Leopard of Honour

The Leopard of Honour is a life's work achievement award at the Locarno International Film Festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. The award has been given out since 1989. The award especially denotes recognition of auteur cinema and creative and audacious filmmaking. Starting 2009 the prize was named in Italian and after its sponsor, becoming the "Pardo d'onore Swisscom".

Winners

 * 1989 – Ennio Morricone
 * 1990 – Gian Maria Volonté
 * 1991 – Jacques Rivette
 * 1992 – Manoel de Oliveira
 * 1993 – Samuel Fuller
 * 1994 – Kira Muratova
 * 1995 – Jean-Luc Godard
 * 1996 – Werner Schroeter
 * 1997 – Bernardo Bertolucci
 * 1998 – Joe Dante
 * 1999 – Daniel Schmid
 * 2000 – Paul Verhoeven and Paolo Villaggio
 * 2001 – Sundance Institute
 * 2002 – Sydney Pollack
 * 2003 – Ken Loach
 * 2004 – Ermanno Olmi
 * 2005 – Terry Gilliam, Abbas Kiarostami, and Wim Wenders
 * 2006 – Aleksandr Sokurov
 * 2007 – Hou Hsiao-hsien
 * 2008 – Amos Gitai
 * 2009 – William Friedkin
 * 2010 – Jia Zhangke and Alain Tanner
 * 2011 – Abel Ferrara
 * 2012 – Leos Carax
 * 2013 – Werner Herzog
 * 2014 – Agnès Varda
 * 2015 – Marco Bellocchio and Michael Cimino
 * 2016 – Alejandro Jodorowsky
 * 2017 – Todd Haynes and Jean-Marie Straub
 * 2018 – Bruno Dumont
 * 2019 – John Waters
 * 2021 – John Landis
 * 2022 – Kelly Reichardt
 * 2023 – Harmony Korine
 * 2024 - Jane Campion