Directors of the Festival

Chronological listing of the Venice Film Festival Directors, nominated by the Venice Biennial Director:

• 1932 – 1934 Luciano De Feo (technical organizer)
• 1935 – 1942 Ottavio Croze
• 1946 – 1948 Elio Zorzi
• 1949 – 1953 Antonio Petrucci
• 1954 – 1955 Ottavio Croze
• 1956 – 1959 Floris Luigi Ammannati
• 1960 – Emilio Lonero
• 1961 – 1962 Domenico Meccoli
• 1963 – 1968 Luigi Chiarini
• 1969 – 1970 Ernesto Laura
• 1971 – 1972 Gian Luigi Rondi
• 1973 festival suspended
• 1974 – 1976 Giacomo Gambetti
• 1977 – 1982 Carlo Lizzani
• 1983 – 1986 Gian Luigi Rondi
• 1987 – Guglielmo Biraghi (administrator)
• 1988 – 1991 Guglielmo Biraghi
• 1992 – 1996 Gillo Pontecorvo
• 1997 – 1998 Felice Laudadio
• 1999 – 2001 Alberto Barbera
• 2001 – 2003 Moritz De Hadeln
• 2004 – 2011 Marco Müller
• Since 2012 Alberto Barbera