In 1952, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association decided on creating an award category to recognize outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry. The HFPA decided to present the first award to acclaimed Director and Producer Cecil B. DeMille for the work that he had done in Hollywood. From then on the award was officially called the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Picture. The award winners are chosen by the HFPA board of directors and presented each year except for the year 1976. The last person to receive the award was Academy Award winning Director Martin Scorsese.
List of Winners
Year
|
Winner
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1952
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Cecil B. DeMille
|
1953
|
Walt Disney
|
1954
|
Darryl F. Zanuck
|
1955
|
Jean Hersholt
|
1956
|
Jack L. Warner
|
1957
|
Mervyn LeRoy
|
1958
|
Buddy Adler
|
1959
|
Maurice Chevalier
|
1960
|
Bing Crosby
|
1961
|
Fred Astaire
|
1962
|
Judy Garland
|
1963
|
Bob Hope
|
1964
|
Joseph E. Levine
|
1965
|
James Stewart
|
1966
|
John Wayne
|
1967
|
Charlton Heston
|
1968
|
Kirk Douglas
|
1969
|
Gregory Peck
|
1970
|
Joan Crawford
|
1971
|
Frank Sinatra
|
1972
|
Alfred Hitchcock
|
1973
|
Samuel Goldwyn
|
1974
|
Bette Davis
|
1975
|
Hal B. Wallis
|
1976
|
No award
|
1977
|
Walter Mirisch
|
1978
|
Red Skelton
|
1979
|
Lucille Ball
|
1980
|
Henry Fonda
|
1981
|
Gene Kelly
|
1982
|
Sidney Poitier
|
1983
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Laurence Olivier
|
1984
|
Paul Newman
|
1985
|
Elizabeth Taylor
|
1986
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Barbara Stanwyck
|
1987
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Anthony Quinn
|
1988
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Clint Eastwood
|
1989
|
Doris Day
|
1990
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Audrey Hepburn
|
1991
|
Jack Lemmon
|
1992
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Robert Mitchum
|
1993
|
Lauren Bacall
|
1994
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Robert Redford
|
1995
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Sophia Loren
|
1996
|
Sean Connery
|
1997
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Dustin Hoffman
|
1998
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Shirley MacLaine
|
1999
|
Jack Nicholson
|
2000
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Barbra Streisand
|
2001
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Al Pacino
|
2002
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Harrison Ford
|
2003
|
Gene Hackman
|
2004
|
Michael Douglas
|
2005
|
Robin Williams
|
2006
|
Anthony Hopkins
|
2007
|
Warren Beatty
|
2009
|
Steven Spielberg
|
2010
|
Martin Scorsese
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