OSCARS LISTS: THE SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

In addition to the annual awards voted by Academy members, the Board of Governors are empowered to vote Scientific & Technical Awards, and also to vote special honours, as follows:

• (Spec.): Special Award (up to 1949).
  
• (Hon.): Honorary Award (since 1950) - usually for lifetime achievement.
  
• (Thalbg.): Irving G.Thalberg Memorial Award (since 1937) - for a consistently high quality of motion picture production.
  
• (Hersh.): Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (since 1956) - for individual humanitarian efforts bringing credit to the industry.
  
• (Sawyer): Gordon E. Sawyer Award (since 1981).
  
• (Spec.Achievmt.): Special Achievement Award (since 1972) - excluding awards for SFX/VFX (1972-90, and now a category of its own).
  

• 1927/8 - (Spec.): Warner Bros. (for "The Jazz Singer"), CHARLES CHAPLIN (for "The Circus")
• 1928/9 - n/a
• 1929/30 - n/a
• 1930/1 - n/a
• 1931/2 - (Spec.): Walt Disney
• 1932/3 - n/a
• 1934 - (Spec.): SHIRLEY TEMPLE
• 1935 - (Spec.): D.W. Griffith
• 1936 - (Spec.): W. Howard Greene, Howard Rosson, "The March Of Time"
• 1937 -(Spec.): Mack Sennett, Edgar Bergen, W. Howard Greene, The Museum Of Modern Art Film Library
  (Thalbg.): Darryl F. Zanuck
• 1938 - (Spec.): DEANNA DURBIN, MICKEY ROONEY, Harry B. Warner, Walt Disney, Oliver Marsh, Allen Davey, J. Arthur Ball, special effects team (for "Spawn Of The North")
  (Thalbg.): Hal B. Wallis
• 1939 - (Spec.): Ralph Block, DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JUDY GARLAND, Jean Hersholt, Ralph Morgan, Motion Picture Relief Fund, Conrad Nagel, Technicolor Company, William Cameron Menzies (for "Gone With The Wind")
  (Thalbg.): David O. Selznick
• 1940 - (Spec.): BOB HOPE, Colonel Nathan Levinson
• 1941 - (Spec.): Rey Scott, Leopold Stokowsky, Walt Disney, The British Ministry Of Information
  (Thalbg.): Walt Disney
• 1942 - (Spec.): CHARLES BOYER, NOEL COWARD, MGM (for the "Andy Hardy" films)
  (Thalbg.): Sidney Franklin
• 1943 - (Spec.): George Pal
  (Thalbg.): Hal B. Wallis
• 1944 - (Spec.): Margaret O'Brien, BOB HOPE
  (Thalbg.): Darryl F. Zanuck
• 1945 - (Spec.): "The House I Live In", Walter Wagner, Peggy Ann Garner, Republic Studio Sound Dept.
• 1946 - (Spec.): LAURENCE OLIVIER (for "Henry V"), Harold Russell, Ernst Lubitsch, Claude Jarman Jnr.
  (Thalbg.): Samuel Goldwyn
• 1947 - (Spec.): James Baskett, Bill And Coo, Shoeshine, Col. William N. Selig, Albert E. Smith, Thomas Armat, George K. Spoor
• 1948 - (Spec.): "Monsieur Verdoux", Ivan Jandl, Sid Grauman, Adolf Zukor, Walter Wanger
  (Thalbg.): Jerry Wald
• 1949 - (Spec.): "The Bicycle Thief", Bobby Driscoll, FRED ASTAIRE, Cecil B. DeMille, Jean Hersholt
• 1950 - (Hon.): "The Walls Of Malapaga", Louis B. Mayer, GEORGE MURPHY
  (Thalbg.): Darryl F. Zanuck
• 1951 - (Hon.): "Rashomon", GENE KELLY
  (Thalbg.): Arthur Freed
• 1952 - (Hon.): Merian C. Cooper, Harold Lloyd, BOB HOPE, Joseph M. Schenck, George Alfred Mitchell
  (Thalbg.): Cecil B. DeMille
• 1953 - (Hon.): 20th Century-Fox Film Corp., Joseph I. Breen, Pete Smith, Bell & Howell Co.
  (Thalbg.): George Stevens
• 1954 - (Hon.): "Gate Of Hell", Kemp R. Niver, DANNY KAYE, Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., GRETA GARBO, Jon Whiteley & Vincent Winter (for "The Little Kidnappers")
• 1955 - (Hon.): "Seven Samourai", "The Legend Of Musashi"
• 1956 - (Hon.): EDDIE CANTOR
  (Thalbg.): Buddy Adler
  (Hersh.): Y. Frank Freeman
• 1957 - (Hon.): B.B.Kahane, The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), Charles Brackett, Gilbert M. 'Bronco Billy' Anderson
  (Hersch.): Samuel Goldwyn
• 1958 - (Hon.): MAURICE CHEVALIER
  (Thalbg.): Jack Warner
• 1959 - (Hon.): Lee De Forest, BUSTER KEATON
  (Hersch.): BOB HOPE
• 1960 - (Hon.): GARY COOPER, STAN LAUREL, HAYLEY MILLS (for "Pollyanna")
  (Hersch.): Sol Lesser
• 1961 - (Hon.): Jerome Robbins, Fred L. Metzler, William L. Hendricks (for "A Force In Readiness")
  (Hersch.): George Seaton
• 1962 - (Hersch.): Steve Broidy
• 1963 - (Thalb.): Sam Spiegel
• 1964 - (Hon.): William Tuttle (Make-up for "7 Faces Of Dr. Lao")
• 1965 - (Hon.): BOB HOPE
  (Thalb.): William Wyler
  (Hersch.): Edmond L. DePatie
• 1966 - (Hon.): Yakima Canutt, Y. Frank Freeman
  (Thalb.): Robert Wise
  (Hersch.): George Bagnall
• 1967 - (Hon.): Arthur Freed
  (Thalb.): Alfred Hitchcock
  (Hersch.): GREGORY PECK
• 1968 - (Hon.): Onna White (Choreography for "OLIVER!"), John Chambers (Make-up)
  (Hersch.): Martha Raye
• 1969 - (Hon.): CARY GRANT
  (Hersch.): George Jessel
• 1970 - (Hon.): ORSON WELLES, LILLIAN GISH
  (Thalb.): INGRID BERGMAN
  (Hersch.): FRANK SINATRA
• 1971 - (Hon.): CHARLES CHAPLIN
• 1972 - (Hon.): EDWARD G. ROBINSON, Charles S. Boren
  (Hersch.): ROSALIND RUSSELL
• 1973 - (Hon.): Henri Langlois, GROUCHO MARX
  (Thalb.): Lawrence Weingarten
  (Hersch.): Lew Wasserman
• 1974 - (Hon.): Howard Hawks, Jean Renoir
  (Hersch.): Arthur B. Krim
• 1975 - (Hon.): MARY PICKFORD
  (Thalb.): Mervyn LeRoy
  (Hersch.): Jules C. Stein
• 1976 - (Thalb.): Pandro S. Berman
• 1977 - (Hon.): Gordon E. Sawyer, Margaret Booth, Sidney Paul Solow
  (Thalb.): Walter Mirisch
  (Hersch.): CHARLTON HESTON
  (Spec.Achievmt.): Frank Warner (sound fx.edit, "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"), Ben Burtt (sound fx.edit, "Star Wars")
• 1978 - (Hon.): LAURENCE OLIVIER, King Vidor, Walter Lantz, The Museum of Modern Art Dept. of Film, Waldon O. Watson, Linwood G. Dunn, Loren L. Ryder
  (Hersch.): Leo Jaffe
• 1979 - (Hon.): Hal Elias, ALEC GUINNESS, John G. Frayne, John O. Aalberg, Charles G. Clarke
  (Thalb.): Ray Stark
  (Hersch.): Robert Benjamin
  (Spec.Achievmt.): Alan Spiet (sound editing, "The Black Stallion")
• 1980 - (Hon.): Fred Hynes, HENRY FONDA
• 1981 - (Hon.): BARBARA STANWYCK
  (Thalb.): Albert Broccoli
  (Hersch.): DANNY KAYE
  (Spec.Achievmt.): Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson (sound effects, "Raiders Of the Lost Ark")
  (Sawyer): Joseph B. Walker
• 1982 - (Hon.): MICKEY ROONEY
  (Hersch.): Walter Mirisch
  (Sawyer): John O. Aalberg
• 1983 - (Hon.): Hal Roach
  (Hersch.): Mike Frankovich
  (Sawyer): John G. Frayne
• 1984 - (Hon.): National Endowment for the Arts, JAMES STEWART
  (Hersch.): David L. Walper
  (Sawyer): Linwood G. Dunn
• 1985 - (Hon.): John H. Whitney Sr., Alex North, PAUL NEWMAN
  (Hersch.): Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
• 1986 - (Hon.): RALPH BELLAMY, E.M. 'Al' Lewis
  (Thalb.): Steven Spielberg
• 1987 - (Thalb.): Billy Wilder
  (Sawyer): Fred Hynes
• 1988 - (Hon.): National Film Board of Canada, Eastman Kodak Co.
  (Spec.Achievmt.): Richard Williams ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit?")
  (Sawyer): Gordon Henry Cook
• 1989 - (Hon.): Akira Kurosawa, The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE)
  (Hersch.): Howard Koch
  (Sawyer): Gordon Pierre Angenieux
• 1990 - (Hon.): Don Trumbull, Geoffrey H. Williamson, SOPHIA LOREN, Roderick T. Ryan, MYRNA LOY
  (Thalb.): Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
  (Sawyer): Stefan Kudelski
• 1991 - (Hon.): Richard J. Stumpf, Satyajit Ray, Joseph Westheimer, Richard T. Ryan, Donald Hagans, Richard T. Dayton, Pete Comandini, YCM Laboratories
  (Thalb.): George Lucas
  (Sawyer): Ray Harryhausen
• 1992 - (Hon.): Federico Fellini, Petro Vlahos
  (Hersh.): AUDREY HEPBURN, ELIZABETH TAYLOR
  (Sawyer): Erich Kaestner
• 1993 - (Hon.): DEBORAH KERR
  (Hersh.): PAUL NEWMAN
  (Sawyer): Petro Vlahos
• 1994 - (Hon.): John A. Bonner, Michelangelo Antonioni
  (Hersch.): Quincy Jones
  (Thalbg.): CLINT EASTWOOD
• 1995 - (Hon.): KIRK DOUGLAS, Chuck Jones
  (Spec.Achievmt.): John Lasseter ("Toy Story")
  (Sawyer): Donald C. Rogers
• 1996 - (Hon.): Volker W. Bahnemann, Michael Kidd, Joe Lombardi, Burton 'Bud' Stone
  (Thalbg.): Saul Zaentz
• 1997 - (Hon.): Stanley Donen, Joe Lombardi
  (Sawyer): Don Iwerks
• 1998 - (Hon.): Elia Kazan, David W. Gray
  (Thalbg.): Norman Jewison
• 1999 - (Hon.): Andrzej Wajda
  (Thalbg.): WARREN BEATTY
  (Sawyer): Roderick T. Ryan
• 2000 - (Hon.): Ernest Lehman, Jack Warden
  (Thalbg.): Dino De Laurentiis
  (Sawyer): Irwin W. Young
• 2001 - (Hon.): SIDNEY POITIER, ROBERT REDFORD
  (Hersh.): Arthur Hiller
  (Sawyer): Edmund M. Di Giulio
• 2002 - (Hon.): PETER O'TOOLE
  
• 2003 - (Hon.): Blake Edwards
  (Sawyer): Peter D. Parks
• 2004 - (Hon.): Sidney Lumet
  (Hersh.): Roger Mayer
  (Sawyer): Takuo Miyagishima
• 2005 - (Hon.): Robert Altman
  (Sawyer): Gary Demos
• 2006 - (Hon.): Ennio Morricone
  (Hersh.): Sherry Lansing
  (Sawyer): Ray Feeney
• 2007 - (Hon.): Robert Boyle
  (Sawyer): David A. Grafton
• 2008 - (Hon.): JERRY LEWIS
  
• 2009 - (Hon.): LAUREN BACALL, Gordon Willis, Roger Corman
  (Thalbg.): John Calley
  
• 2010 - (tba 2011): (tba 2011)
  
• 2011 - (Hon.): Kevin Brownlow, Jean-Luc Goddard, ELI WALLACH
  (Thalbg.): Francis Ford Coppola
  
• 2012 - (tba 2012): (tba 2012)
  

 

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