This is a list of the winners of the Bavarian Film Awards Prize Honorary award. * 1985 Douglas Sirk * 1986 Heinz Rühmann * 1987 Luggi Waldleitner * 1988 Bernhard Wicki * 1989 Franz Seitz Jr. * 1990 * 1991 Ruth Leuwerik * 1992 Martin Benrath * 1993 Vicco von Bülow * 1994 Erich Kästner * 1995 Kurt Hoffmann * 1996 Marianne Hoppe * 1997 Klaus Doldinger * 1998 * 1999 Liselotte Pulver * 2000 Mario Adorf * 2001 Hardy Krüger * 2002 Roman Polanski * 2003 Sir Peter Ustinov * 2004 Volker Schlöndorff * 2005 Maximilian Schell * 2006 Michael Verhoeven * 2007 Michael Ballhaus * 2008 Peter Schamoni * 2009 Joseph Vilsmaier * 2010 Hannelore Elsner * 2011 Wim Wenders * 2012 Margarethe von Trotta * 2013 Armin Mueller-Stahl * 2014 Gernot Roll * 2015 * 2016 Bruno Ganz * 2017