Leopard of Honour
Life's work achievement award at the Locarno Film Festival
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The Leopard of Honour is a life's work achievement award at the Locarno International Film Festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. The award has been given out since 1989. The award especially denotes recognition of auteur cinema and creative and audacious filmmaking. Starting in 2009, the prize was named in Italian after its sponsor, becoming the "Pardo d'onore Swisscom".
Awarded forAuteur cinema, creative and audacious filmmaking
CountrySwitzerland
Presented byLocarno International Film Festival
First award1989
| Leopard of Honour | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Auteur cinema, creative and audacious filmmaking |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Presented by | Locarno International Film Festival |
| First award | 1989 |
| Final award | 2025 |
| Currently held by | Alexander Payne |
Winners
- 1989 – Ennio Morricone
- 1990 – Gian Maria Volonté
- 1991 – Jacques Rivette
- 1992 – Manoel de Oliveira
- 1993 – Samuel Fuller
- 1994 – Kira Muratova
- 1995 – Jean-Luc Godard
- 1996 – Werner Schroeter
- 1997 – Bernardo Bertolucci[1]
- 1998 – Joe Dante[2][3]
- 1999 – Daniel Schmid, Francesco Rosi, and Gerard Blain[4]
- 2000 – Paul Verhoeven and Paolo Villaggio
- 2001 – Chen Kaige, the Sundance Institute and Cahiers du Cinéma.[5][6]
- 2002 – Sydney Pollack[7]
- 2003 – Ken Loach[8]
- 2004 – Ermanno Olmi
- 2005 – Terry Gilliam, Abbas Kiarostami, and Wim Wenders[9]
- 2006 – Aleksandr Sokurov[10]
- 2007 – Hou Hsiao-hsien[11]
- 2008 – Amos Gitai
- 2009 – William Friedkin[12]
- 2010 – Jia Zhangke and Alain Tanner[13]
- 2011 – Abel Ferrara
- 2012 – Leos Carax
- 2013 – Werner Herzog[14][15]
- 2014 – Agnès Varda[16][17]
- 2015 – Marco Bellocchio and Michael Cimino[18][19]
- 2016 – Alejandro Jodorowsky
- 2017 – Todd Haynes and Jean-Marie Straub
- 2018 – Bruno Dumont
- 2019 – John Waters
- 2021 – John Landis[20]
- 2022 – Kelly Reichardt[21]
- 2023 – Harmony Korine[21]
- 2024 - Jane Campion[22]
- 2025 - Alexander Payne[23]
