Longford Lyell Award

Longford Lyell Award
Awarded for	In recognition of "a person who has shown an unwavering commitment over many years to excellence in the film and television industries and has, through their body of work to date, contributed substantially to the enrichment of Australian screen culture"
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First awarded	1968
Official website	http://www.aacta.org

The Longford Lyell Award is a lifetime achievement award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is "to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television."^[1] The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards Luncheon, which hand out accolades for technical achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films.^[2] From 1968 to 2010, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards).^[3] When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Raymond Longford Award.^[3]

Originally named after Australian filmmaker Raymond Longford (1878–1959), the award recognises "a person who has shown an unwavering commitment over many years to excellence in the film and television industries and has, through their body of work to date, contributed substantially to the enrichment of Australian screen culture", and is the highest honour the Academy bestows.^[4][5] In 2015, the name of the award was changed to Longford Lyell Award in recognition of Longford's creative and life partner, actress and filmmaker Lottie Lyell.^[6]

Recipients of this award are film and television directors, directors, producers, actors, cinematographers and film editors. People of Australian origin dominate the list, but European-born Australian citizens have also been recognised. The award was first presented to film director and editor Ian Dunlop (director).^[7] The award has also been made posthumously to actor John Meillon in 1989 who died that year.^[7] The most recent recipient of the award is actress Cate Blanchett in 2015.^[6]

Winners

Charles Chauvel received the award posthumously in 1977

Peter Weir received the award in 1990, for his work in film directing

Geoffrey Rush received the award in 2009, for his work as a film actor

Cate Blanchett was the 8th woman to receive the award in 2015, for her work as a film actor, and patron of filmmaking in Australia

Year	Name	Country of origin	Notes	Ref(s)
1968	Dunlop, IanIan Dunlop	United Kingdom	Director	[7]
1970	Hawes, StanleyStanley Hawes	United Kingdom	Director, producer	[7]
1976	Hall, Ken G.Ken G. Hall	Australia	Director,	[7]
1977	Chauvel, CharlesCharles Chauvel	Australia	Director, producer, screenwriter	[7]
1978	Lorraine, MarieMarie Lorraine	Australia	Filmmaker, actress	[7][8]
1978	McDonagh, PaulettePaulette McDonagh	Australia	Filmmaker, director, screenwriter	[7][8]
1978	McDonagh, PhyllisPhyllis McDonagh	Australia	Filmmaker, producer, art director, production designer	[7][8]
1979	Toeplitz, JerzyJerzy Toeplitz	Ukraine	Founding director of AFTRS	[7][9]
1980	Burstall, TimTim Burstall	United Kingdom	Director	[7][10]
1981	Adams, PhillipPhillip Adams	Australia	Journalist, producer	[7][11]
1982	Porter, EricEric Porter	Australia	Animator	[7][12]
1983	Gooley, BillBill Gooley	Australia	Film technician	[7]
1984	Williams, DavidDavid Williams	Australia	Distributor, exhibitor	[7]
1985	Crosby, DonDon Crosby	Australia	Actor	[7][13]
1986	Jones, BarryBarry Jones	Australia	Federal Minister, first Chairman of AFTRS	[7]
1987	Riomfalvy, PaulPaul Riomfalvy	Hungary	First director of NSW Film Corp	[7]
1988	Boyd, RussellRussell Boyd	Australia	Cinematographer	[7]
1989	Meillon, JohnJohn Meillon	Australia	Actor	[7]
1990	Weir, PeterPeter Weir	Australia	Director	[7]
1991	Schepisi, FredFred Schepisi	Australia	Director	[7][14]
1992	Robinson, LeeLee Robinson	Australia	Director	[7]
1993	Milliken, SueSue Milliken	Australia	Producer	[7]
1994	Thompson, JackJack Thompson	Australia	Actor	[7]
1995	Miller, GeorgeGeorge Miller	Australia	Director, screenwriter, producer	[7]
1997	Chapman, JanJan Chapman	Australia	Producer	[7]
1998	Tingwell, Charles "Bud"Charles "Bud" Tingwell	Australia	Actor	[7][15]
1999	Politzer, JohnJohn Politzer	Australia	Exhibitor, distributor	[7]
2000	Buckley, AnthonyAnthony Buckley	Australia	Producer	[7][16]
2001	Stratton, DavidDavid Stratton	United Kingdom	Film critic	[7]
2002	Edgar, PatriciaPatricia Edgar	Australia	Television producer	[7][17]
2003	Robinson, TedTed Robinson	Australia	Television director, producer, screenwriter and choreographer	[7]
2004	Lovell, PatriciaPatricia Lovell	Australia	Producer	[7][18]
2005	Barrett, RayRay Barrett	Australia	Actor	[7][19]
2006	Jones, IanIan Jones	Australia	Television director, producer, screenwriter	[7][20]
2007	Hannay, DavidDavid Hannay	New Zealand	Producer	[7][21]
2008	Gilmour, DioneDione Gilmour	Australia	Natural history filmmaker	[7][22]
2009	Rush, GeoffreyGeoffrey Rush	Australia	Actor	[7][23]
2010	Grundy, RegReg Grundy	Australia	Broadcaster, entrepreneur, producer	[7][24]
2012	McAlpine, DonDon McAlpine	Australia	Cinematographer	[25]
2013	Clark, AlAl Clark	United Kingdom	Film producer	[26]
2014	Weaver, JackiJacki Weaver	Australia	Actress	[27]
2015	Andrew Knight	Australia	Actress	[28]
2016	Cate Blanchett	Australia	Actress	[6]

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