Governors Awards

The Governors Awards presentation is an annual award ceremony hosted by the

The Governors A wards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), at the Grand Ballroom of
the Hollywood and Highland Center, in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, 2017 Governors Awards
California.[1] Three awards that signify lifetime achievement within the film industry
Awarded Lifetime achievement in
– the Academy Honorary Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and the
for film
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award – are presented at this ceremony. The first
Governors Awards ceremony was held on November 14, 2009. Prior to this, these Country United States
three awards were formally presented during the main Academy Awards ceremony, Presented Academy of Motion
which now conducts a short mention and appearance of the awards recipients after by Picture Arts and
displaying a montage of the Governors Awards presentation. In the years since, the Sciences
awards have gained prominence as a majorred-carpet destination and industry event. First 2009
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Contents
Description and history
Ceremonies and honorees
1st Annual Governors Awards
2nd Annual Governors Awards
3rd Annual Governors Awards
4th Annual Governors Awards
5th Annual Governors Awards
6th Annual Governors Awards
7th Annual Governors Awards
8th Annual Governors Awards
9th Annual Governors Awards
10th Annual Governors Awards
Associated events
References
External links

Description and history

The Governors Awards are one of five award ceremonies hosted by AMPAS, along with the Academy Scientific and Technical
Awards, Academy Student Academy Awards, the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, and the main Oscars.[2]

The Academy Honorary Award (every year), Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (some years), and Irving G. Thalberg Memorial
Award (some years) are presented at the ceremony. The Governors Awards are held the November or December before the main
Academy Awards ceremony, usually held in February or March the following year.[1] The Awards are not voted upon but, rather, are
presented at the discretion of the Academy.

The Academy Honorary Awards and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards are both Oscar statuettes, while the Irving G. Thalberg
Memorial Award is a small bust ofThalberg on a plinth.
The Academy Honorary Award is given for "extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state
of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy". The Thalberg Award is given to "a creative producer
[3]
whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production".

The board members of AMPAS had previously been concerned about awarding more than one or two Honorary Academy Awards
each year for fear of lengthening the main Academy Awards presentation but, in most iterations of the Governors Awards to date,
they have awarded three Honorary Academy Awards. So far in the history of the Governors Awards, the Hersholt Award and the
Thalberg Award have always been given on separate years.

The smaller presentation of the Governors Awards was designed to invoke the feel of the early Academy Award ceremonies.[4]
During the event, several notable colleagues of the awardees give them tributes before they make an acceptance speech. Though the
event has not been televised, thus far, the Academy posted most of the speeches for the 2013 and 014
2 events online.

Since its inception, the event has become a major red-carpet stop for many prospective Oscar hopefuls, including actors and
Aards Circuit.[5]
filmmakers, and is, in some ways, the first major stop of the seasonal w

Ceremonies and honorees

1st Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 1st Annual Governors A
wards ceremony on November 14, 2009.The following awards were presented.

Academy Honorary Award: Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman, and Gordon Willis[6]
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: John Calley

2nd Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 2nd Annual Governors A
wards ceremony on November 13, 2010.The following awards were presented.

Academy Honorary Award: Kevin Brownlow, Jean-Luc Godard, and Eli Wallach[3]
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Francis Ford Coppola

3rd Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 3rd Annual Governors A
wards ceremony on November 12, 2011. The following awards were presented.

Academy Honorary Award: James Earl Jones and Dick Smith[7]

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Oprah Winfrey

4th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 4th Annual Governors A
wards ceremony on December 1, 2012.The following awards were presented.

Academy Honorary Award: D. A. Pennebaker, Hal Needham and George Stevens Jr.[8]
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jeffrey Katzenberg

5th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 5th Annual Governors A [9]
wards ceremony on November 16, 2013. The following awards were presented.

Academy Honorary Award: Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Piero Tosi
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Angelina Jolie
6th Annual Governors Awards
The Academy held its 6th Annual Governors A [10]
wards ceremony on November 8, 2014. The following awards were presented.

Academy Honorary Award: Jean-Claude Carrière, Hayao Miyazaki, and Maureen O'Hara
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Harry Belafonte

7th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 7th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 14, 2015. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs
gave a speech in support of France following the November 2015 Paris attacks the day before. The following awards were
presented.[11]

Academy Honorary Award: Spike Lee and Gena Rowlands

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Debbie Reynolds (who was not able to attend; her granddaughterBillie Lourd
accepted on her behalf)

8th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 8th Annual Governors A [12]
wards ceremony on November 12, 2016 and presented the following awards:

Academy Honorary Award: Jackie Chan, Anne V. Coates, Lynn Stalmaster and Frederick Wiseman

9th Annual Governors Awards

wards ceremony on November 11, 2017 and presented the following awards:[13]
The Academy held its 9th Annual Governors A

Academy Honorary Award: Agnès Varda, Charles Burnett, Donald Sutherland and Owen Roizman

10th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 10th Annual Governors A
wards ceremony on November 18, 2018 and presented the following awards:

Academy Honorary Award: Cicely Tyson, Lalo Schifrin and Marvin Levy
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall

Associated events
Academy Awards (February or March)
Academy Scientific and Technical Awards (about two weeks before the Academy Awards ceremony)
Academy Student Academy Awards
Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

References
1. "Governors Awards" (http://www.oscars.org/awards/governors/index.html).
2. "Oscars" (http://www.oscars.org/awards/index.html).
3. "Latest Academy News"(http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2010/20100825.html). 10 September 2014.
4. Gray, Tim (25 August 2010). "AMPAS chooses Governors' Awards winners" (http://www.variety.com/article/VR11180
23273.html?categoryid=1043&cs=1).
5. "Governors Awards Becomes a Red-Carpet Stop" (https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/movies/governors-awards-b
ecomes-a-red-carpet-stop.html). The New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
6. "The 2009 Governors Awards - 2009" (http://www.oscars.org/awards/governors/2009/index.html).
7. "The 2011 Governors Awards - 2011" (http://www.oscars.org/awards/governors/2011/index.html).
 8. "The 2012 Governors Awards - 2012" (http://www.oscars.org/awards/governors/2012/index.html).
9. Whipp, Glenn. "Oscars honors Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin, Angela Lansbury"(http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen
t/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-film-academy-governors-awards-20131116-story .html).
10. "Academy Unveils 2014 Governors Awards Recipients" (https://variety.com/2014/film/news/academy-unveils-2014-g
overnor-awards-recipients-1201289156/). Variety. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
11. "Academy President Kicks Off Governors Awards With Show of Support for France"(http://www.hollywoodreporter.c
om/news/academy-president-kicks-governors-awards-840334) . Variety. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
12. "ACADEMY ANNOUNCES JACKIE CHAN, ANNE COA TES, LYNN STALMASTER, AND FREDERICK WISEMAN
WILL RECEIVE 2016 GOVERNORS AWARDS" (http://oscar.go.com/news/2016/academy-announces-jackie-chan-3-
others-will-receive-2016-governors-awards). Oscar. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
13. "THE 2017 GOVERNORS AWARDS" (http://www.oscars.org/governors/ceremonies/2017). Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

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