2023
Jon Davies & Steve Reinke

2022
Almudena Escobar López & Sky Hopinka

2021
Janaína Oliveira

2019
Shai Heredia

2018
Kevin Jerome Everson & Greg de Cuir Jr.

2017
Nuno Lisboa

2016
David Pendleton

2015
Laura U. Marks

2014
Caspar Stracke & Gabriela Monroy

2013
Pablo de Ocampo

2012
Josetxo Cerdán

2011
Dan Streible

2010
Dennis Lim

2009
Irina Leimbacher

2008
Chi-hui Yang

2007
Mahen Bonetti and Carlos Gutiérrez

2006
Ariella Ben-Dov and Steve Seid

2005
Jesse Lerner and Michael Renov

2004
Susan Oxtoby

2003
John Gianvito

2002
Ed Halter

2001
Elaine Charnov and Jytte Jensen

2000
Kathy Geritz

1999
Richard Herskowitz and Orlando Bagwell

1998
Barbara Abrash and Linda Blackaby

1998 (Israel)
Barbara Abrash and Linda Blackaby

1997
Flaherty on the Road (various programmers)

1996
Ruth Bradley and Kathy High

1995
Marlina Gonzalez-Tamrong and Bruce Jenkins

1994
Erik Barnouw, L. Somi Roy and Patricia R. Zimmermann

1993
John Columbus, Louis Massiah, Chon Noriega and Margarita de la Vega-Hurtado

1992
Austin Allen, Ruth Bradley, Scott MacDonald, William Sloan, Jackie Tshaka and Lise Yasui

1991
Stephen Gallagher and Coco Fusco

1990
Bo Smith and Richard Peterson

1990 (Riga)
Richard Hershkowitz, Raul Zaritsky, Ivars Seleckis, Abraham Kalzkins

1989
Pearl Bowser and Grant Munro

1988
Julie Levinson

1987
Richard Herskowitz

1986
Linda Blackaby and Tony Gittens

1985
Deac Rossell

1984
D. Marie Grieco

1983
Bruce Jenkins and Melinda Ward

1982
Erik Barnouw

1981
Standish Lawder

1980
John Katz

1979
William Sloan

1978
Jay Ruby

1977
Grant Munro and Ben Levin

1976
Caroline Hennig

1975
William Sloan and Barbara Van Dyke

1974
Esme J. Dick

1973
John Churchill and James Broschart

1972
William Sloan and Nadine Covert

1971
Willard Van Dyke

1970
Adrienne Mancia

1969
D. Marie Grieco

1968
D. Marie Grieco

1967
Edith Zornow

1966
Sumner Glimcher

1965
Edith Zornow

1964
Jane Beveridge

1963
Erik Barnouw and Hugh Gray

1962
George Amberg

1961
Dorothy Olson

1960
Erik Barnouw

1959
Colin Young

1958
Hugh Gray

1957
David Flaherty and Frances Flaherty

1956
David Flaherty and Frances Flaherty

1955
David Flaherty and Frances Flaherty