Leopard of Honour
The Leopard of Honour is a life's work achievement award at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. The award has been given out since 1989 with an exception in 2001. The award especially denotes recognition of auteur cinema and creative and audacious filmmaking.
Winners
- Ennio Morricone, 1989
- Gian Maria Volonté, 1990
- Jacques Rivette, 1991
- Manoel de Oliveira, 1992
- Samuel Fuller, 1993
- Kira Muratova, 1994
- Jean-Luc Godard, 1995
- Werner Schroeter, 1996
- Bernardo Bertolucci, 1997
- Joe Dante, 1998
- Daniel Schmid, 1999
- Paul Verhoeven, 2000 (two recipients that year)
- Paolo Villaggio, 2000 (two recipients that year)
- Sydney Pollack, 2002
- Ken Loach, 2003
- Ermanno Olmi, 2004
- Terry Gilliam, 2005 (three recipients that year)
- Abbas Kiarostami, 2005 (three recipients that year)
- Wim Wenders, 2005 (three recipients that year)
- Aleksandr Sokurov, 2006
- Hsiao-hsien Hou, 2007
- Amos Gitai, 2008
- William Friedkin, 2009 (three recipients that year)
- Isao Takahata, 2009 (three recipients that year)
- Yoshiyuki Tomino, 2009 (three recipients that year)
- Jia Zhangke, 2010 (two recipients that year)
- Alain Tanner, 2010 (two recipients that year)
- Abel Ferrara, 2011 (two recipients that year)
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