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.
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.