Each year, prior to the beginning of each event, the Cannes Film Festival board of directors appoints the juries who hold sole responsibility for choosing which films will receive an award.
[1] Jurors are chosen from a wide range of international artists, based on their body of work and respect from their peers.
The jury president is an internationally recognized personality of cinema.
Since 1960, there has been only one personality to get the honor of being president of the jury 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.