Honorary César
| Honorary César | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
| First awarded | 1976 |
| Website | academie-cinema |
The César Award is France's national film award. Recipients are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. The following are the recipients of the Honorary César award since 1976.
Award recipients
1970s
| Year | Recipient | Profession | Nationality | |
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| 1976 | 
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Ingrid Bergman | Actress |  Sweden
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Diana Ross | Actress and Singer |  United States
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| 1977 | 
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Henri Langlois (posthumous) | Film Archivist and co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française |  France
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Jacques Tati | Actor, Director and Screenwriter | France
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| 1978 | —
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Robert Dorfmann | Film Producer | France
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René Goscinny (posthumous) | Writer, Director, Producer and Editor | France
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| 1979 | 
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Marcel Carné | Director and Screenwriter | France
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Charles Vanel | Actor, Director and Screenwriter | France
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Walt Disney (posthumous) | Animator, Director, Screenwriter, Actor and Producer | United States
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1980s
| Year | Recipient | Profession | Nationality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | —
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Pierre Braunberger | Producer, Director and Screenwriter | France
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Louis de Funès | Actor, Screenwriter and Director | France
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Kirk Douglas | Actor, Director and Producer | United States
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| 1981 | 
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Marcel Pagnol | Director and Screenwriter | France
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—
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Alain Resnais | Director, Editor and Screenwriter | France
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| 1982 | —
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Georges Dancigers | Film Producer |  Russia / France
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—
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Alexandre Mnouchkine | Film Producer | Russia / France
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—
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Jean Nény | Sound Engineer | France
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Andrzej Wajda | Director and Screenwriter |  Poland
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| 1983 | —
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Raimu (posthumous) | Actor | France
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| 1984 | 
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René Clément | Director and Screenwriter | France
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Georges de Beauregard | Film Producer | France
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| Edwige Feuillère | Actress and Screenwriter | France
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| 1985 | —
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Christian-Jaque | Director and Screenwriter | France
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Danielle Darrieux | Actress | France
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Christine Gouze-Rénal | Producer and Actress | France
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Alain Poiré | Producer and Screenwriter | France
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| 1986 | —
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Maurice Jarre | Composer | France
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Bette Davis | Actress and Producer | United States
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Jean Delannoy | Director, Screenwriter and Producer | France
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René Ferracci (posthumous) | Art Director and Poster Designer | France
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Claude Lanzmann | Director of the documentary feature Shoah | France
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Jean-Luc Godard | Director, Screenwriter and Actor | France /  Switzerland
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| 1988 | —
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Serge Silberman | Producer and Screenwriter | Russia / France
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| 1989 | 
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Bernard Blier | Actor | France
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Paul Grimault | Director, Screenwriter and Actor | France
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1990s
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2000s
| Year | Recipient | Profession | Nationality | |
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| 2000 | 
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Josiane Balasko | Actress, Screenwriter, Director and Producer | France
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Georges Cravenne | Journalist, Film Producer and Founder of the César Awards | France
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Jean-Pierre Léaud | Actor | France
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Martin Scorsese | Director, Producer, Screenwriter and Actor | United States
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| 2001 | 
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Darry Cowl | Actor, Composer, Screenwriter and Director | France
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Charlotte Rampling | Actress |  United Kingdom
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Agnès Varda | Director and Screenwriter | France
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| 2002 | 
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Anouk Aimée | Actress | France
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Jeremy Irons | Actor | United Kingdom
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Claude Rich | Actor and Screenwriter | France
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| 2003 | 
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Bernadette Lafont | Actress and Director | France
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Spike Lee | Director, Producer, Screenwriter and Actor | United States
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Meryl Streep | Actress | United States
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| 2004 | 
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Micheline Presle | Actress | France
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| 2005 | 
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Jacques Dutronc | Actor, Singer and Composer | France
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Will Smith | Actor, Producer, Singer and Composer | United States
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| 2006 | 
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Hugh Grant | Actor | United Kingdom
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Pierre Richard | Actor | France
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| 2007 | 
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Marlène Jobert | Actress | France
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Jude Law | Actor, Producer and Director | United Kingdom
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Actress | France
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Roberto Benigni | Actor and Director |  Italy
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| 2009 | 
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Dustin Hoffman | Actor | United States
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2010s
| Year | Recipient | Profession | Nationality | |
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| 2010 | 
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Harrison Ford | Actor | United States
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| 2011 | 
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Quentin Tarantino | Director, Screenwriter, Executive producer and Actor | United States
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Kate Winslet | Actress | United Kingdom
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| 2013 | 
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Kevin Costner | Actor, Director and Producer | United States
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Scarlett Johansson | Actress | United States
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Sean Penn | Actor, Director, Screenwriter and Producer | United States
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| 2016 | 
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Michael Douglas (for the second time) |
Actor and Producer | United States
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