Longford Lyell Award

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Longford Lyell Award
Awarded forIn recognition of "a person who has shown an unwavering commitment over many years to excellence in the film and television industries and has … contributed substantially to the enrichment of Australian screen culture"
CountryAustralia
Presented by Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
Formerly calledAFI Raymond Longford Award
First award1968;57 years ago (1968)
Currently held by Working Dog Productions (2025)
Website www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/longford-lyell-award/

The Longford Lyell Award is a lifetime achievement award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is "to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." [1] The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for technical achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. [2] From 1968 to 2010, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards). [3] When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Raymond Longford Award. [3]

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Originally named after Australian prolific producer, director, writer and actor Raymond Longford (1878–1959), the award recognises "a person who has shown an unwavering commitment over many years to excellence in the film and television industries and has, through their body of work to date, contributed substantially to the enrichment of Australian screen culture", and is the highest honour the Academy bestows. [4] [5] In 2015, the name of the award was changed to Longford Lyell Award in recognition of Longford's creative and life partner, actress and filmmaker Lottie Lyell. [6]

Recipients of this award are film and television directors, directors, producers, actors, cinematographers and film editors. People of Australian origin dominate the list, but European-born Australian citizens have also been recognised. The award was first presented to film director and editor Ian Dunlop. [7] The award has also been made posthumously to actor John Meillon in 1989 who died that year. [7]

Recipients

YearImageNameCountry of originNotesRef(s)
AFI Raymond Longford Award
1968—Ian DunlopFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Director [7]
1970— Stanley Hawes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Director/Producer [7]
1976 Ken Hall 1950b SLNSW FL18964491.jpg Ken G. Hall Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Director [7]
1977 Charles Chauvel (1897-1959).jpg Charles Chauvel Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Director/Producer/Writer [7]
1978 Marie Lorraine.png Marie Lorraine Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Filmmaker [7] [8]
1978 Paulette McDonagh.png Paulette McDonagh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Filmmaker [7] [8]
1978 Phyllis McDonagh, 1928.png Phyllis McDonagh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Filmmaker [7] [8]
1979— Jerzy Toeplitz Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire Founding director of AFTRS [7] [9]
1980— Tim Burstall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Director [7] [10]
1981 Phillip Adams.jpg Phillip Adams Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Producer/Journalist [7] [11]
1982— Eric Porter Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Animator [7] [12]
1983—Bill GooleyFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Film Technician [7]
1984—David WilliamsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Exhibitor/Distributor [7]
1985— Don Crosby Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Actor [7] [13]
1986 Barry Jones 1974 (cropped).jpg Barry Jones Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Federal Minister & first Chairman of AFTRS [7]
1987—Paul RiomfalvyFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary First Director of NSW Film Corp [7]
1988— Russell Boyd Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Cinematographer [7]
1989 John Meillon in One Step Beyond (Eyewitness).jpg John Meillon [a] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Actor [7]
1990 PeterWeirApr2011.jpg Peter Weir Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Director [7]
1991 Fred Schepisi.jpg Fred Schepisi Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Director [7] [14]
1992— Lee Robinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Director [7]
1993— Sue Milliken Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Producer [7]
1994 Jack Thompson speaks at the media (cropped).jpg Jack Thompson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Actor [7]
1995 George Miller (35706244922).jpg George Miller Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Director [7]
1997— Jan Chapman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Producer [7]
1998— Charles "Bud" Tingwell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Actor [7] [15]
1999—John PolitzerFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Exhibitor/Distributor [7]
2000— Anthony Buckley Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Producer [7] [16]
2001 David Stratton.jpg David Stratton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Film Critic [7]
2002— Patricia Edgar Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Producer [7] [17]
2003 Ted Robinson.jpg Ted Robinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Writer/Producer/Director/Choreographer [7]
2004— Patricia Lovell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Producer [7] [18]
2005— Ray Barrett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Actor [7] [19]
2006— Ian Jones Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Writer/Producer/Director [7] [20]
2007— David Hannay Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Producer [7] [21]
2008—Dione GilmourFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Natural History Filmmaker [7] [22]
2009 Geoffrey Rush Cannes 2011.jpg Geoffrey Rush Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Actor [7] [23]
2010— Reg Grundy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Broadcaster/Producer/Entrepreneur [7] [24]
Raymond Longford Award
2012— Donald McAlpine Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Cinematographer [25]
2013— Al Clark Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Producer [26]
2014 Jacki Weaver - Flickr - Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer (1).jpg Jacki Weaver Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Actress [27]
Longford Lyell Award
2015— Andrew Knight Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Writer/Producer [28]
2015 Cate Blanchett 2011.jpg Cate Blanchett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Actress [6]
2016 Royal Charity Concert 1980 (cropped Hogan).jpg Paul Hogan Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Actor [29]
2017 Phillip Noyce by Gage Skidmore.jpg Phillip Noyce Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Director [30]
2018 BryanBrown09TIFF.jpg Bryan Brown Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Actor [31]
2019 Sam Neill 2010.jpg Sam Neill Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Actor [32]
2021 David Gulpilil.jpg David Gulpilil Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Actor [33]
2022 Catherine Martin (Australian designer).jpg Catherine Martin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Costume & Production Designer [34]
2025 Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch, Michael Hirsh 2012 (1).jpg Working Dog Productions
(founded by Santo Cilauro , Tom Gleisner , Jane Kennedy , Michael Hirsh, and Rob Sitch )		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Production Company [b] [35]

Notes

  1. ↑ Awarded posthumously
  2. ↑ First organisation to receive the award

References

  1. ↑ "AACTA – The Academy". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "AACTA – The Academy – The Awards". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 "AACTA – The Academy – Background". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 23 June 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Raymond Longford Award". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Raymond Longford Award recipients" (PDF). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. 22 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. 1 2 Maddox, Garry (6 December 2015). "Cate Blanchett wins Longford Lyell Award for cultural contribution". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 "AACTA Longford Lyell Award" (PDF). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "Australian female filmmakers". Australian Government. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  9. ↑ Dannatt, Adrian (2 August 1995). "Jerzy Toeplitz". The Independent. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  10. ↑ "Tim Burstall to deliver annual Longford Lyell Lecture in Melbourne". Screen Australia. 10 September 2003. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  11. ↑ Donovan, Thomas; Lorraine, Brody T. (2002). Media Ethics, an Aboriginal Film and the Australian Film Commission. iUniverse. p. 151. ISBN   978-0-595-25266-4.
  12. ↑ "Commonwealth Bank – Willie Wombat: Waste Not Want Not". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  13. ↑ McGuiness, Mark. "George Wallace Donald (Don) Crosby (1924–1985)". Crosby, George Wallace Donald (Don) (1924–1985). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  14. ↑ "Official Fred Schepisi CV" (PDF). fredschepisi.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  15. ↑ "Vale Charles 'Bud' Tingwell". Australian Film Institute. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  16. ↑ Cathcart, Michael (21 November 2000). "Film: Australian producer, Tony Buckley". ABC. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  17. ↑ Keating, Chris; Moran, Albert (2009). The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 151. ISBN   978-0-8108-7022-2.
  18. ↑ "Patricia Lovell portrait on ASO". Australian Screen Online. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  19. ↑ Edwards, Lorna (9 September 2009). "Actor Ray Barrett dies in hospital after fall". The Age. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  20. ↑ "'Ten Canoes' scoops AFI awards". ABC. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  21. ↑ "Oz's AFI Awards love 'Father'". Variety. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  22. ↑ "Unfinished Sky takes top AFI tech awards". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 5 December 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  23. ↑ "Rush gets AFI awards top honour". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  24. ↑ Gonzalez, Miguel (8 December 2010). "Grundy honoured by AFI". Mumbrella . Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  25. ↑ Fulton, Adam (23 November 2011). "Cinematographer in the frame for highest honour". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  26. ↑ "AACTA gong for Al". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  27. ↑ Galvin, Nick (27 January 2014). "Jacki Weaver wins AACTA lifetime achievement award". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  28. ↑ "AACTA awards: The Water Diviner and The Babadook share best film honours". Australia: ABC News. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  29. ↑ Staff (6 December 2016). "Paul Hogan to be honoured with Longford Lyell Award". If.com.au . The Intermedia Group. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  30. ↑ Keast, Jackie (6 December 2017). "Phillip Noyce recognised with AACTA's Longford Lyell Award as he readies 'Rats of Tobruk'". If.com.au . The Intermedia Group. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  31. ↑ Staff (28 November 2018). "Acting legend Bryan Brown will receive the Australian film industry's highest accolade". Flicks.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  32. ↑ Staff (22 November 2019). "Sam Neill to receive AACTA's Longford Lyell Award". If.com.au . The Intermedia Group. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  33. ↑ Maddox, Garry (3 December 2021). "David Gulpilil to receive film's highest honour as his face lights up Opera House". The Age . Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  34. ↑ Keast, Jackie (28 November 2022). "Catherine Martin to receive AACTA Longford Lyell Award". If.com.au . The Intermedia Group. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  35. ↑ "Working Dog is the recipient of the AACTA Longford Lyell Award". aacta.org. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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