Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion

The Silver Medallion is an award given by the Telluride Film Festival in recognition of achievements in the film industry.

History of the Silver Medallion

The first Silver Medallions were awarded in 1974 at the 1st Telluride Film Festival. They are made of pure silver and the design has never changed, featuring the emblematic "SHOW" logo on their face. The presentation of the medallion is preceded by a clip reel, full feature and/or on stage interview. Traditionally, three Silver Medallions are given out each year, with a few exceptions where numerous people from a specific category were paid the honor. Since 1981, a fourth Silver Medallion, the Special Medallion, has been awarded to a hero of cinema, a filmmaker, historian, critic, or organization dedicated to the celebration and preservation of film as an art.^[1]

Honorees

Edition	Silver Medalions		Special Medallion
1st (1974)^[2]	Francis Ford Coppola		The first ever Special Medallion was only awarded in 1981.
	Leni Riefensthal
	Gloria Swanson
2nd (1975)	Werner Herzog
	Jack Nicholson
	Henry King
3rd (1976)	King Kong
	Chuck Jones
	King Vidor
4th (1977)	Agnes Varda
	Ben Carré
	Michael Powell
5th (1978)	The Czech New Wave	Jaromil Jireš
		Pavel Jurácek
		Jan Nemec
		Ivan Passer
	Sterling Hayden
	Hal Roach
6th (1979)	Abel Gance
	Klaus Kinski
	Robert Wise
7th (1980)	Robert Altman
	Maurice Pialat
	Karl Strauss
8th (1981)	The Character Actor	John Carrdine	Stan Brakhage
		Elisha Cook
		Woody Strode
		Margaret Hamilton	Kevin Brownlow
	Dusan Makavejev
	Carlos Diegues
9th (1982)	Pierre Braunberger		The Special Medallion was not awarded that year.
	Athol Fugard
	Joel McCrea
10th (1983)	Andrei Tarkovsky		Irwin Young
	Luis Trenker
	Richard Widmark
11th (1984)	Henry Hathaway		Joseph Losey
	Janet Leigh
	Andrzej Wajda
12th (1985)	Emilio Fernandez		Paul Kohner
	Hanna Schygulla
	Alexander Trauner
13th (1986)	Isabelle Huppert		The Special Medallion was not awarded these years.
	Alexander Mackendrick
	Jirí Menzel
14th (1987)	Tenghiz Abuladze
	Stephen Frears
	Don Siegel
15th (1988)	Pedro Almodóvar
	Cab Calloway
	The Xi'an Studio
16th (1989)	Peter Greenaway		William K. Everson
	Dennis Potter
	Shohei Imamura
17th (1990)	John Berry		Manny Farber
	Gérard Depardieu
	Clint Eastwood
18th (1991)	Nature's Filmmakers	Paul Atkins	The Special Medallion was not awarded that year
		Peter Jones
		Marion Zunz
	Jodie Foster
	Sven Nykvist
19th (1992)	Elmer Bernstein		Pierre Rissient
	Cy Endfield
	Harvey Keitel
20th (1993)^[3]	John Alton		Stefan Jarl
	Jennifer Jason Leigh		Stefan Jarl
	Ken Loach		Arne Sucksdorff
21st (1994)^[4]	Harriet Andersson		Ninon Sevilla
	Ken Burns
	Judy Davis
22nd (1995)	The Surrealists	Guy Maddin	Andrew Sarris
		Stephen Quay
		Timothy Quay
		Jan Svankmajer
	John Schlesinger
	Zhang Yimou
23nd (1996)	Alain Cavalier		Roger Mayer
	Mike Leigh
	Shirley MacLaine
24th (1997)	Horton Foote		Milos Stehlik
	Neil Jordan
	Alexander Sokurov
25th (1998)^[5]	Susumu Hani		Stanley Kauffmann
	Vittorio Storaro		Stanley Kauffmann
	Meryl Streep		Chris Reyna
26th (1999)^[6]	Catherine Deneuve		Arena
	Philip Glass
	David Lynch
27th (2000)^[7]	Im Kwon-taek		Elmore Leonard
	Ang Lee		Elmore Leonard
	Stellan Skarsgard		Serge Silberman
28th (2001)^[8]	Catherine Breillat		HBO
	Om Puri
	Ken Russell
29th (2002)^[9]	Peter O”Toole		Positif
	D.A. Pennebaker
	Paul Schrader
30th (2003)^[10]	Peter Brook		Ted Turner
	Toni Collette
	Krzysztof Zanussi
31st (2004)^[11]	Laura Linney		Fred Roos
	Jean-Claude Carrière
	Theodoros Angelopoulos
32nd (2005)^[12]	Mickey Rooney		The Criterion Collection
	Jean-Pierre Dardenne		The Criterion Collection
	Luc Dardenne		Janus Films
	Charlotte Rampling		Janus Films
33rd (2006)^[13]	Walter Murch		David Thomson
	Penélope Cruz
	Rolf de Heer
34th (2007)^[14]	Daniel Day-Lewis		Leonard Maltin
	Michel Legrand
	Shyam Benegal
35th (2008)^[15]	David Fincher		Richard Schickel
	Jean Simmons
	Jan Troell
36th (2009)^[16]	Anouk Aimée		Serge Bromberg
	Viggo Mortensen
	Margarethe von Trotta
37th (2010)^[17]	Claudia Cardinale		UCLA Film and Television Archive
	Colin Firth
	Peter Weir
38th (2011)^[18]	George Clooney		Sight & Sound
	Pierre Étaix
	Tilda Swinton
39th (2012)^[19]	Roger Corman		Boston Light & Sound
	Marion Cotillard		Boston Light & Sound
	Mads Mikkelsen		C. Chapin Cutler Jr.
40th (2013)^[20]	Robert Redford		Alejandro Ramirez
	Mohammad Rasoulof
	Joel Daniel Coen
	Ethan Jesse Coen
	T Bone Burnett
41st (2014)^[21]	Hilary Swank		Cineteca de Bologna
	Volker Schlöndorff		Cineteca de Bologna
	Apocalypse Now		Gian Luca Farinelli
42nd (2015)^[22]	Danny Boyle		Participant Media
	Adam Curtis
	Rooney Mara
43rd (2016)^[23]	Casey Affleck		The Special Medallion was not awarded that year
	Amy Adams
	Pablo Larraín
44th (2017)^[24]	Christian Bale		Katriel Schory
44th (2017)^[24]	Edward Lachman		Katriel Schory
45th (2018)^[25]	Alfonso Cuarón		Dieter Kosslick
	Emma Stone
	Rithy Panh
46th (2019)^[26]	Adam Driver		Dolby Laboratories
	Renée Zellweger
	Philip Kaufman
47th (2020)^[27] (cancelled)	Chloé Zhao		The Special Medallion was not awarded that year, as the festival was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
	Anthony Hopkins
	Kate Winslet
48th (2021)^[28]	Riz Ahmed		Annette Insdorf
	Jane Campion
	Peter Dinklage
49th (2022)^[29]	Sarah Polley		The Special Medallion was not awarded that year
	Cate Blanchett
	Mark Cousins
50th (2023)^[30]	Yorgos Lanthimos		The Film Foundation
	Wim Wenders
	Alice Rohrwacher
51st (2024)^[31]	Jacques Audiard		Les Films du Losange
	Saoirse Ronan
	Thelma Schoonmaker

References

^ "Telluride Film Festival". www.telluridefilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
^ Uproxx (2013-08-28). "From Coppola to the Coens: 40 years of Telluride tributes". UPROXX. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
^ Ebert, Roger (September 12, 1993). "The Rocky Mountain High of Telluride Film Festival | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Hurley, Anne (1994-09-06). "Telluride Still Marches to Its Own Drummer : The 21-year-old Colorado film festival offers a freewheeling, eclectic mix of the lowbrow, the big-budget premieres and tributes galore". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ McCarthy, Todd (1998-09-08). "Lineup was dark as skies were sunny". Variety. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Rosen, Steven (1999-09-03). "26th Telluride Film Festival to honor Deneuve, Lynch". extras.denverpost.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Wasserman, Steve (2000-09-08). "Telluride: Cinema's Best and Bravest". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Guardian Staff (2001-09-06). "The most exclusive film festival of all". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Perlmutter, Ruth and Archie. "The Magic Mountain: Notes from Telluride". mycitypaper.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Gardner, Chris (2003-08-29). "Young Blood for Telluride as Film Fest Hits 30". archive.boston.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Ebert, Roger (2004-09-04). "A breath of thin air | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ "The Hidden Festival: Telluride 2005, PopMatters". PopMatters. 2005-09-23. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Kennedy, Lisa (2006-08-30). "A bold lineup for festival". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Kilday, Gregg (2007-08-31). "Diversity marks packed Telluride lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Kilday, Gregg (2008-08-29). "Tall tales and tributes top Telluride fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (2009-09-03). "Celebrating Cinema as an Art, Telluride Unveils '09 Fest". IndieWire. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Kennedy, Lisa (2010-09-01). "Telluride Film Festival's schedule as sweeping as the scenery". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Oldham, Stuart (2011-09-01). "Telluride Film Festival Announces Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Fischer, Russ (2012-08-30). "39th Telluride Film Festival Announces 2012 Lineup; Features 'Rust & Bone,' 'Midnight's Children,' 'Hyde Park On Hudson'". SlashFilm.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Kennedy, Lisa (2013-08-28). "Redford, Coen Brothers among guests at 40th Telluride Film Festival". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Rosser, Michael (2014-08-28). "Telluride unveils line-up packed with awards contenders". Screen. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ "Telluride: Rooney Mara explains her 'moody' road to 'Carol' at tribute". Los Angeles Times. 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Kennedy, Lisa (2016-09-01). "Amy Adams, Casey Affleck and Pablo Larrain will be honored at Telluride Film Festival". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Kilday, Gregg (2017-08-31). "Telluride 2017: Angelina Jolie, Francis Ford Coppola, Ken Burns Films Make the Cut". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Rottenberg, Josh (2018-08-30). "Telluride Film Festival set to kick off Oscar season in its own uniquely casual way". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Topel, Fred (2019-08-29). "Telluride Fest honors Renee Zellweger, Adam Driver, announces lineup". UPI. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Hammond, Pete (2020-08-03). "Telluride Film Festival Announces Lineup Despite Cancellation Of This Year's Labor Day Weekend Event". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Davis, Clayton (2021-09-01). "Telluride Film Festival Lineup Includes 'Belfast,' 'King Richard' and 'Spencer'". Variety. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Hammond, Pete (2022-09-01). "Telluride Film Festival Set With World Premieres Of Sam Mendes' 'Empire Of Light', Sarah Polley's 'Women Talking', Cate Blanchett Tribute And More". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
^ Davis, Clayton (2023-08-30). "Telluride Lineup Includes World Premieres of 'Saltburn,' 'The Bikeriders' and 'Rustin' With Tributes for Yorgos Lanthimos and Wim Wenders". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
^ Keegan, Rebecca (30 August 2024). "Telluride Film Festival Unveils 2024 Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[1] "Telluride Film Festival". www.telluridefilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2023-09-01.

[2] Uproxx (2013-08-28). "From Coppola to the Coens: 40 years of Telluride tributes". UPROXX. Retrieved 2023-09-02.

[3] Ebert, Roger (September 12, 1993). "The Rocky Mountain High of Telluride Film Festival | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[4] Hurley, Anne (1994-09-06). "Telluride Still Marches to Its Own Drummer : The 21-year-old Colorado film festival offers a freewheeling, eclectic mix of the lowbrow, the big-budget premieres and tributes galore". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[5] McCarthy, Todd (1998-09-08). "Lineup was dark as skies were sunny". Variety. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[6] Rosen, Steven (1999-09-03). "26th Telluride Film Festival to honor Deneuve, Lynch". extras.denverpost.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[7] Wasserman, Steve (2000-09-08). "Telluride: Cinema's Best and Bravest". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[8] Guardian Staff (2001-09-06). "The most exclusive film festival of all". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[9] Perlmutter, Ruth and Archie. "The Magic Mountain: Notes from Telluride". mycitypaper.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[10] Gardner, Chris (2003-08-29). "Young Blood for Telluride as Film Fest Hits 30". archive.boston.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[11] Ebert, Roger (2004-09-04). "A breath of thin air | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[12] "The Hidden Festival: Telluride 2005, PopMatters". PopMatters. 2005-09-23. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[13] Kennedy, Lisa (2006-08-30). "A bold lineup for festival". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[14] Kilday, Gregg (2007-08-31). "Diversity marks packed Telluride lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[15] Kilday, Gregg (2008-08-29). "Tall tales and tributes top Telluride fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[16] Hernandez, Eugene (2009-09-03). "Celebrating Cinema as an Art, Telluride Unveils '09 Fest". IndieWire. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[17] Kennedy, Lisa (2010-09-01). "Telluride Film Festival's schedule as sweeping as the scenery". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[18] Oldham, Stuart (2011-09-01). "Telluride Film Festival Announces Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[19] Fischer, Russ (2012-08-30). "39th Telluride Film Festival Announces 2012 Lineup; Features 'Rust & Bone,' 'Midnight's Children,' 'Hyde Park On Hudson'". SlashFilm.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[20] Kennedy, Lisa (2013-08-28). "Redford, Coen Brothers among guests at 40th Telluride Film Festival". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[21] Rosser, Michael (2014-08-28). "Telluride unveils line-up packed with awards contenders". Screen. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[22] "Telluride: Rooney Mara explains her 'moody' road to 'Carol' at tribute". Los Angeles Times. 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[23] Kennedy, Lisa (2016-09-01). "Amy Adams, Casey Affleck and Pablo Larrain will be honored at Telluride Film Festival". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[24] Kilday, Gregg (2017-08-31). "Telluride 2017: Angelina Jolie, Francis Ford Coppola, Ken Burns Films Make the Cut". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[25] Rottenberg, Josh (2018-08-30). "Telluride Film Festival set to kick off Oscar season in its own uniquely casual way". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[26] Topel, Fred (2019-08-29). "Telluride Fest honors Renee Zellweger, Adam Driver, announces lineup". UPI. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[27] Hammond, Pete (2020-08-03). "Telluride Film Festival Announces Lineup Despite Cancellation Of This Year's Labor Day Weekend Event". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[28] Davis, Clayton (2021-09-01). "Telluride Film Festival Lineup Includes 'Belfast,' 'King Richard' and 'Spencer'". Variety. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[29] Hammond, Pete (2022-09-01). "Telluride Film Festival Set With World Premieres Of Sam Mendes' 'Empire Of Light', Sarah Polley's 'Women Talking', Cate Blanchett Tribute And More". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

[30] Davis, Clayton (2023-08-30). "Telluride Lineup Includes World Premieres of 'Saltburn,' 'The Bikeriders' and 'Rustin' With Tributes for Yorgos Lanthimos and Wim Wenders". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-02.

[31] Keegan, Rebecca (30 August 2024). "Telluride Film Festival Unveils 2024 Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

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