1976 Brian de Palma, USA
1977 John Cassavetes, USA
1977 George Romero, USA
1978 Monte Hellman, USA
1979 Curtis Harrington, USA
1980 David Cronenberg, CDN
1981 Roger Corman, USA
1982 Vernon Zimmerman, USA
1983 Sam Fuller, USA
1983 John Sayles, USA
1984 Paul Cox, AUS
1984 Vincent Ward, NZ
1985 Michael Dinner, USA
1985 Jack Sholder, USA
1986 Lee Grant, USA
1987 Robert Frank, USA
1988 Terence Davies, GB
1988 Seijun Suzuki, J
1989 Henry Jaglom, USA
1990 Noburo Tanaka, J
1991 Atom Egoyan, CDN
1991 André Forcier, CDN
1992 Alex Cox, USA
1993 Mike Leigh, GB
1994 Tim Burton, USA
1994 Peter Jackson, NZ
1995 Albert Maysles, USA
1996 Clara Law, HK
1997 Bill Bennett, AUS
1998 Alan Clarke, GB
1999 Donald Cammell, USA
2000 Amos Kollek, USA
2001 Reflections on Germany
2002 Paul Morrissey, USA
2003 Ulli Lommel, D/USA
2004 John McNaughton, USA
2005 Constantin Costa-Gavras, F
2006 misc.
2007 Wayne Wang, USA
2008 Allison Anders, USA
2009 Lou Castel, IT