'Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award' is given to "creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production." This Academy Award is given, as a part of the 'Special Categories' segment. This award is named after one of the prominent personalities of the Motion Picture Industry - Irving G. Thalberg. He was the legendary head of the Production Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as well as the person responsible for company’s development, in matters of standing for classy films. For the winners in this category, the award is in the form of a bust of Thalberg, somewhat different from the familiar "Oscar" statuette, which is generally awarded to the Academy Award winners. In the following list, we have provided a list of the people who have been awarded the 'Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award'.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Year
|
Winner
|
2001 | Dino De Laurentiis |
2000 | Warren Beatty |
1999 | Norman Jewison |
1997 | Saul Zaentz |
1995 | Clint Eastwood |
1992 | George Lucas |
1991 | David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck |
1988 | Billy Wilder |
1986 | Steven Spielberg |
1982 | Albert R. Broccoli |
1980 | Ray Stark |
1978 | Walter Mirisch |
1977 | Pandro S. Berman |
1976 | Mervyn LeRoy |
1974 | Lawrence Weingarten |
1971 | Ingmar Bergman |
1968 | Alfred Hitchcock |
1967 | Robert Wise |
1966 | William Wyler |
1964 | Sam Spiegel |
1962 | Stanley Kramer |
1959 | Jack L. Warner |
1957 | Buddy Adler |
1949 | Jerry Wald |
1951 | Darryl F. Zanuck |
1952 | Arthur Freed |
1953 | Cecil B. DeMille |
1954 | George Stevens |
1947 | Samuel Goldwyn |
1945 | Darryl F. Zanuck |
1944 | Hal B. Wallis |
1943 | Sidney Franklin |
1942 | Walt Disney |
1940 | David O. Selznick |
1939 | Hal B. Wallis |
1938 | Darryl F. Zanuck |