| Year |
Laureater |
Profession |
Country |
| 1976 |
Ingrid Bergman |
Actress |
Sweden |
| 1977 |
Henri Langlois |
Director |
France |
| Jacques Tati |
Actor, Director |
France |
| 1978 |
Robert Dorfmann |
Producer |
France |
| 1979 |
Marcel Carné |
Director and Screenwriter |
France |
| Mickey Mouse |
|
USA |
| 1980 |
Pierre Braunberger |
Producer, Director and Actor |
France |
| Louis de Funès |
Actor and Comedian |
France |
| Kirk Douglas |
Actor, Director and Producer |
USA |
| 1981 |
Prize not assigned |
| 1982 |
Georges Dancigers |
Producer |
Russia/France |
| Alexandre Mnouchkine |
Producer |
Russia/France |
| 1983 |
Prize not assigned |
| 1984 |
René Clément |
Director and Screenwriter |
France |
| Georges de Beauregard |
Producer |
France |
| Edwige Feuillère |
Actress and Screenwriter |
France |
| 1985 |
Christian-Jaque |
Director and Screenwriter |
France |
| Danielle Darrieux |
Actress |
France |
| Christine Gouze-Rénal |
Producer and Actress |
France |
| Alain Poiré |
Producer and Screenwriter |
France |
| 1986 |
Cinémathèque française |
Film Institut |
France |
| Bette Davis |
Actress and Producer |
USA |
| Jean Delannoy |
Director, Screenwriter and Producer |
France |
| René Ferracci |
Designer |
France |
| Shoa |
Documentary Feature of Claude Lanzmann from 1985 |
France |
| 1987 |
Etablissement cinématographique des Armées |
Movie Archive |
France |
| Yves Allégret |
Director and Producer |
France |
| Jean Gabin |
Actor |
France |
| Jean-Luc Godard |
Director, Screenwriter and Actor |
France |
| 1988 |
Serge Silberman |
Producer and Screenwriter |
Russia/France |
| 1989 |
Bernard Blier |
Actor |
France |
| Paul Grimault |
Director, Screenwriter and Actor |
France |
| 1990 |
Philippe Dormoy |
Actor, Director and Screenwriter |
France |
| Gérard Philipe |
Actor and Comedian |
France |
| 1991 |
Jean-Pierre Aumont |
Actor and Screenwriter |
France |
| Sophia Loren |
Actress |
Italy |
| 1992 |
Michèle Morgan |
Actress |
France |
| Sylvester Stallone |
Actor, Screenwriter, Director and Producer |
USA |
| 1993 |
Jean Marais |
Actor |
France |
| Marcello Mastroianni |
Actor |
Italy |
| Gérard Oury |
Actor, Screenwriter and Director |
France |
| 1994 |
Jean Carmet |
Actor and Screenwriter |
France |
| 1995 |
Jeanne Moreau |
Actress, Screenwriter and Director |
France |
| Gregory Peck |
Actor and Producer |
USA |
| Steven Spielberg |
Director, Producer and Screenwriter |
USA |
| 1996 |
Gene Kelly |
Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter and Composer |
USA |
| Henri Verneuil |
Director, Screenwriter, Actor and Producer |
France |
| 1997 |
Charles Aznavour |
Actor, Composer, Singer and Screenwriter |
France |
| Andie MacDowell |
Actress |
USA |
| 1998 |
Michael Douglas |
Actor and Producer |
USA |
| Clint Eastwood |
Actor, Director, Producer and Composer |
USA |
| Jean-Luc Godard |
Director, Sreenwriter and Actor (for „Histoire(s) du cinéma“-Serial) |
France |
| 1999 |
Pedro Almodóvar |
Director, Screenwriter, Actor and Producer |
Spain |
| César Baldaccini |
Sculptor (Designer and Epynom of the der César-Trophy) |
France |
| Johnny Depp |
Actor and Producer |
USA |
| Jean Rochefort |
Actor |
France |
| 2000 |
Josiane Balasko |
Actress, Screenwriter, Director and Producer |
France |
| Georges Cravenne |
Journalist and Founder of the César |
France |
| Jean-Pierre Léaud |
Actor |
France |
| Martin Scorsese |
Director, Producer, Screenwriter and Actor |
USA |
| 2001 |
Darry Cowl |
Actor, Composer, Screenwriter and Director |
France |
| Charlotte Rampling |
Actress |
UK |
| Agnès Varda |
Director and Screenwriter |
Belgium |
| 2002 |
Anouk Aimée |
Actress |
France |
| Jeremy Irons |
Actor |
UK |
| Claude Rich |
Actor and Screenwriter |
France |
| 2003 |
Bernadette Lafont |
Actress and Director |
France |
| Spike Lee |
Director, Producer, Screenwriter and Actor |
USA |
| Meryl Streep |
Actress |
USA |
| 2004 |
Micheline Presle |
Actress |
France |
| 2005 |
Jacques Dutronc |
Actor, Singer and Composer |
France |
| Will Smith |
Actor, Producer, Singer and Composer |
USA |
| 2006 |
Hugh Grant |
Actor |
UK |
| Pierre Richard |
Actor |
France |
| 2007 |
Marlène Jobert |
Actress |
France |
| Jude Law |
Actor, Producer and Director |
UK |
| 2008 |
Jeanne Moreau |
Actress |
France |
| Roberto Benigni |
Actor and Director |
Italy |
