Governors Awards

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The Governors Awards
Awarded forLifetime achievement in film
CountryUnited States
Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
First awarded2009–present
Website Official website

The Governors Awards presentation is an annual award ceremony hosted by the 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, California. [1] Three awards that signify lifetime achievement within the film industry – the Academy Honorary Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and the 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 three awards were formally presented during the main Academy Awards ceremony, which now conducts a short mention and appearance of the awards recipients after displaying a montage of the Governors Awards presentation. In the years since, the awards have gained prominence as a major red-carpet destination and industry event.

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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 of Thalberg 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 whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production". [3]

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 2014 events online.

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

Ceremonies and honorees

1st Annual Governors Awards

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

Tributes:

2nd Annual Governors Awards

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

Tributes:

3rd Annual Governors Awards

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

Tributes:

4th Annual Governors Awards

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

Tributes:

5th Annual Governors Awards

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

Tributes:

6th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 6th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 8, 2014. The following awards were presented. [10]

Tributes

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]

Tributes:

8th Annual Governors Awards

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

Tributes:

9th Annual Governors Awards

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

Tributes:

10th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 10th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 18, 2018, and presented the following awards: [14]

Tributes:

11th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 11th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on October 27, 2019, and presented the following awards: [15]

Tributes:

12th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 12th Annual Governors Awards ceremony in on March 25, 2022. [16] [17] The following awards were presented: [16] [17] [18]

Tributes:

On December 22, 2021, the AMPAS announced that due to COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns—involving the widespread surge of the Omicron variant in the United States—that it "made the decision to change plans for hosting the ceremony in person on January 15, 2022," with a new date to be announced. [19] The ceremony would afterwards be held on the newly scheduled date of March 25, 2022. [16] [17] [20]

13th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 13th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 19, 2022. [21] [22]

Tributes:

14th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy planned to hold its 14th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 18, 2023. [25] However, on September 6 it was moved to January 9, 2024 due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. [26] The ceremony was hosted by comedian John Mulaney. [27]

Tributes:

15th Annual Governors Awards

The Academy held its 15th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 17, 2024. The recipients had been announced on June 12, 2024. Academy Honorary Award recipient Quincy Jones died two weeks before the ceremony and his daughter Rashida Jones accepted the award on his behalf. [28] The ceremony was hosted by actor Colman Domingo. The following awards were presented. [29]

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