page_title: List of Cannes Film Festival jury presidents
hierarchical_section_title: List of Cannes Film Festival jury presidents
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), poète, graphiste, dessinateur, dramaturge et cinéaste français, en 1923&#160;: négatif sur verre, épreuve retouchée et recadrée. English: Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Picture taken in 1923: glass negative, restored and cropped print.
context_page_description: Each year, the jury of the Cannes Film Festival is chaired by an internationally recognized personality of cinema. Being appointed to this position is the recognition of an outstanding career.
  Since 1960, there has been only one personality to get this honor twice: Jeanne Moreau in 1975 and 1995. The last non-professional film personality to be president of the jury is the American writer William Styron in 1983.
  Since 1987, the Official Selection includes a separate jury and its President in the frame of the Caméra d'Or which chooses its best feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections. Since 1998, another separate jury and its President have been added for the films of the Un Certain Regard section.
context_section_description: Each year, the jury of the Cannes Film Festival is chaired by an internationally recognized personality of cinema. Being appointed to this position is the recognition of an outstanding career.
  Since 1960, there has been only one personality to get this honor twice: Jeanne Moreau in 1975 and 1995. The last non-professional film personality to be president of the jury is the American writer William Styron in 1983.
  Since 1987, the Official Selection includes a separate jury and its President in the frame of the Caméra d'Or ("Golden Camera") which chooses its best feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight, or International Critics' Week). Since 1998, another separate jury and its President have been added for the films of the Un Certain Regard section.
caption: Jean Cocteau, President of the Jury in 1953 and 1954
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