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| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production. |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| First award | 1938 |
| Website | oscars.org |
TheIrving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is awarded periodically by theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to "creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production". The award is named forIrving Thalberg, head of the Production Division ofMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who developed the company's reputation for sophisticated films. The trophy itself was originally a bust of Thalberg rather than the familiar Oscar statuette. However, it is still counted as an "Honorary Oscar". The bust of Thalberg was last used in 2018 when the award was presented toKathleen Kennedy andFrank Marshall.[1] When the award was next presented at the15th Governors Awards toBarbara Broccoli andMichael G. Wilson in 2024, the Oscar statuette was used instead.[2]
The award was established in 1937 and was first presented at the10th Academy Awards, in March 1938. Since 2009, it has been presented at the separateGovernors Awards rather than at the mainAcademy Awards ceremony.
The Award has been awarded 39 times to date.Katharine Hepburn made her only appearance at an Oscar ceremony to present the award to her long-time friendLawrence Weingarten at the46th Academy Awards ceremony in 1974.
The11th Academy Awards, where the award was won byHal B. Wallis, marks the only occasion for which non-winning nominations were announced. The other nominees were:Samuel Goldwyn,Joe Pasternak,David O. Selznick,Hunt Stromberg,Walter Wanger,Darryl F. Zanuck.
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