Initiated in 1983, the BFI’s Silver Jubilee year, BFI Fellowships have been given to film and programme-makers from around the world.
Here is the full roll call:
- Robert Altman (2001)
- Michelangelo Antonioni Cav. Gr. Croce OMRI (1995)
- Dame Peggy Ashcroft (1989)
- Baron Richard Attenborough CBE (1992)
- Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein (1984)
- Bernardo Bertolucci (1998)
- Cate Blanchett (2015)
- Sir Dirk Bogarde (1987)
- Helena Bonham Carter CBE (2012)
- John Boorman (2013)
- Danny Boyle (2010)
- John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (1985)
- Barbara Broccoli CBE (2022)
- Mel Brooks (2015)
- Tim Burton (2012)
- Sir Michael Caine CBE (1996)
- Jack Cardiff OBE (2002)
- Marcel Carné (1983)
- Souleymane Cissé (2009)
- Olivia Colman (2019)
- David Cronenberg, OC, FRSC (2011)
- Terence Davies (2007)
- Bette Davis (1987)
- Gérard Depardieu (1989)
- Dame Judi Dench CH (2011)
- Greg Dyke (2016)
- Clint Eastwood (1993)
- Ralph Fiennes (2011)
- Bryan Forbes CBE (2012)
- Sir Denis Forman OBE (1993)
- David Francis OBE (1989)
- Stephen Frears (2014)
- Philip French OBE (2013)
- Sir John Paul Getty KBE (1999)
- Lewis Gilbert CBE (2001)
- Hugh Grant (2016)
- Henry Graham Greene OM, CH (1988)
- Paul Greengrass (2017)
- Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE (1991)
- Leslie Hardcastle OBE (1991)
- Isabelle Huppert (2011)
- John Hurt CBE (2009)
- Sir Jeremy Isaacs (1986)
- Derek Jarman (1990)
- Deborah Kerr CBE (1986)
- Abbas Kiarostami (2005)
- Krzysztof Kieślowski (1990)
- Elem Klimov (1987)
- Akira Kurosawa (1986)
- Verity Lambert OBE (1997)
- Lynda La Plante CBE (1997)
- Sir David Lean CBE (1983)
- Sir Christopher Lee CBE, CStJ (2013)
- Spike Lee (2023)
- Mike Leigh OBE (2005)
- Richard Lester (2012)
- Ken Loach (1996)
- Steve McQueen (2016)
- Sir John Mills CBE (1995)
- Jeanne Moreau (1990)
- Peter Morgan (2017)
- Amanda Nevill (2020)
- Sir Christopher Nolan CBE (2024)
- Maureen O’Hara (1993)
- Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier OM (1985)
- Al Pacino (2014)
- Michael Parkinson CBE (1997)
- Dilys Powell (1986)
- Michael Powell (1983)
- Emeric Pressburger (1983)
- David Puttnam, Baron Puttnam CBE (1997)
- Satyajit Ray (1983)
- Vanessa Redgrave CBE (1988)
- Nicolas Roeg CBE (1994)
- David Rose (2010)
- Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE (1997)
- Thelma Schoonmaker Powell (1997)
- Martin Scorsese (1995)
- Sir Ridley Scott (2009)
- Ousmane Sembène (2005)
- Jean Simmons OBE (1994)
- Anthony Smith CBE (1988)
- Dame Maggie Smith (1992)
- Tilda Swinton (2020)
- Dame Elizabeth Taylor (2000)
- Jeremy Thomas CBE (1998)
- Bob Weinstein (2002)
- Orson Welles (1983)
- Michael G. Wilson CBE (2022)
- Robert Wise (1995)
- Alan Yentob (1997)
- Fred Zinnemann (1990)
By year of award
2024
- Sir Christopher Nolan CBE
2023
- Spike Lee
2022
- Barbara Broccoli CBE
- Michael G. Wilson CBE
2020
- Amanda Nevill
- Tilda Swinton
2019
- Olivia Colman
2017
- Paul Greengrass
- Peter Morgan
2016
- Greg Dyke
- Hugh Grant
- Steve McQueen
2015
- Cate Blanchett
- Mel Brooks
2014
- Stephen Frears
- Al Pacino
2013
- John Boorman
- Philip French OBE
- Sir Christopher Lee CBE, CStJ
2012
- Helena Bonham Carter CBE
- Tim Burton
- Bryan Forbes CBE
- Richard Lester
2011
- David Cronenberg, OC, FRSC
- Dame Judi Dench CH
- Ralph Fiennes
- Isabelle Huppert
2010
- Danny Boyle
- David Rose
2009
- Souleymane Cissé
- John Hurt CBE
- Sir Ridley Scott
2007
- Terence Davies
2005
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Mike Leigh OBE
- Ousmane Sembène
2002
- Jack Cardiff OBE
- Bob Weinstein
2001
- Robert Altman
- Lewis Gilbert CBE
2000
- Dame Elizabeth Taylor
1999
- Sir John Paul Getty KBE
1998
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Jeremy Thomas CBE
1997
- Verity Lambert OBE
- Lynda La Plante CBE
- Michael Parkinson CBE
- David Puttnam, Baron Puttnam CBE
- Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE
- Thelma Schoonmaker Powell
- Alan Yentob
1996
- Sir Michael Caine CBE
- Ken Loach
1995
- Michelangelo Antonioni Cav. Gr. Croce OMRI
- Sir John Mills CBE
- Martin Scorsese
- Robert Wise
1994
- Nicolas Roeg CBE
- Jean Simmons OBE
1993
- Clint Eastwood
- Sir Denis Forman OBE
- Maureen O’Hara
1992
- Baron Richard Attenborough CBE
- Dame Maggie Smith
1991
- Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE
- Leslie Hardcastle OBE
1990
- Derek Jarman
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Jeanne Moreau
- Fred Zinnemann
1989
- Dame Peggy Ashcroft
- Gérard Depardieu
- David Francis OBE
1988
- Henry Graham Greene OM, CH
- Vanessa Redgrave CBE
- Anthony Smith CBE
1987
- Sir Dirk Bogarde
- Bette Davis
- Elem Klimov
1986
- Sir Jeremy Isaacs
- Deborah Kerr CBE
- Akira Kurosawa
- Dilys Powell
1985
- John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne
- Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier OM
1984
- Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein
1983
- Marcel Carné
- Sir David Lean CBE
- Michael Powell
- Emeric Pressburger
- Satyajit Ray
- Orson Welles