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Life Achievement 1973

JF

John Ford

Director

The Searchers The Grapes of Wrath Stagecoach

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Life Achievement 1974

James Cagney

Actor

Yankee Doodle Dandy The Public Enemy White Heat

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Life Achievement 1975

OW

Orson Welles

Actor/Director

Citizen Kane Touch of Evil The Magnificent Ambersons

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Life Achievement 1976

WW

William Wyler

Director

Ben-Hur Roman Holiday The Best Years of Our Lives

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Life Achievement 1977

BD

Bette Davis

Actress

All About Eve Jezebel Now, Voyager

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Life Achievement 1978

HF

Henry Fonda

Actor

The Grapes of Wrath 12 Angry Men On Golden Pond

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Life Achievement 1979

AH

Alfred Hitchcock

Director

Vertigo Psycho Rear Window

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Life Achievement 1980

JS

James Stewart

Actor

It's a Wonderful Life Vertigo Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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Life Achievement 1981

FA

Fred Astaire

Actor/Dancer

Top Hat Swing Time Easter Parade

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Life Achievement 1982

FC

Frank Capra

Director

It Happened One Night Mr. Smith Goes to Washington It's a Wonderful Life

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Life Achievement 1983

JH

John Huston

Director

The Maltese Falcon The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The African Queen

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Life Achievement 1984

LG

Lillian Gish

Actress

The Birth of a Nation Broken Blossoms The Night of the Hunter

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Life Achievement 1985

GK

Gene Kelly

Actor/Dancer

Singin' in the Rain An American in Paris On the Town

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Life Achievement 1986

BW

Billy Wilder

Director/Writer

Sunset Boulevard Some Like It Hot The Apartment

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Life Achievement 1987

BS

Barbara Stanwyck

Actress

Double Indemnity Stella Dallas The Lady Eve

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Life Achievement 1988

JL

Jack Lemmon

Actor

Some Like It Hot The Apartment Glengarry Glen Ross

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Life Achievement 1989

GP

Gregory Peck

Actor

To Kill a Mockingbird Roman Holiday The Guns of Navarone

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Life Achievement 1990

DL

David Lean

Director

Lawrence of Arabia The Bridge on the River Kwai Doctor Zhivago

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Life Achievement 1991

KD

Kirk Douglas

Actor

Spartacus Paths of Glory Ace in the Hole

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Life Achievement 1992

SP

Sidney Poitier

Actor

In the Heat of the Night Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Lilies of the Field

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Life Achievement 1993

ET

Elizabeth Taylor

Actress

Cleopatra Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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Life Achievement 1994

JN

Jack Nicholson

Actor

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Chinatown The Shining

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Life Achievement 1995

SS

Steven Spielberg

Director

Jaws E.T. Schindler's List

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Life Achievement 1996

CE

Clint Eastwood

Actor/Director

Unforgiven The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Million Dollar Baby

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Life Achievement 1997

MS

Martin Scorsese

Director

Taxi Driver Raging Bull Goodfellas

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Life Achievement 1998

RW

Robert Wise

Director

West Side Story The Sound of Music The Day the Earth Stood Still

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Life Achievement 1999

DH

Dustin Hoffman

Actor

The Graduate Rain Man Midnight Cowboy

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Life Achievement 2000

HF

Harrison Ford

Actor

Star Wars Raiders of the Lost Ark Blade Runner

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Life Achievement 2001

BS

Barbra Streisand

Actor/Singer

Funny Girl A Star Is Born The Way We Were

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Life Achievement 2002

TH

Tom Hanks

Actor

Forrest Gump Saving Private Ryan Philadelphia

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Life Achievement 2003

RN

Robert De Niro

Actor

The Godfather Part II Taxi Driver Raging Bull

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Life Achievement 2004

MS

Meryl Streep

Actress

Sophie's Choice The Devil Wears Prada Kramer vs. Kramer

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Life Achievement 2005

GL

George Lucas

Director/Producer

Star Wars American Graffiti Indiana Jones (producer)

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Life Achievement 2006

SC

Sean Connery

Actor

Goldfinger The Untouchables From Russia with Love

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Life Achievement 2007

AP

Al Pacino

Actor

The Godfather Scarface Scent of a Woman

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Life Achievement 2008

WB

Warren Beatty

Actor/Director

Bonnie and Clyde Reds Heaven Can Wait

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Life Achievement 2009

MD

Michael Douglas

Actor/Producer

Wall Street Fatal Attraction Romancing the Stone

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Life Achievement 2010

MN

Mike Nichols

Director

The Graduate Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Working Girl

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Life Achievement 2011

MF

Morgan Freeman

Actor

The Shawshank Redemption Driving Miss Daisy Million Dollar Baby

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Life Achievement 2012

SM

Shirley MacLaine

Actress

The Apartment Terms of Endearment Steel Magnolias

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Life Achievement 2013

MB

Mel Brooks

Writer/Director

Blazing Saddles The Producers Young Frankenstein

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Life Achievement 2014

JF

Jane Fonda

Actress

Klute Coming Home 9 to 5

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Life Achievement 2015

SM

Steve Martin

Actor/Writer

Planes, Trains and Automobiles The Jerk Father of the Bride

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Life Achievement 2016

JW

John Williams

Composer

Star Wars Jaws Schindler's List

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Life Achievement 2017

DK

Diane Keaton

Actress

Annie Hall The Godfather Something's Gotta Give

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Life Achievement 2018

GC

George Clooney

Actor/Director

Ocean's Eleven Syriana Michael Clayton

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Life Achievement 2019

Denzel Washington

Actor

Training Day Malcolm X Glory

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Life Achievement 2020

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(not awarded)

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Life Achievement 2021

NA

(not awarded)

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Life Achievement 2022

Julie Andrews

Actress/Singer

Mary Poppins The Sound of Music Victor/Victoria

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Life Achievement 2023

NA

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Life Achievement 2024

Nicole Kidman

Actress

Moulin Rouge! The Hours Big Little Lies

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Life Achievement 2025

Francis Ford Coppola

Director/Writer

The Godfather The Conversation Apocalypse Now

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Life Achievement 2026

Eddie Murphy

Actor/Comedian

Beverly Hills Cop Coming to America Shrek

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Honorary Degree 2025

VD

Viola Davis

Actress/Producer

Fences The Help Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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Honorary Degree 2025

WM

Walter Murch

Editor/Sound

Apocalypse Now The Conversation The English Patient

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Honorary Degree 2024

JC

Jamie Lee Curtis

Actress

Halloween True Lies Everything Everywhere All at Once

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Honorary Degree 2023

ED

Ernest R. Dickerson

Cinematographer/Director

Do the Right Thing Malcolm X The Wire

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Honorary Degree 2023

GP

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Director/Writer

Love & Basketball The Woman King The Old Guard

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Honorary Degree 2022

MY

Michelle Yeoh

Actress

Everything Everywhere All at Once Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Crazy Rich Asians

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Honorary Degree 2022

LH

Lawrence Herbert

Technologist/Industry

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Honorary Degree 2021

LT

Lily Tomlin

Actress/Comedian

9 to 5 Nashville Grace and Frankie

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Honorary Degree 2021

AB

Angela Bassett

Actress

What's Love Got to Do with It Black Panther Malcolm X

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Honorary Degree 2019

LG

Lesli Linka Glatter

Director

Homeland Mad Men The West Wing

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Honorary Degree 2019

PS

Paul Schrader

Writer/Director

Taxi Driver Raging Bull First Reformed

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