Yousry Nasrallah
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Youssef Chahine
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Yuka Sugiyama
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Yuli Raizman
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Yulia Soltsneva
Comments: Widow of Alexander Dovzhenko, subject of a retrospective. She directed several films based on his scenarios.
Yurek Bogayevicz
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Yuri Dobrokhotz
Comments: Union of Cinema Workers, USSR.
Yuri Ilyenko
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Yves Billon
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Yves Montand
Comments: Attended reception for Nude in a White Car with wife Simone Signoret in 1959. Subject of a tribute in 1978.
Yvette Mimieux
Comments: Accepted a David O. Selznick Memorial Silver Laurel Award on behalf of Agnès Varda for the film Le Bonheur.
Zach Hoffman
Comments: Member of the Golden Gate Awards Shorts jury.
Zachary Fisher
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Zachary Werner
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Zahra Omar
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Zaïda Ghorad-Volta
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Zapo Babilée
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Zero Mostel
Comments: Appeared onstage with Phil Silvers.
Zhang Yimou
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Zhang Yuan
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Zhanna Prokhorenko
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Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Comments: Juror, Golden Gate Award Grand Prize, 2000.
Zlatko Vidackovic
Comments: FIPRESCI jury.
Zoe Bell
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Zoe Cassavetes
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Zoe Crowhurst-Robinson
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Zoran Masirevic
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Züli Aladag
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