International Emmy Founders Award

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International Emmy Founders Award
CountryUnited States
Presented by International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
First awarded1980
Website www.iemmys.tv

The International Emmy Founders Award (or Founders Award) is given by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS) to individuals whose creative accomplishments have contributed in some way to the quality of global television production. [1] The awards ceremony has taken place in New York City since 1980. [2]

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Winners

YearWinnerCountryNote
1980 Jim Henson Flag of the United States.svg  United States Creator of The Muppets
1981 Shaun Sutton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Head of BBC-TV's Drama Group
Roone Arledge Flag of the United States.svg  United States Executive producer, ABC's Wide World of Sports
1982 Michael Landon Flag of the United States.svg  United States Executive producer, director, writer and performer
1983 Herbert Brodkin Flag of the United States.svg  United States Producer, co-founder of Titus Productions
1984 David L. Wolper Flag of the United States.svg  United States Producer and television executive
1985 David Attenborough Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Creator, writer, producer and TV host
1986 Donald L. Taffner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom President, D.L. Taffner Ltd
1987 Jacques-Yves Cousteau [3] Flag of France.svg  France President, Cousteau Society
1988 Goar Mestre [4] Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Latin American Broadcasting Pioneer
1989 Paul Fox Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Managing director, BBC Television
1990 Joan Ganz Cooney Flag of the United States.svg  United States American television producer
1991 Adrian Cowell [5] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Film Maker, ITV Central
1992 Bill Cosby [6] Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Comedian, actor and producer
1993 Richard Dunn [7] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom CEO, Thames Television
1994Film on Four: Channel 4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom British public-service television broadcaster
1995 Don Hewitt [8] Flag of the United States.svg  United States Executive producer, CBS' 60 Minutes
1996 Reg Grundy [9] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Founder, Grundy Productions
1997 Jac Venza [10] Flag of the United States.svg  United States Director of Cultural & Arts Programs, WNET
1998 Robert Halmi Sr. [11] Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Chairman, RHI Entertainment
1999 Hisashi Hieda [12] Flag of Japan.svg  Japan President, Fuji Television
2000 John Hendricks [13] Flag of the United States.svg  United States Founder and CEO, Discovery Communications
2001 Pierre Lescure [14] Flag of France.svg  France Chairman and CEO of Canal+ Group
2002 Sir Howard Stringer [15] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation of America
2003 HBO [16] Flag of the United States.svg  United States American premium cable and satellite television network
2004 MTV International [17] Flag of the United States.svg  United States Channel subsidiary of MTV Networks
2005 Oprah Winfrey [18] Flag of the United States.svg  United States Chairman, Harpo Inc.
2006 Steven Spielberg [19] Flag of the United States.svg  United States American film director
2007 Al Gore [20] Flag of the United States.svg  United States Chairman, Current TV
2008 Dick Wolf [21] Flag of the United States.svg  United States Creator and executive producer, Law & Order
2009 David Frost [22] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Journalist and producer
2010 Simon Cowell [23] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Founder, SYCO
2011 Nigel Lythgoe [24] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Executive producer, So You Think You Can Dance ; American Idol
2012 Ryan Murphy [25] Flag of the United States.svg  United States Showrunner
Norman Lear [26] Flag of the United States.svg  United States 40th Anniversary Special Founders Award
Alan Alda Flag of the United States.svg  United States 40th Anniversary Special Founders Award
2013 J. J. Abrams [27] Flag of the United States.svg  United States Film director
2014 Matthew Weiner [28] Flag of the United States.svg  United States Screenwriter, Creator of the series Mad Men
2015 Julian Fellowes [29] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Screenwriter, Creator of the series Downton Abbey
2016 Shonda Rhimes Flag of the United States.svg  United States Television producer, writer and author
2017None [lower-alpha 1] NoneNone
2018 Greg Berlanti [31] Flag of the United States.svg  United States American film and television writer and producer
2019 David Benioff and D. B. Weiss Flag of the United States.svg  United States Game of Thrones showrunners
2020 Andrew Cuomo (rescinded) [32] [33] Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56th Governor of New York
2021NoneNoneNone
2022 Ava DuVernay [34] Flag of the United States.svg  United States Filmmaker
2023 Jesse Armstrong Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Screenwriter and producer
  1. ↑ Actor and producer Kevin Spacey was announced as the recipient, but this was rescinded following allegations of sexual misconduct prior to being awarded. [30]

Rescinded awards

Kevin Spacey (2017)

Actor and producer Kevin Spacey was chosen to be the recipient of the award for 2017, but the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences later tweeted a reversal of their decision, [35] following accusations of sexual misconduct by Spacey in 1986 towards a then-14-year-old Anthony Rapp. [30]

Andrew Cuomo (2020)

Andrew Cuomo, who was the Governor of New York at the time, received the award during the 2020 ceremony for his daily briefings during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, which the International Academy said "effectively created television shows, with characters, plot lines, and stories of success and failure". [36] [32] However, shortly after Cuomo's resignation on August 24, 2021, following a report by the state attorney general into allegations of sexual harassment, the academy rescinded his award. [33]

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