IFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award

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IFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award
International honor for contributions to World cinema
Awarded for"Outstanding contribution to the growth and development of World cinema"
Sponsored by International Film Festival of India
Formerly calledIFFI Lifetime Achievement Award
First award1999;26 years ago (1999)
Final award2024
Most recent winner Phillip Noyce
Highlights
First winner Bernardo Bertolucci

The IFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award (formerly IFFI Lifetime Achievement Award) is an international honor instituted by the International Film Festival of India. The recipient is honored for their "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of World cinema. [1]

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Background

The award was first instituted in the year 1999 from the 30th IFFI. [2] During the 52nd edition in 2021, on the occasion of the birth centenary of Satyajit Ray, the Directorate of Film Festivals in recognition of the auteur’s legacy, "The IFFI Lifetime Achievement award" was rechristened to "IFFI - Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award". [3]

Phillip Noyce, a film and television director from Australia was the recipient of the award in the 2024. [4]

Recipients


Erstwhile Lifetime Achievement Award (1999–2020)

EditionAwardeeNationalityCraft
30th Bernardo Bertolucci ItalianFilm director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
34th Liv Ullmann NorwegianFilm director, and actress
38th Dilip Kumar IndianActor
Lata Mangeshkar IndianSinger
42nd Bertrand Tavernier FrenchFilm director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
43rd Krzysztof Zanussi PolishFilm director, producer, and screenwriter
44th Jiří Menzel CzechFilm director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
45th Wong Kar-wai Hong KongFilm director, producer, screenwriter
46th Nikita Mikhalkov RussianFilm director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
47th Im Kwon-taek South KoreanFilm director
48th Atom Egoyan CanadianFilm director
49th Dan Wolman Israeli / PalestinianFilm director
50th Isabelle Huppert FrenchActress
51st Vittorio Storaro ItalianCinematographer

Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award (since 2021)

EditionAwardeeNationalityCraft
52nd Martin Scorsese AmericanFilm director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
István Szabó HungarianFilm director
53rd Carlos Saura SpanishFilm director, producer, photographer, and actor
54th Michael Douglas AmericanFilm director, producer and Actor
55th Phillip Noyce AustraliaFilm and television director

References

  1. Shayeree Ghosh (19 November 2021). "Three Satyajit Ray classics that still inspire Martin Scorsese". Telegraph India. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Devipriya (January 1999). "30th IFFI Stars" (PDF). 30th International Film Festival of India '99. Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 150. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. Shayeree Ghosh (19 November 2021). "Three Satyajit Ray classics that still inspire Martin Scorsese". Telegraph India. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. Naman Ramachandran (11 November 2024). "Robbie Williams Film 'Better Man' to Open India's IFFI Fest, Phillip Noyce Set for Lifetime Honor". Variety . Retrieved 11 November 2024.