'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 |