2010
Paul Debevec
Scientific and Engineering Award
2005
Don Hall
John A. Bonner Award, Dedication and Service to AMPAS
2001
Tomlinson Holman
Scientific and Technical Award
(Technical Achievement Award)
2000
Mark Jonathan Harris
Into the Arms of Strangers: Kindertransport, Best Documentary-Feature
1998
Marc Norman
Shakespeare in Love, Best Picture and Best Writing – Screenplay
1994
Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump, Best Director
1978
Ben Shedd
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor, Best Documentary-Short Subject
King Vidor
Lifetime Achievement Award
1976
Jerry Goldsmith
The Omen, Best Music – Original Music Score
1970
Edmund North
Patton, Best Writing – Story and Screenplay
1967
Mark Jonathan Harris
The Redwoods, Best Short Subject
Elmer Bernstein
Thoroughly Modern Millie, Best Music – Original Music Score
1964
Frank Tarloff
Father Goose, Best Writing – Story and Screenplay
1960
Sol Lesser
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for Lifetime Achievement
1955
Wilbur T. Blume
The Face of Lincoln, Best Short Subject (two-reel)
1951
Harry Brown
A Place in the Sun, Best Writing – Screenplay
1949
Robert Pirosh
Battleground, Best Writing
1946
Ernest Lubitsch
Special Award
1942
William L. Pereira
Reap the Wind, Best Special Effects
1939
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
Honorary Award (posthumous)
William Cameron Menzies, Art Director
Gone With the Wind, Special Award, Production Design
1938
Frank Capra
You Can’t Take It with You, Best Director
1937
Daryl Zanuck
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
1936
Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Best Director
Sheridan Gibney
The Story of Louis Pasteur, Best Writing, Original Story
The Story of Louis Pasteur, Best Screenplay
1935
D. W. Griffith
Special Award
1934
Frank Capra
It Happened One Night, Best Director
1931
Howard Estabrook
Cimarron, Best Writing, Adaptation
1928
William Cameron Menzies
Tempest, Best Art Direction
William Cameron Menzies
The Dove, Best Art Direction
Norman Taurog
Skippy, Best Director