M. Night Shyamalan

American filmmaker (born 1970)

M. Night Shyamalan

Shyamalan in 2018

Born|

Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan

(1970-08-06) August 6, 1970 (age 53)

Mahé, Pondicherry, India

Nationality| Indian
American[1]
Alma mater| New York University
Occupations|

* Film director
* producer
* screenwriter
* actor

Years active| 1992–present
Works| Full list
Spouse|

Bhavna Vaswani

(m. 1992)​

Children| 3, including Saleka
Awards| Full list
Honors| Padma Shri (2008)[2]

Manoj Nelliyattu "M. Night" Shyamalan[1] (/ˈʃɑːməlɑːn/ SHAH-mə-lahn;[3] born August 6, 1970)[4] is an Indian-American film director, producer and screenwriter. His films often employ supernatural plots and twist endings. The cumulative gross of his films exceeds $3.3 billion globally.[5]

Shyamalan was born in Mahé, India, and raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. His early films include Praying with Anger (1992) and Wide Awake (1998) before his breakthrough film The Sixth Sense (1999), which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. He then released Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002) and The Village (2004). Following a string of poorly received films—Lady in the Water (2006), The Happening (2008), The Last Airbender (2010), and After Earth (2013)—he experienced a career resurgence with The Visit (2015), Split (2016), Glass (2019), Old (2021), and Knock at the Cabin (2023).[6]

Shyamalan is also one of the executive producers and occasional director of the 20th Television science fiction series Wayward Pines (2015–2016) and the Apple TV+ psychological horror series Servant (2019–2023), for which he also serves as showrunner.[7][8]

## Early life[edit]

Shyamalan was born in Mahé, India, a town in the Union Territory of Pondicherry.[9][10] His father, Dr. Nelliyattu C. Shyamalan, is a Malayali neurologist from Mahé and a JIPMER graduate;[citation needed] his mother, Dr. Jayalakshmi, a Tamil, is an OB-GYN.[11]

Shyamalan's parents immigrated to the United States when he was six weeks old.[12] Shyamalan was raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania. Shyamalan was raised Hindu.[13] He attended the private Roman Catholic grammar school Waldron Mercy Academy. He felt like an outsider and remembers that teachers would say that whoever was not baptized would go to hell.[14] When he was a student there, a teacher once became upset because he "got the best grade in religion class and [he] wasn't Catholic".[14] He later attended the Episcopal Academy, a private Episcopal high school located at the time in Merion Station, Pennsylvania. Shyamalan earned the New York University Merit Scholarship in 1988, and was also a National Merit Scholar.[15] Shyamalan is an alumnus of New York University Tisch School of the Arts in Manhattan,[16] graduating in 1992. It was while studying there that he adopted "Night" as his second name.

Shyamalan had an early desire to be a filmmaker when he was given a Super 8 camera at a young age. Though his father wanted him to follow in the family practice of medicine, his mother encouraged him to follow his passion. By the time he was seventeen, he had made forty-five home movies.[17] On each DVD release of his films, beginning with The Sixth Sense and with the exception of Lady in the Water, he has included a scene from one of these childhood movies, which, he feels, represents his first attempt at the same kind of film.[17]

## Career[edit]

### Film[edit]

Shyamalan at a press conference
for The Happening in 2008.

Shyamalan made his first film, the semi-autobiographical drama Praying with Anger, while still a student at NYU, using money borrowed from family and friends.[18] He wrote and directed his second movie, Wide Awake. His parents were the film's associate producers. The drama dealt with a ten-year-old Catholic schoolboy (Joseph Cross) who, after the death of his grandfather (Robert Loggia), searches for God. The film's supporting cast included Dana Delany and Denis Leary as the boy's parents, as well as Rosie O'Donnell, Julia Stiles, and Camryn Manheim. Wide Awake was filmed in a school Shyamalan attended as a child[19] and earned 1999 Young Artist Award nominations for Best Drama, and, for Cross, Best Performance.[20] Only in limited release, the film grossed $305,704 in theaters, against a $6 million budget.[21]

That same year Shyamalan co-wrote the screenplay for Stuart Little with Greg Brooker. In 2013, he revealed he was the ghostwriter for the 1999 film She's All That, a teen comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook.[22] On June 17, 2013, Jack Lechner (who served as Miramax's head of development in the late 1990s) confirmed that both Shyamalan and R. Lee Fleming, Jr. contributed to the script: Fleming wrote the initial script that Miramax bought while Shyamalan did an uncredited rewrite (doing more than "a polish") that got the film green-lit. Lechner reiterated that content from both writers was included in the final cut of the film.[23]

Shyamalan gained international recognition when he wrote and directed 1999's The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis, and which became the second-highest grossing horror movie of all time.[24] The Sixth Sense was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

In July 2000, on The Howard Stern Show, Shyamalan said he had met with Spielberg and was in early talks to write the script for the fourth Indiana Jones film. This would have given Shyamalan a chance to work with his longtime idol.[25] After the film fell through, Shyamalan later said it was too "tricky" to arrange and "not the right thing" for him to do.[26]

Shyamalan followed The Sixth Sense by writing and directing Unbreakable (2000), again starring Willis, a stealth superhero film within a thriller which was both critically and financially successful.

Shyamalan's name was linked with the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but it conflicted with the production of Unbreakable. In July 2006, while doing press tours for Lady in the Water, Shyamalan expressed he remained interested in directing one of the last two Harry Potter films: "The themes that run through it ... the empowering of children, a positive outlook ... you name it, it falls in line with my beliefs", Shyamalan said. "I enjoy the humor in it. When I read the first Harry Potter and was thinking about making it, I had a whole different vibe in my head of it".[27]

His next film, Signs, where he also played Ray Reddy, was released in 2002. The film stars Mel Gibson as a former Episcopalian priest who regains his faith in God during an alien invasion. It was both critically and financially successful and grossed $408 million from a budget of $72 million.

Shyamalan next directed The Village (2004), about an isolated community living in the woods. Although it received mixed reviews, it was financially successful as it grossed $257 million from a budget of $60 million.

M. Night Shyamalan and Bryce Dallas Howard at the Spanish premiere of The Village (in the San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2006).

After the release of The Village in 2004, Shyamalan had been planning a film adaptation of Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi with 20th Century Fox, but later backed out so that he could make Lady in the Water. In an interview he said about his reasons for dropping out of that project:[28]

> I love that book. I mean, it's basically [the story of] a kid born in the same city as me [Mahe, India] — it almost felt predestined. But I was hesitant because the book has kind of a twist ending. And I was concerned that as soon as you put my name on it, everybody would have a different experience. Whereas if someone else did it, it would be much more satisfying, I think. Expectations, you've got to be aware of them. I'm wishing them all great luck. I hope they make a beautiful movie.

Released in 2006, Lady in the Water, a bedtime story about a water nymph and an apartment superintendent, was both critically and financially unsuccessful, only grossing $72 million worldwide from a budget of $70 million.

Next was the film The Happening, a B-movie about trees killing humans, featuring a teacher and his wife fleeing from contaminated cities into the countryside. It was critically unsuccessful but financially successful as it grossed $163 million from a budget of $48 million.[29]

In July 2008, it was announced that Shyamalan had partnered with Media Rights Capital to form a production company called Night Chronicles. Shyamalan would produce, but not direct, one film a year for three years.[30] The first of the three films was Devil, a supernatural thriller directed by siblings John and Drew Dowdle. The script was written by Brian Nelson, based on an original idea from Shyamalan.[31] The movie was about a group of people stuck in an elevator with the devil, and starred Chris Messina.[32] The film was not previewed by critics before its release.

In 2010, he directed The Last Airbender, based on the first season of the Nickelodeon TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender. It was critically unsuccessful—with significant criticism aimed at its casting of white actors in Asian and Native American-inspired roles, yet was a financial success, grossing $319 million from a budget of $150 million.

In 2013, Shyamalan directed the film After Earth, based on a script by Gary Whitta and starring Will Smith and his son, Jaden. It was received poorly by critics, and was financially unsuccessful. Shyamalan later described his thinking in 2013 as full of doubts, introspection and questioning.[33]

Shyamalan announced in January 2014 that he would be working again with Bruce Willis on a film titled Labor of Love.[34] As of March 2022, and the retirement of Willis, this film had yet to be produced.

Shyamalan's reputation was poor and most Hollywood studios passed on his self-funded, low-budget horror-comedy The Visit, featuring a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong visit. After revising the film,[33] which Shyamalan had shot in secret, Universal picked up rights to The Visit. The movie went on to gross $98 million worldwide on a budget of $5 million[35] – the fifth-highest grossing thriller film of the year.[36][37] Universal released the movie on September 11, 2015.[37]

In 2017, Shyamalan released the movie Split. It was both critically and financially successful and grossed $279 million from a budget of $9 million.[38]

In 2019, he released Glass as the final installment in his 19-year trilogy inclusive of previous films Unbreakable and Split. The movie grossed over $247 million worldwide.[39][38]

M. Night Shyamalan's film, Old, a thriller about tourists who begin aging rapidly on a mysterious beach, was shot in Dominican Republic[40] and released on July 23, 2021. The film stars Gael Garcia Bernal, Eliza Scanlen, Thomasin McKenzie, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ken Leung, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Embeth Davidtz, Alexa Swinton, Nolan River, and Emun Elliott.[41][42][43][44] The film received mixed reviews from critics.

In October 2021, Shyamalan announced that his next film Knock at the Cabin would be released in cinemas on February 3, 2023.[45] In February 2023, it was revealed Shyamalan's next film, titled Trap, would be released in theatres on August 2, 2024, by Warner Bros. Pictures.[46]

### Television[edit]

Shyamalan is the executive producer on the Apple TV series Servant. Shyamalan directed several episodes, including the pilot. Servant was renewed for a second series in advance of the season one premiere.[47] The second season of Servant completed filming in fall 2020 under COVID protocols.[48]

Shyamalan was also instrumental in the creation of the Fox science fiction series Wayward Pines (2015–2016), for which he executive produced and directed the pilot episode. The series became the most-watched show of that summer.[49]

In 2016, TNT first announced that Shyamalan would be responsible for a reboot series for Tales from the Crypt. As of June 2017[update] the series had been cancelled due to a number of legal reasons.[50]

He also appeared in an episode of the series Entourage.[51]

### Production company[edit]

Shyamalan's production company, Blinding Edge Pictures,[52] is located in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.[53] Blinding Edge has produced Servant, Wayward Pines, Devil, The Happening, Lady in the Water, The Village, Signs, Unbreakable, The Last Airbender, After Earth, The Visit, Split, Glass and Old. It is run by Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan.[54] In February 2023, the company signed a multi-year first-look deal with Warner Bros., among them the Shyamalan-directed Trap, set for a theatrical release on August 2, 2024.[55]

## Books[edit]

While working on his film The Happening, Shyamalan developed an interest in improving the delivery of education in American schools. He hired doctoral student James Richardson to do most of the background research and as a result published I Got Schooled: The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing America's Education Gap through Simon and Schuster in 2013.[56] John Willol of NPR reviewed the book by stating "I Got Schooled is a breezily written, research driven call to change America's approach to education. Shyamalan is smart and sincere, and his innovative ideas are unbound by the educational establishment."[57]

## Personal life[edit]

Shyamalan married Bhavna Vaswani, a fellow student whom he met at New York University.[58] The couple have three daughters, including director Ishana and musician Saleka.[59][60] His cousin is actor Ritesh Rajan.[61]

Shyamalan and his family live near Philadelphia at Ravenwood, a 125-acre (51 ha) estate, built around a 27,000-square-foot (2,500 m2) 1937 Georgian Revival house.[62]

Shyamalan is a season ticket holder of the Philadelphia 76ers.[63]

In 2023, Shyamalan bought a 218-acre (88 ha) estate from the Rockefeller family in Willistown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, which has five historic houses and two barns for $24 million.[64]

## Filmography[edit]

Main article: M. Night Shyamalan filmography

Directed features  Year  | Title  | Distributor

|
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1992  | Praying with Anger | Cinevistaas Limited
1998  | Wide Awake | Miramax Films
1999  | The Sixth Sense | Buena Vista Pictures
2000  | Unbreakable
2002  | Signs
2004  | The Village
2006  | Lady in the Water | Warner Bros. Pictures
2008  | The Happening | 20th Century Fox
2010  | The Last Airbender | Paramount Pictures
2013  | After Earth | Sony Pictures Releasing
2015  | The Visit | Universal Pictures
2016  | Split
2019  | Glass
2021  | Old
2023  | Knock at the Cabin
2024  | Trap | Warner Bros. Pictures

## Critical analysis and box-office performance[edit]

Rolling Stone wrote that The Sixth Sense gave Shyamalan the reputation of "the guy who makes the scary movies with a twist".[33] In 2008, Shyamalan said it was a common misperception that "all my movies have twist endings, or that they're all scary. All my movies are spiritual and all have an emotional perspective".[65] He nonetheless avoided plot twists for years, until again using them starting with The Visit in 2015. Rolling Stone wrote in 2018,[33]

> In his twenties, [Shyamalan] says, "I don't think you could have told me that making thrillers for your whole life wasn't a bad thing. At first it was a sense of, 'Hey, I can make anything.' But that’s hypocritical, because when I pick up an Agatha Christie novel in my library, I have a strong expectation. So, I get it ... When I became happy with the idea of making thrillers for the rest of my life, everything went right."

After the release of The Village, Slate's Michael Agger noted that Shyamalan was following "an uncomfortable pattern" of "making fragile, sealed-off movies that fell apart when exposed to outside logic".[66]

Shyamalan has also been nominated for and in some cases won numerous Golden Raspberry Awards for Lady in the Water in 2006, The Happening in 2008, The Last Airbender in 2010, and After Earth in 2013.[citation needed] In 2016 he was also nominated for the Razzie Redeemer Award.[67]

The Village, Lady in the Water and Split have been included in Cahiers du Cinéma annual top ten lists.

Shyamalan is also known for setting and shooting his films in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, along with nearby Reading, Pennsylvania.[68][69][70][71] Most of his commercially successful films were co-produced and released by Walt Disney Studios' Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures and Universal imprints.

### Critical reception & Box-office performance[edit]

Critical and public response to films from M. Night Shyamalan Year  | Film  | Rotten Tomatoes[72] | Metacritic[73] | CinemaScore[74] | Budget  | Box-office[75]

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|
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1992  | Praying with Anger | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
1998  | Wide Awake | 45% (33 reviews)  | —  | —  | $6 million  | $305,704
1999  | The Sixth Sense | 86% (158 reviews)  | 64 (35 reviews)  | A– | $40 million  | $673 million
2000  | Unbreakable | 70% (173 reviews)  | 62 (31 reviews)  | C | $75 million  | $248 million
2002  | Signs | 75% (237 reviews)  | 59 (36 reviews)  | B | $72 million  | $408 million
2004  | The Village | 43% (218 reviews)  | 44 (40 reviews)  | C | $60 million  | $257 million
2006  | Lady in the Water | 25% (212 reviews)  | 36 (36 reviews)  | B– | $70 million  | $73 million
2008  | The Happening | 18% (185 reviews)  | 34 (38 reviews)  | D | $48 million  | $163 million
2010  | The Last Airbender | 5% (192 reviews)  | 20 (33 reviews)  | C | $150 million  | $319 million
2013  | After Earth | 12% (212 reviews)  | 33 (41 reviews)  | B | $130 million  | $251 million
2015  | The Visit | 68% (229 reviews)  | 55 (34 reviews)  | B– | $5 million  | $98 million
2016  | Split | 78% (308 reviews)  | 62 (47 reviews)  | B+ | $9 million  | $279 million
2019  | Glass | 37% (395 reviews)  | 43 (53 reviews)  | B | $20 million  | $247 million
2021  | Old | 50% (313 reviews)  | 55 (52 reviews)  | C+ | $18 million  | $90 million
2023  | Knock at the Cabin | 67% (216 reviews)  | 63 (54 reviews)  | C | $20 million  | $54 million
Total  | $723 million  | $3.162 billion

## Awards and nominations[edit]

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by M. Night Shyamalan

In 2008, Shyamalan was honored with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India.[76] Shyamalan was the Jury President of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival competition section.[77]

## Controversies[edit]

### SyFy Channel hoax[edit]

In 2004, Shyamalan was involved in a media hoax with SyFy Channel, which was eventually uncovered by the press. SyFy claimed in its "documentary" special The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan, shot on the set of The Village, that as a child, Shyamalan had been dead for nearly a half hour while drowned in a frozen pond in an accident, and that upon being rescued he had experiences of communicating with spirits, fueling an obsession with the supernatural.

In truth, Shyamalan developed the hoax with SyFy, going so far as having SyFy staffers sign non-disclosure agreements with a $5 million fine attached and requiring Shyamalan's office to formally approve each step. Neither the childhood accident nor a supposed rift with the filmmakers ever occurred. The hoax included a nonexistent SyFy publicist, "David Westover", whose name appeared on press releases regarding the special. SyFy also fed false news stories to the Associated Press,[78] Zap2It,[79] and the New York Post,[80] among others.

After an AP reporter confronted SyFy Channel president Bonnie Hammer at a press conference, Hammer admitted the hoax, saying it was part of a guerrilla marketing campaign to generate pre-release publicity for The Village. This prompted SyFy's parent company, NBC Universal, to state that the undertaking was "not consistent with our policy at NBC. We would never intend to offend the public or the press and we value our relationship with both."[81]

### Plagiarism accusations[edit]

Robert McIlhinney, a Pennsylvanian screenwriter, sued Shyamalan in 2003, alleging similarities between Signs and his unpublished script Lord of the Barrens: The Jersey Devil.[82][83]

In 2004, Margaret Peterson Haddix claimed that The Village has numerous similarities to her young adult novel Running Out of Time, prompting discussions with publisher Simon & Schuster about filing a lawsuit.[82][83][84]

In response to both allegations, Disney and Shyamalan's production company Blinding Edge issued statements calling the claims "meritless".[84]

Orson Scott Card has claimed that many elements of The Sixth Sense were plagiarized from his novel Lost Boys, although he has said that enough had been changed that there was no point in suing.[85]

## Pop culture and racism[edit]

After the release of The Happening, The Guardian's Kim Newman questioned, "Can it be a kind of racism that the Indian-born, Philadelphia-raised auteur is hammered for his apparent character (or funny name) rather more than, say, Quentin Tarantino or Spike Lee?"[86] The British Film Institute (BFI) also discussed the impact of racism on Shyamalan's career, pointing to frequent mispronunciations of his last name.[87] By 2017, Vice said that "Shamalamadingdong" had become the "agreed-upon mockery of his name".[88]

BFI asked if critical attacks are the result of egotistical statements on Shyamalan's part. They question whether his strong statements of self-assurance coupled with the remarkable success of The Sixth Sense set up a fall from grace which was soon realized when a run of very successful films (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs and The Village) seemingly collapsed with a string of critical failures (Lady in the Water, The Happening, The Last Airbender, and After Earth).[87] In 2019, Tim Greiving of The Washington Post said that "his confidence was interpreted as arrogance by some, especially after he cast himself in Lady in the Water as a brilliant writer whose book is prophesied as a world-saver." Greiving continued, "Howard, who expressed pride in him for forging ahead despite his turn among critics, noted how rare it was for such a young filmmaker to write, direct and produce original material. He wondered whether that placed a bigger target on his back, as his reputation for doggedness was perpetuated within the industry and reinforced by critics."[89]

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## Further reading[edit]

* Michael Bamberger (2006). The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale and Lost. Gotham. ISBN 978-1592402137.
* Adrian Gmelch (2023). M. Night Shyamalan: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1496848024.
* Adrian Gmelch (2024). M. Night Shyamalan: Hollywood Rebel. Create Space. ISBN 979-8876666758.

## External links[edit]

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M. Night Shyamalan

* Filmography
* Awards and nominations

Films written
and directed|

* Praying with Anger (1992)
* Wide Awake (1998)
* The Sixth Sense (1999)
* Unbreakable (2000)
* Signs (2002)
* The Village (2004)
* Lady in the Water (2006)
* The Happening (2008)
* The Last Airbender (2010)
* After Earth (2013)
* The Visit (2015)
* Split (2016)
* Glass (2019)
* Old (2021)
* Knock at the Cabin (2023)
* Trap (2024)

Films written|

* Stuart Little (1999)
* Devil (2010)

Television work|

* Wayward Pines (2015–2016)
* Servant (2019–2023)

Related|

* Devil (2010)
* Caddo Lake (TBA)
* Unbreakable (film series)
* Blinding Edge Pictures

Awards for M. Night Shyamalan

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Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay

* Alex Proyas / Bill Condon (1998)
* M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
* Steven Katz (2000)
* Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan (2001)
* Brent Hanley (2002)
* Don Coscarelli (2003)
* Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth / Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright (2004)
* Jessica Sharzer (2011)
* Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard (2012)
* Glen Mazzara (2013)
* Jennifer Kent (2014)
* David Robert Mitchell (2015)
* Robert Eggers (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Meredith Averill (2018)
* Jordan Peele (2019)
* Leigh Whannell (2020)
* Mike Flanagan, James Flanagan and Jeff Howard (2021)
* Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill / Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer (2022)

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Empire Award for Best Director

* Danny Boyle (1996)
* Terry Gilliam (1997)
* Cameron Crowe (1998)
* Steven Spielberg (1999)
* M. Night Shyamalan (2000)
* Bryan Singer (2001)
* Baz Luhrmann (2002)
* Steven Spielberg (2003)
* Quentin Tarantino (2004)
* Sam Raimi (2005)
* Nick Park and Steve Box (2006)
* Christopher Nolan (2007)
* David Yates (2008)
* Christopher Nolan (2009)
* James Cameron (2010)
* Edgar Wright (2011)
* David Yates (2012)
* Sam Mendes (2013)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2014)
* Christopher Nolan (2015)
* J. J. Abrams (2016)
* Gareth Edwards (2017)
* Rian Johnson (2018)

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Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director

1980s|

* Robert Greenwald – Xanadu (1980)
* Michael Cimino – Heaven's Gate (1981)
* Ken Annakin – The Pirate Movie / Terence Young – Inchon (1982)
* Peter Sasdy – The Lonely Lady (1983)
* John Derek – Bolero (1984)
* Sylvester Stallone – Rocky IV (1985)
* Prince – Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
* Norman Mailer – Tough Guys Don't Dance / Elaine May – Ishtar (1987)
* Blake Edwards – Sunset / Stewart Raffill – Mac and Me (1988)
* William Shatner – Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

1990s|

* John Derek – Ghosts Can't Do It (1990)
* Michael Lehmann – Hudson Hawk (1991)
* David Seltzer – Shining Through (1992)
* Jennifer Lynch – Boxing Helena (1993)
* Steven Seagal – On Deadly Ground (1994)
* Paul Verhoeven – Showgirls (1995)
* Andrew Bergman – Striptease (1996)
* Kevin Costner – The Postman (1997)
* Gus Van Sant – Psycho (1998)
* Barry Sonnenfeld – Wild Wild West (1999)

2000s|

* Roger Christian – Battlefield Earth (2000)
* Tom Green – Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
* Guy Ritchie – Swept Away (2002)
* Martin Brest – Gigli (2003)
* Pitof – Catwoman (2004)
* John Asher – Dirty Love (2005)
* M. Night Shyamalan – Lady in the Water (2006)
* Chris Sivertson – I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
* Uwe Boll – In the Name of the King, Postal, and Tunnel Rats (2008)
* Michael Bay – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

2010s|

* M. Night Shyamalan – The Last Airbender (2010)
* Dennis Dugan – Jack and Jill and Just Go with It (2011)
* Bill Condon – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
* Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, and Jonathan van Tulleken – Movie 43 (2013)
* Michael Bay – Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
* Josh Trank – Fantastic Four (2015)
* Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley – Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016)
* Tony Leondis – The Emoji Movie (2017)
* Etan Cohen – Holmes & Watson (2018)
* Tom Hooper – Cats (2019)

2020s|

* Sia – Music (2020/21)
* Christopher Ashley – Diana the Musical (2021)
* Colson Baker and Mod Sun – Good Mourning (2022)

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Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay

1980s|

* Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr – Can't Stop the Music (1980)
* Frank Yablans, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner, and Robert Getchell – Mommie Dearest (1981)
* Robin Moore and Laird Koenig – Inchon (1982)
* John Kershaw, Shawn Randall, and Ellen Shephard – The Lonely Lady (1983)
* John Derek – Bolero (1984)
* Sylvester Stallone, James Cameron, and Kevin Jarre – Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
* Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz – Howard the Duck (1986)
* Jonathan Reynolds and Bill Cosby – Leonard Part 6 (1987)
* Heywood Gould – Cocktail (1988)
* Eddie Murphy – Harlem Nights (1989)

1990s|

* Daniel Waters, James Cappe, and David Arnott – The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
* Steven E. de Souza, Daniel Waters, Bruce Willis, and Robert Kraft – Hudson Hawk (1991)
* Blake Snyder, William Osborne, and William Davies – Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
* Amy Holden Jones – Indecent Proposal (1993)
* Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein, Steven E. de Souza, and various others – The Flintstones (1994)
* Joe Eszterhas – Showgirls (1995)
* Andrew Bergman – Striptease (1996)
* Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland – The Postman (1997)
* Joe Eszterhas – An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
* Jim Thomas, John Thomas, S. S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman – Wild Wild West (1999)

2000s|

* Corey Mandell and J. David Shapiro – Battlefield Earth (2000)
* Tom Green and Derek Harvie – Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
* George Lucas and Jonathan Hales – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
* Martin Brest – Gigli (2003)
* Theresa Rebeck, John Brancato, Michael Ferris, and John Rogers – Catwoman (2004)
* Jenny McCarthy – Dirty Love (2005)
* Leora Barish and Henry Bean – Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
* Jeffrey Hammond – I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
* Mike Myers and Graham Gordy – The Love Guru (2008)
* Ehren Kruger, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

2010s|

* M. Night Shyamalan – The Last Airbender (2010)
* Steve Koren, Adam Sandler, and Ben Zook – Jack and Jill (2011)
* David Caspe – That's My Boy (2012)
* Steve Baker, Ricky Blitt, Will Carlough, Tobias Carlson, Jacob Fleisher, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Claes Kjellstrom, Jack Kukoda, Bob Odenkirk, Bill O'Malley, Matthew Alec Portenoy, Greg Pritikin, Rocky Russo, Olle Sarri, Elizabeth Wright Shapiro, Jeremy Sosenko, Jonathan van Tulleken, and Jonas Wittenmark – Movie 43 (2013)
* Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey – Saving Christmas (2014)
* Kelly Marcel – Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
* Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
* Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel, and Mike White – The Emoji Movie (2017)
* Niall Leonard – Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
* Lee Hall and Tom Hooper – Cats (2019)

2020s|

* Tomasz Klimala, Barbara Białowąs, Tomasz Mandes, and Blanka Lipińska – 365 Days (2020/21)
* Joe DiPietro and David Bryan – Diana: The Musical (2021)
* Andrew Dominik – Blonde (2022)

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Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor

1980s|

* John Adames – Gloria / Laurence Olivier – The Jazz Singer (1980)
* Steve Forrest – Mommie Dearest (1981)
* Ed McMahon – Butterfly (1982)
* Jim Nabors – Stroker Ace (1983)
* Brooke Shields (in a mustache) – Sahara (1984)
* Rob Lowe – St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
* Jerome Benton – Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
* David Mendenhall – Over the Top (1987)
* Dan Aykroyd – Caddyshack II (1988)
* Christopher Atkins – Listen to Me (1989)

1990s|

* Donald Trump – Ghosts Can't Do It (1990)
* Dan Aykroyd – Nothing but Trouble (1991)
* Tom Selleck – Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
* Woody Harrelson – Indecent Proposal (1993)
* O. J. Simpson – Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult (1994)
* Dennis Hopper – Waterworld (1995)
* Marlon Brando – The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
* Dennis Rodman – Double Team (1997)
* Joe Eszterhas – An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
* Ahmed Best – Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

2000s|

* Barry Pepper – Battlefield Earth (2000)
* Charlton Heston – Cats & Dogs, Planet of the Apes, and Town & Country (2001)
* Hayden Christensen – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
* Sylvester Stallone – Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
* Donald Rumsfeld – Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
* Hayden Christensen – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
* M. Night Shyamalan – Lady in the Water (2006)
* Eddie Murphy – Norbit (2007)
* Pierce Brosnan – Mamma Mia! (2008)
* Billy Ray Cyrus – Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)

2010s|

* Jackson Rathbone – The Last Airbender and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
* Al Pacino – Jack and Jill (2011)
* Taylor Lautner – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
* Will Smith – After Earth (2013)
* Kelsey Grammer – The Expendables 3, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, Think Like a Man Too, and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
* Eddie Redmayne – Jupiter Ascending (2015)
* Jesse Eisenberg – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
* Mel Gibson – Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
* John C. Reilly – Holmes & Watson (2018)
* James Corden – Cats (2019)

2020s|

* Rudy Giuliani – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020/21)
* Jared Leto – House of Gucci (2021)
* Tom Hanks – Elvis (2022)

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Nebula Award for Best Script/Ray Bradbury Award

Nebula Award
for Best Script|

* Soylent Green – Stanley R. Greenberg (1973)
* Sleeper – Woody Allen (1974)
* Young Frankenstein – Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)
* Star Wars – George Lucas (1977)
* The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
* Galaxy Quest – David Howard and Robert Gordon (2000)
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang (2001)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson (2003)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (2004)
* Serenity – Joss Whedon (2005)
* Howl's Moving Castle – Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (2006)
* Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro (2007)
* WALL-E – Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, and Pete Docter (2008)

Ray Bradbury Award
for Outstanding
Dramatic Presentation|

* Terminator 2: Judgment Day – James Cameron (1992)
* Babylon 5 – J. Michael Straczynski (1999)
* 2000X – Tales of the Next Millennia – Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison (2001)
* Joss Whedon (2008)
* District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (2009)
* Inception – Christopher Nolan (2010)
* Doctor Who: "The Doctor's Wife" – Richard Clark and Neil Gaiman (2011)
* Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar (2012)
* Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón (2013)
* Guardians of the Galaxy – James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (2014)
* Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nico Lathouris (2015)
* Arrival – Denis Villeneuve and Eric Heisserer (2016)
* Get Out – Jordan Peele (2017)
* Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman (2018)
* Good Omens: "Hard Times" – Neil Gaiman (2019)
* The Good Place: "Whenever You're Ready" – Michael Schur (2020)
* WandaVision – Jac Schaeffer and writing staff (2021)
* Everything Everywhere All at Once \- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)

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Padma Award winners of Kerala

Padma Vibhushan|

* Adoor Gopalakrishnan
* E. C. George Sudarshan
* E. Sreedharan
* G. Madhavan Nair
* John Matthai
* K. N. Raj
* K. R. Ramanathan
* K. Shankar Pillai
* Kottayan Katankot Venugopal
* M. S. Valiathan
* N. R. Pillai
* O. N. V. Kurup
* V. K. Krishna Menon
* V. R. Krishna Iyer
* Verghese Kurien
* K. J. Yesudas

Padma Bhushan (Male)|

* A. C. N. Nambiar
* Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
* A. Ramachandran
* A. Sreedhara Menon
* C. P. Krishnan Nair
* Chembai
* E. C. George Sudarshan
* Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss
* G. Madhavan Nair
* G. Sankara Kurup
* Gabriel Chiramel
* George Joseph (scientist)
* Guru Kunchu Kurup
* Jacob Chandy
* K. G. Subramanyan
* K. J. Yesudas
* K. M. George
* K. M. Mathew
* K. P. Kesava Menon
* K. P. P. Nambiar
* K. P. S. Menon (senior)
* K. R. Ramanathan
* K. Radhakrishnan
* K. Sankaran Nair
* K. Shankar Pillai
* K. Sukumaran
* K. T. Thomas (Justice)
* Kandathil Mammen Cherian
* Kavalam Narayana Panicker
* Kottayan Katankot Venugopal
* Kunhiraman Palat Candeth
* Kuzhur Narayana Marar
* M. S. Valiathan
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair
* M. V. Pylee
* Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
* Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai
* Mohanlal
* O. V. Vijayan
* P. K. Warrier
* Palghat Mani Iyer
* Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma
* Pothan Joseph
* Prem Nazir
* Raghavan Thirumulpad
* Ramankutty Nair
* Satish Nambiar #
* T. J. S. George
* T. K. Oommen
* T. N. Krishnan *
* T. V. Gopalakrishnan
* T. V. R. Shenoy
* Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
* Thayil John Cherian
* Thomas Kailath #
* Trichur V. Ramachandran
* V. K. Narayana Menon
* Vainu Bappu #
* Vallathol Narayana Menon
* Verghese Kurien

Padma Bhushan (Female)|

* Balamani Amma
* Lakshmi N. Menon
* P. Leela
* Tara Cherian #

Padma Shri (Male)|

* A. Marthanda Pillai
* A. Sivathanu Pillai
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan
* Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
* Antony Padiyara
* Ayyappa Paniker
* Azad Moopen
* B. Paul Thaliath
* B. Ravi Pillai
* Balachandra Menon
* C. G. Krishnadas Nair
* Cheril Krishna Menon
* E. Sreedharan
* Eledath Thaikkattu Neelakandan Mooss
* Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis
* G. Aravindan
* G. Shankar
* G. Vijayaraghavan
* Gopinath Pillai
* J. Hareendran Nair
* Jayaram
* Jose Chacko Periappuram
* K. J. Yesudas
* K. M. George
* K. M. Mammen Mappillai
* K. P. Haridas
* K. P. Udayabhanu
* K. Raghavan
* K. Ravindran Nair
* K. Shankar Pillai
* Kalamandalam Gopi
* Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
* Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri
* Kandathil Mammen Cherian
* Kandathil Mammen Philip
* Kavungal Chathunni Panicker
* Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair
* Kunhiraman Palat Candeth
* Kunnenkeril K. Jacob
* Kurian John Melamparambil
* Kuzhivelil Mathew
* Laurie Baker !
* Madhavan Chandradathan
* M. A. Yousuf Ali
* M. G. Ramachandran #
* M. Krishnan Nair (doctor)
* M. Night Shyamalan #
* M. R. Kurup
* M. S. Valiathan
* M. Vijayan
* Madhu (actor)
* Mammen Mathew
* Mammootty
* Mani Madhava Chakyar
* Mathew Kalarickal
* Mattannoor Sankarankutty
* Mitraniketan Viswanathan
* Mohanlal
* N. Balakrishnan Nair
* N. Kesava Panikkar
* N. R. Madhava Menon
* Narayana Panicker Kochupillai
* Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
* O. N. V. Kurup
* P. Gopinathan
* P. K. Narayanan Nambiar
* P. K. Rajagopalan
* P. K. Warrier
* P. Parameswaran
* Paul Pothen
* Perakath Verghese Benjamin
* Peruvanam Kuttan Marar
* Philip Augustine
* Prem Nazir
* Priyadarshan
* Pucadyil Ittoop John
* Puthenpurayil Mathew Joseph
* R. Marthanda Varma
* R. K. Krishna Kumar
* Rajagopalan Krishnan
* Resul Pookutty
* Shaji N. Karun
* Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
* Stanley John
* Sunny Varkey
* T. K. Alex
* T. N. Krishnan *
* Thayil John Cherian
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
* Thilakan
* Thomas Kunnunkal
* Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
* Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair
* Vellayani Arjunan
* Verghese Kurien
* Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri

Padma Shri (Female)|

* Achamma Mathai
* Anju Bobby George
* Dipika Pallikal #
* K. M. Beenamol
* K. S. Chithra
* Kalamandalam Kshemavathy
* Kalamandalam Satyabhama
* Leela Omchery
* Lucy Oommen
* M. D. Valsamma
* M. Leelavathy
* M. Subhadra Nair
* Mary Poonen Lukose
* Mary Verghese
* P. T. Usha
* Pepita Seth !
* Rachel Thomas (skydiver)
* Shiny Abraham
* Shobana
* Sudha Varghese
* Sugathakumari
* Sukumari
* Thangam Philip
* Usha Uthup
* Lakshmikutty
* Vidya Balan *

(*)By birth - (#)By ethnicity - (!)By domicile

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Recipients of Padma Shri in Art

1950s|

* Omkarnath Thakur (1955)
* Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956)
* Sudhir Khastgir (1957)
* Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957)
* Debaki Bose (1958)
* Shambhu Maharaj (1958)
* Nargis (1958)
* Satyajit Ray (1958)
* Devika Rani (1958)

1960s|

* K. K. Hebbar (1961)
* Bismillah Khan (1961)
* Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961)
* Ashok Kumar (1962)
* Mehboob Khan (1963)
* Melville de Mellow (1963)
* Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964)
* Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964)
* P. C. Sorcar (1964)
* Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965)
* V. Nagayya (1965)
* Ravishankar Raval (1965)
* Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965)
* Sivaji Ganesan (1966)
* M. F. Husain (1966)
* Sumitra Charat Ram (1966)
* P. Bhanumathi (1966)
* Daji Bhatawadekar (1967)
* Vasant Desai (1967)
* Siddheshwari Devi (1967)
* Mohammed Rafi (1967)
* Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967)
* Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967)
* M. R. Acharekar (1968)
* Begum Akhtar (1968)
* Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968)
* Nikhil Banerjee (1968)
* Sunil Dutt (1968)
* Durga Khote (1968)
* Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968)
* Shankar–Jaikishan (1968)
* Ayodhya Prasad (1968)
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968)
* N. T. Rama Rao (1968)
* Devi Lal Samar (1968)
* Vyjayanthimala (1968)
* Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969)
* David Abraham Cheulkar (1969)
* N. S. Bendre (1969)
* S. D. Burman (1969)
* B. Saroja Devi (1969)
* Indrani Rahman (1969)
* Balraj Sahni (1969)
* S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)

1970s|

* Sukumar Bose (1970)
* Prem Dhawan (1970)
* Ratna Fabri (1970)
* Gemini Ganesan (1970)
* Ritwik Ghatak (1970)
* Damayanti Joshi (1970)
* Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970)
* Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970)
* Madhaviah Krishnan (1970)
* Rajendra Kumar (1970)
* Pankaj Mullick (1970)
* Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970)
* Relangi (1970)
* Gummadi (1970)
* Vijay Raghav Rao (1970)
* V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970)
* Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970)
* K. B. Sundarambal (1970)
* Avinash Vyas (1970)
* M. Balamuralikrishna (1971)
* Sankho Chaudhuri (1971)
* Manna Dey (1971)
* Tripti Mitra (1971)
* Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971)
* Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971)
* K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971)
* Shanta Rao (1971)
* Ravi (1971)
* Sahir Ludhianvi (1971)
* Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971)
* Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972)
* Girija Devi (1972)
* Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972)
* Sunil Janah (1972)
* Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972)
* Bhimsen Joshi (1972)
* Mahendra Kapoor (1972)
* Ram Kumar (artist) (1972)
* Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972)
* Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972)
* Samta Prasad (1972)
* M. K. Radha (1972)
* Raghu Rai (1972)
* Krishna Reddy (1972)
* Waheeda Rehman (1972)
* Juthika Roy (1972)
* Suchitra Sen (1972)
* Gubbi Veeranna (1972)
* Sitara Devi (1973)
* T. N. Krishnan (1973)
* Kishan Maharaj (1973)
* Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973)
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973)
* Uma Sharma (1973)
* S. G. Thakur Singh (1973)
* Kaifi Azmi (1974)
* Pushkar Bhan (1974)
* Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974)
* Bindhyabasini Devi (1974)
* Naina Devi (1974)
* Girish Karnad (1974)
* Shriram Lagoo (1974)
* Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974)
* Nutan (1974)
* M. D. Ramanathan (1974)
* Som Nath Sadhu (1974)
* Emani Sankara Sastry (1974)
* Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974)
* Manik Varma (1974)
* M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975)
* Jasraj (1975)
* Amjad Ali Khan (1975)
* Gopi Krishna (1975)
* Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975)
* Basavaraj Rajguru (1975)
* Kalyanam Raghuramayya (1975)
* M. S. Sathyu (1975)
* K. G. Subramanyan (1975)
* Gitchandra Tongbra (1975)
* K. J. Yesudas (1975)
* Shyam Benegal (1976)
* Raghunath Mohapatra (1976)
* Ram Narayan (1976)
* K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976)
* R. Nagendra Rao (1976)
* S. Somasundaram (1976)
* Parveen Sultana (1976)
* Dhanraj Bhagat (1977)
* Bhupen Hazarika (1977)
* Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977)
* Alla Rakha (1977)
* Jehangir Sabavala (1977)
* Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)

1980s|

* B. V. Karanth (1981)
* Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981)
* Gambhir Singh Mura (1981)
* Dashrath Patel (1981)
* S. H. Raza (1981)
* Padma Subrahmanyam (1981)
* Allah Jilai Bai (1982)
* Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982)
* Jabbar Patel (1982)
* Virendra Prabhakar (1982)
* Gautam Vaghela (1982)
* Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983)
* Gautam Vaghela (1982)
* Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983)
* Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983)
* Nepal Mahata (1983)
* Handel Manuel (1983)
* Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983)
* Raghubir Singh (1983)
* Sobha Singh (1983)
* Habib Tanvir (1983)
* Ganga Devi (1984)
* Amitabh Bachchan (1984)
* Purushottam Das (1984)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984)
* Bhupen Khakhar (1984)
* Ben Kingsley (1984)
* Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984)
* Roshan Kumari (1984)
* Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984)
* N. Rajam (1984)
* Raja and Radha Reddy (1984)
* Nek Chand (1984)
* Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984)
* Shanti Dave (1985)
* Asa Singh Mastana (1985)
* Laxman Pai (1985)
* Smita Patil (1985)
* Palghat R. Raghu (1985)
* Naseeruddin Shah (1985)
* Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986)
* Kanika Banerjee (1986)
* Subrata Mitra (1986)
* Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986)
* Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986)
* K. Balachander (1987)
* Kumudini Lakhia (1987)
* Vijaya Mehta (1987)
* N. Ramani (1987)
* Aparna Sen (1987)
* Naresh Sohal (1987)
* Jitendra Abhisheki (1988)
* Shabana Azmi (1988)
* Teejan Bai (1988)
* Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988)
* Zakir Hussain (1988)
* Chindodi Leela (1988)
* Sudharani Raghupathy (1988)
* Sudarshan Sahoo (1988)
* Kudrat Singh (1988)
* Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988)
* Jitendra Abhisheki (1988)
* Adyar K. Lakshman (1989)
* Haku Shah (1989)
* L. Subramaniam (1989)
* Ratan Thiyam (1989)
* Upendra Trivedi (1989)

1990s|

* Mohan Agashe (1990)
* G. Aravindan (1990)
* Prabha Atre (1990)
* Asgari Bai (1990)
* Gulab Bai (1990)
* Balwantrai Bhatt (1990)
* Diwaliben Bhil (1990)
* Raj Bisaria (1990)
* S. M. Ganapathy (1990)
* Kamal Haasan (1990)
* Bishamber Khanna (1990)
* Krishen Khanna (1990)
* Allu Ramalingaiah (1990)
* Tarun Majumdar (1990)
* Madhavi Mudgal (1990)
* Om Puri (1990)
* Kanak Rele (1990)
* Leela Samson (1990)
* Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990)
* Kapila Vatsyayan (1990)
* Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991)
* Bharat Gopy (1991)
* Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991)
* Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991)
* Shanno Khurana (1991)
* Pratima Barua Pandey (1991)
* Manu Parekh (1991)
* Shivkumar Sharma (1991)
* Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991)
* Sharda Sinha (1991)
* Alarmel Valli (1991)
* Jaya Bachchan (1992)
* Pankaj Charan Das (1992)
* Biren De (1992)
* Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992)
* Sabri Khan (1992)
* Sunita Kohli (1992)
* Madurai N. Krishnan (1992)
* Manoj Kumar (1992)
* Meera Mukherjee (1992)
* Asha Parekh (1992)
* Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992)
* Bhagaban Sahu (1992)
* Anandji Virji Shah (1992)
* Kalyanji Virji Shah (1992)
* Sundari K. Shridharani (1992)
* Tapan Sinha (1992)
* Muthiah Sthapati (1992)
* K. Viswanath (1992)
* Chitra Visweswaran (1992)
* Dipali Barthakur (1998)
* Mammootty (1998)
* Kunja Bihari Meher (1998)
* Krishnarao Sable (1998)
* Zohra Sehgal (1998)
* K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998)
* U. Srinivas (1998)
* Javed Akhtar (1999)
* Saryu Doshi (1999)
* Sulochana Latkar (1999)
* Sumati Mutatkar (1999)
* Shobha Deepak Singh (1999)
* Jagmohan Sursagar (1999)
* Ram V. Sutar (1999)

2000s|

* Kanhai Chitrakar (2000)
* Shekhar Kapur (2000)
* Hema Malini (2000)
* Anjolie Ela Menon (2000)
* Shubha Mudgal (2000)
* Alyque Padamsee (2000)
* A. R. Rahman (2000)
* Ramanand Sagar (2000)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001)
* Aamir Raza Husain (2001)
* Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001)
* Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001)
* Sunil Kothari (2001)
* Nerella Venu Madhav (2001)
* Mohanlal (2001)
* Shobha Naidu (2001)
* D. V. S. Raju (2001)
* Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001)
* Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001)
* Thota Tharani (2001)
* W. D. Amaradeva (2002)
* Raj Begum (2002)
* Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002)
* Pushpa Bhuyan (2002)
* Rajan Devadas (2002)
* Darshana Jhaveri (2002)
* Abdul Latif Khan (2002)
* Mani Krishnaswami (2002)
* Fazal Mohammad (2002)
* Manorama (Tamil actress) (2002)
* Govind Nihalani (2002)
* Mani Ratnam (2002)
* Kiran Segal (2002)
* Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002)
* Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002)
* T. H. Vinayakram (2002)
* Jahnu Barua (2003)
* Danny Denzongpa (2003)
* Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003)
* Rita Ganguly (2003)
* Ranjana Gauhar (2003)
* Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003)
* Rakhee Gulzar (2003)
* Nemi Chandra Jain (2003)
* O. P. Jain (2003)
* Aamir Khan (2003)
* Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003)
* T. M. Soundararajan (2003)
* Sukumari (2003)
* Satish Vyas (2003)
* Bharathiraja (2004)
* Maguni Charan Das (2004)
* Manoranjan Das (2004)
* D. K. Datar (2004)
* Kadri Gopalnath (2004)
* Hariharan (singer) (2004)
* Purshottam Das Jalota (2004)
* Krishn Kanhai (2004)
* Heisnam Kanhailal (2004)
* Anupam Kher (2004)
* Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004)
* Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004)
* Sudha Ragunathan (2004)
* Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004)
* Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004)
* Bharati Shivaji (2004)
* Singh Bandhu (2004)
* Bhajan Sopori (2004)
* Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004)
* Muzaffar Ali (2005)
* Shameem Dev Azad (2005)
* M. Boyer (2005)
* K. S. Chithra (2005)
* Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005)
* Shah Rukh Khan (2005)
* Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005)
* Kavita Krishnamurti (2005)
* Chaturbhuj Meher (2005)
* Kumkum Mohanty (2005)
* Punaram Nishad (2005)
* Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005)
* Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005)
* Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005)
* Komala Varadan (2005)
* Wadali Brothers (2005)
* Ileana Citaristi (2006)
* Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006)
* Shree Lal Joshi (2006)
* Surinder Kaur (2006)
* Rashid Khan (musician) (2006)
* Vasundhara Komkali (2006)
* Yashodhar Mathpal (2006)
* Madhup Mudgal (2006)
* Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006)
* Shyama Charan Pati (2006)
* Gayatri Sankaran (2006)
* Prasad Sawkar (2006)
* Aribam Syam Sharma (2006)
* Shobana (2006)
* Kanaka Srinivasan (2006)
* Pankaj Udhas (2006)
* Mohan Babu (2007)
* Geeta Chandran (2007)
* Astad Deboo (2007)
* Neelamani Devi (2007)
* Remo Fernandes (2007)
* P. Gopinathan (2007)
* Pushpa Hans (2007)
* Shanti Hiranand (2007)
* Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007)
* Govardhan Kumari (2007)
* Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007)
* Balachandra Menon (2007)
* Shashikala (2007)
* Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007)
* Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007)
* Pannuru Sripathy (2007)
* Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007)
* Waman Thakre (2007)
* P. R. Thilagam (2007)
* Tom Alter (2008)
* Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008)
* Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008)
* Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008)
* Madhuri Dixit Nene (2008)
* Kekoo Gandhy (2008)
* Helen Giri Syiem (2008)
* Jatin Goswami (2008)
* Hans Raj Hans (2008)
* Sabitri Heisnam (2008)
* Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008)
* P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008)
* Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008)
* Gangadhar Pradhan (2008)
* M. Night Shyamalan (2008)
* Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008)
* Jawahar Wattal (2008)
* Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009)
* Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009)
* Hemi Bawa (2009)
* Brahmanandam (2009)
* Devayani (dancer) (2009)
* Suresh Dutta (2009)
* Kalamandalam Gopi (2009)
* Niranjan Goswami (2009)
* Geeta Kapur (2009)
* Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009)
* Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009)
* Helen (2009)
* S. Krishnaswamy (2009)
* Akshay Kumar (2009)
* Iravatham Mahadevan (2009)
* Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009)
* Penaz Masani (2009)
* Shaoli Mitra (2009)
* Udit Narayan (2009)
* Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009)
* Leela Omchery (2009)
* Pratapaditya Pal (2009)
* Aruna Sairam (2009)
* Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009)
* Kumar Sanu (2009)
* Kiran Seth (2009)
* Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009)
* Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009)
* Thilakan (2009)
* K. P. Udayabhanu (2009)
* Vivek (actor) (2009)

2010s|

* Gul Bardhan (2010)
* Carmel Berkson (2010)
* Wasifuddin Dagar (2010)
* Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010)
* Nemai Ghosh (2010)
* Sumitra Guha (2010)
* Ulhas Kashalkar (2010)
* Saif Ali Khan (2010)
* Mukund Lath (2010)
* Ram Dayal Munda (2010)
* Arundathi Nag (2010)
* Raghunath Panigrahi (2010)
* Resul Pookutty (2010)
* Arjun Prajapati (2010)
* Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010)
* Shobha Raju (2010)
* Mayadhar Raut (2010)
* Rekha (2010)
* Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011)
* Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011)
* Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011)
* Mahasundari Devi (2011)
* Gajam Govardhana (2011)
* Sunayana Hazarilal (2011)
* S. R. Janakiraman (2011)
* Jayaram (2011)
* Kajol (2011)
* Shaji N. Karun (2011)
* Girish Kasaravalli (2011)
* Irrfan Khan (2011)
* Tabu (2011)
* Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011)
* Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011)
* Jivya Soma Mashe (2011)
* Dadi Pudumjee (2011)
* M. K. Saroja (2011)
* Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011)
* Prahlad Tipanya (2011)
* Usha Uthup (2011)
* Satish Alekar (2012)
* Satish Alekar (2012)
* Vanraj Bhatia (2012)
* Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012)
* Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012)
* Gundecha Brothers (2012)
* Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012)
* Anup Jalota (2012)
* Moti Lal Kemmu (2012)
* Shahid Parvez (2012)
* Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012)
* Sakar Khan (2012)
* Joy Michael (2012)
* Minati Mishra (2012)
* Na Muthuswamy (2012)
* R. Nagarathnamma (2012)
* Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012)
* Priyadarshan (2012)
* Priyadarshan (2012)
* Vijay Sharma (2012)
* Laila Tyabji (2012)
* Yamunabai Waikar (2012)
* S. Shakir Ali (2013)
* Gajam Anjaiah (2013)
* Bapu (2013)
* Pablo Bartholomew (2013)
* Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013)
* G. C. D. Bharti (2013)
* Apurba Kishore Bir (2013)
* Ghanakanta Bora (2013)
* B. Jayashree (2013)
* Hildamit Lepcha (2013)
* Madhu (actor) (2013)
* Sudha Malhotra (2013)
* Kailash Chandra Meher (2013)
* Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013)
* Nana Patekar (2013)
* Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013)
* Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013)
* Jaymala Shiledar (2013)
* Ramesh Sippy (2013)
* Sridevi (2013)
* Suresh Talwalkar (2013)
* Mahrukh Tarapor (2013)
* Balwant Thakur (2013)
* Rajendra Tiku (2013)
* Mohammad Ali Baig (2014)
* Vidya Balan (2014)
* Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014)
* Sabitri Chatterjee (2014)
* Biman Bihari Das (2014)
* Sunil Das (2014)
* Elam Endira Devi (2014)
* Supriya Devi (2014)
* Vijay Ghate (2014)
* Nayana Apte Joshi (2014)
* Elam Endira Devi (2014)
* Supriya Devi (2014)
* Vijay Ghate (2014)
* Nayana Apte Joshi (2014)
* Rani Karnaa (2014)
* Bansi Kaul (2014)
* Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014)
* Geeta Mahalik (2014)
* Paresh Maity (2014)
* Ram Mohan (2014)
* Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014)
* Paresh Rawal (2014)
* Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014)
* Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014)
* Santosh Sivan (2014)
* Sooni Taraporevala (2014)
* Naresh Bedi (2015)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015)
* Rahul Jain (2015)
* Ravindra Jain (2015)
* Prasoon Joshi (2015)
* A. Kanyakumari (2015)
* Prafulla Kar (2015)
* Tripti Mukherjee (2015)
* Neil Nongkynrih (2015)
* Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015)
* Shekhar Sen (2015)
* Pran Kumar Sharma (2015)
* Mahesh Raj Soni (2015)
* Malini Awasthi (2016)
* Madhur Bhandarkar (2016)
* Tulsidas Borkar (2016)
* Mamta Chandrakar (2016)
* Priyanka Chopra (2016)
* Ajay Devgn (2016)
* Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016)
* Laxma Goud (2016)
* Saeed Jaffrey (2016)
* Venkatesh Kumar (2016)
* Naresh Chander Lal (2016)
* Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016)
* Nila Madhab Panda (2016)
* Michael Postel (2016)
* Pratibha Prahlad (2016)
* Gulabo Sapera (2016)
* Prakash Chand Surana (2016)
* Basanti Bisht (2017)
* Baua Devi (2017)
* Jitendra Haripal (2017)
* Kailash Kher (2017)
* Sadhu Meher (2017)
* Aruna Mohanty (2017)
* T. K. Murthy (2017)
* Mukund Nayak (2017)
* Anuradha Paudwal (2017)
* Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017)
* Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017)
* Doddarangegowda (2018)
* Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018)
* Pran Kishore Kaul (2018)
* Vijay Kichlu (2018)
* Prabhakar Maharana (2018)
* Sisir Mishra (2018)
* Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018)
* Gobardhan Panika (2018)
* R. Sathyanarayana (2018)
* Bhajju Shyam (2018)
* Ibrahim Sutar (2018)
* Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018)
* Baba Yogendra (2018)
* Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019)
* Manoj Bajpayee (2019)
* Pritam Bhartwan (2019)
* Jyoti Bhatt (2019)
* Swapan Chaudhuri (2019)
* Dinyar Contractor (2019)
* Thanga Darlong (2019)
* Prabhu Deva (2019)
* Godawari Dutta (2019)
* Joravarsinh Jadav (2019)
* Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019)
* K. G. Jayan (2019)
* Waman Kendre (2019)
* Kader Khan (2019)
* Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019)
* Shankar Mahadevan (2019)
* Narthaki Nataraj (2019)
* Milena Salvini (2019)
* Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019)
* Rajeev Taranath (2019)
* Hiralal Yadav (2019)
* Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)

2020s|

* Shashadhar Acharya (2020)
* Indira P. P. Bora (2020)
* Bombay Sisters (2020)
* Vajira Chitrasena (2020)
* Puru Dadheech (2020)
* Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020)
* Sarita Joshi (2020)
* Kangana Ranaut (2020)
* Ramzan Khan (2020)
* Manilal Nag (2020)
* Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020)
* Adnan Sami (2020)
* Suresh Wadkar (2020)
* V. K. Munusamy (2020)
* Yadla Gopalarao (2020)
* Dulari Devi (2021)
* Bombay Jayashri (2021)
* KC Sivasankaran (2021)
* Rewben Mashangva (2021)
* Sanjida Khatun (2021)
* Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021)
* Nidumolu Sumathi (2021)
* Biren Kumar Basak (2021)
* Narayan Debnath (2021)
* Bhuri Bai (2021)
* Manjamma Jogathi (2021)
* Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022)
* Lalita Vakil (2022)
* H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022)
* Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022)
* Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022)
* Ram Sahay Panday (2022)
* Durga Bai Vyam (2022)
* Sulochana Chavan (2022)
* Sonu Nigam (2022)
* Lourembam Bino Devi (2022)
* Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022)
* Shyamamani Devi (2022)
* Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022)
* Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022)
* Ram Dayal Sharma (2022)
* Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022)
* S. Ballesh (2022)
* Sowcar Janaki (2022)
* R Muthukannammal (2022)
* A. K. C. Natarajan (2022)
* Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022)
* Sakini Ramachandraih (2022)
* Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022)
* Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022)
* Shivnath Mishra (2022)
* Sheesh Ram (2022)
* Ajita Srivastava (2022)
* Madhuri Barthwal (2022)
* Kaajee Singh (2022)
* Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023)
* Premjit Baria (2023)
* Usha Barle (2023)
* Hemant Chauhan (2023)
* Bhanubhai Chitara (2023)
* Hemoprova Chutia (2023)
* Subhadra Devi (2023)
* Hem Chandra Goswami (2023)
* Pritikana Goswami (2023)
* Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023)
* Dilshad Hussain (2023)
* Mahipat Kavi (2023)
* M. M. Keeravani (2023)
* Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023)
* Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023)
* Domar Singh Kunvar (2023)
* Risingbor Kurkalang (2023)
* Rani Machaiah (2023)
* Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023)
* Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023)
* Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023)
* Krishna Patel (2023)
* K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023)
* Kapil Dev Prasad (2023)
* Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023)
* C. V. Raju (2023)
* Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023)
* Mangala Kanti Roy (2023)
* K C Runremsangi (2023)
* Ritwik Sanyal (2023)
* Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023)
* Neihunuo Sorhie (2023)
* Moa Subong (2023)
* Raveena Tandon (2023)
* Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023)
* Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023)

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Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay

1990s|

* John Sayles / Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (1996)
* Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (1997)
* Gary Ross (1998)
* M. Night Shyamalan (1999)

2000s|

* Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
* Milo Addica and Will Rokos (2001)
* Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* James L. White (2004)
* George Clooney and Grant Heslov (2005)
* Peter Morgan (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Tom Mccarthy (2008)
* Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2009)

2010s|

* David Seidler (2010)
* Terrence Malick (2011)
* Mark Boal (2012)
* Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (2013)
* Dan Gilroy (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Martin McDonagh (2017)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
* Noah Baumbach (2019)

2020s|

* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Kenneth Branagh (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)

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Blinding Edge Pictures

Company founder: M. Night Shyamalan

Films|

* Unbreakable (2000)
* Signs (2002)
* The Village (2004)
* Lady in the Water (2006)
* The Happening (2008)
* The Last Airbender (2010)
* Devil (2010)
* After Earth (2013)
* The Visit (2015)
* Split (2016)
* Glass (2019)
* Old (2021)
* Knock at the Cabin (2023)
* The Watchers (2024)
* Trap (2024)
* Caddo Lake (TBA)

TV series|

* Wayward Pines (2015–16)
* Servant (2019–23)

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Berlin International Film Festival jury presidents

1956–1975|

* Marcel Carné (1956)
* Jay Carmody (1957)
* Frank Capra (1958)
* Robert Aldrich (1959)
* Harold Lloyd (1960)
* James Quinn (1961)
* King Vidor (1962)
* Wendy Toye (1963)
* Anthony Mann (1964)
* John Gillett (1965)
* Pierre Braunberger (1966)
* Thorold Dickinson (1967)
* Luis García Berlanga (1968)
* Johannes Schaaf (1969)
* George Stevens (1970)
* Bjørn Rasmussen (1971)
* Eleanor Perry (1972)
* David Robinson (1973)
* Rodolfo Kuhn (1974)
* Sylvia Syms (1975)

1976–2000|

* Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1976)
* Senta Berger (1977)
* Patricia Highsmith (1978)
* Jörn Donner (1979)
* Ingrid Thulin (1980)
* Jutta Brückner (1981)
* Joan Fontaine (1982)
* Jeanne Moreau (1983)
* Liv Ullmann (1984)
* Jean Marais (1985)
* Gina Lollobrigida (1986)
* Klaus Maria Brandauer (1987)
* Guglielmo Biraghi (1988)
* Rolf Liebermann (1989)
* Michael Ballhaus (1990)
* Volker Schlöndorff (1991)
* Annie Girardot (1992)
* Frank Beyer (1993)
* Jeremy Thomas (1994)
* Lia van Leer (1995)
* Nikita Mikhalkov (1996)
* Jack Lang (1997)
* Ben Kingsley (1998)
* Ángela Molina (1999)
* Gong Li (2000)

2001–present|

* Bill Mechanic (2001)
* Mira Nair (2002)
* Atom Egoyan (2003)
* Frances McDormand (2004)
* Roland Emmerich (2005)
* Charlotte Rampling (2006)
* Paul Schrader (2007)
* Costa-Gavras (2008)
* Tilda Swinton (2009)
* Werner Herzog (2010)
* Isabella Rossellini (2011)
* Mike Leigh (2012)
* Wong Kar-wai (2013)
* James Schamus (2014)
* Darren Aronofsky (2015)
* Meryl Streep (2016)
* Paul Verhoeven (2017)
* Tom Tykwer (2018)
* Juliette Binoche (2019)
* Jeremy Irons (2020)
* M. Night Shyamalan (2022)
* Kristen Stewart (2023)
* Lupita Nyong'o (2024)

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* CiNii

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

People|

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* SNAC
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