Award
TheBAFTA Fellowship , or theAcademy Fellowship , is a lifetime achievement award presented by theBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in recognition of "outstanding achievement in the art forms of the moving image".[ 1] 1971 .[ 2] [ 3]
Fellowship recipients have mainly beenfilm directors , but some have been awarded toactors ,film /television producers ,cinematographers ,film editors ,screenwriters , and (since2007 ) contributors to thevideo game industry. In2002 ,Merchant Ivory Productions became the first organisation to win the award. People from the United Kingdom dominate the list, but it includes over a dozen U.S. citizens and several from other countries in Europe, though none of the latter have been recognised since 1996. In 2010,Shigeru Miyamoto became the first citizen of an Asian country to receive the award.
The inaugural recipient of the award was the filmmaker and producerAlfred Hitchcock . The award has been made posthumously to the comedy pairMorecambe and Wise in1999 , and toStanley Kubrick , who died that year and was made a fellow in2000 .[ 4] [ 5]
Overall, 88 men have won the award, and 17 women.2012 winnerRolf Harris is the only person to have had the award subsequently annulled.
Alfred Hitchcock was the inaugural winner in 1971.Charlie Chaplin won in 1976.Laurence Olivier won in 1976.David Attenborough in 1980Steven Spielberg in 1986John Gielgud in 1992Dame Maggie Smith won in 1996.Woody Allen won in 1997.Judi Dench won in 2001.Anthony Hopkins won in 2008.Martin Scorsese won in 2012.Helen Mirren won in 2014.Mike Leigh won in 2015.Mel Brooks won in 2017.Thelma Schoonmaker won in 2019.Ang Lee won 2021.^a b Brown, Mark (13 February 2011)."Baftas 2011: The King's Speech sweeps the board" .The Guardian London .Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved13 February 2011 . ^ "Harry Hill takes Bafta TV prize" .BBC News . 22 April 2009.Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved5 July 2009 .... the prestigious honour ... Wells, Matt (27 April 2002)."TV to screen story of warrior queen" .The Guardian London .Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. 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