Honorary César

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 its inception in 1976.

Year	Recipient		Profession	Nationality
1976		Ingrid Bergman	Actress	Sweden
		Diana Ross	Actress and singer	US
1977		Henri Langlois (posthumous)	Film archivist and co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française	France
		Jacques Tati	Actor, director and screenwriter	France
1978	—	Robert Dorfmann	Film producer	France
		René Goscinny (posthumous)	Writer, director, producer and editor	France
1979		Marcel Carné	Director and screenwriter	France
		Charles Vanel	Actor, director and screenwriter	France
		Walt Disney (posthumous)	Animator, director, screenwriter, actor and producer	US

Year	Recipient		Profession	Nationality
1980	—	Pierre Braunberger	Producer, director and screenwriter	France
		Louis de Funès	Actor, screenwriter and director	France
		Kirk Douglas	Actor, director and producer	US
1981		Marcel Pagnol (posthumous)	Director and screenwriter	France
	—	Alain Resnais	Director, editor and screenwriter	France
1982	—	Georges Dancigers	Film producer	Russia / France
	—	Alexandre Mnouchkine	Film producer	Russia / France
	—	Jean Nény	Sound engineer	France
		Andrzej Wajda	Director and screenwriter	Poland
1983	—	Raimu (posthumous)	Actor	France
1984		René Clément	Director and screenwriter	France
	—	Georges de Beauregard	Film producer	France
		Edwige Feuillère	Actress and screenwriter	France
1985	—	Christian-Jaque	Director and screenwriter	France
		Danielle Darrieux	Actress	France
	—	Christine Gouze-Rénal	Producer and actress	France
	—	Alain Poiré	Producer and screenwriter	France
1986	—	Maurice Jarre	Composer	France
		Bette Davis	Actress and producer	US
		Jean Delannoy	Director, screenwriter and producer	France
		René Ferracci [fr] (posthumous)	Art director and poster designer	France
		Claude Lanzmann	Director of the documentary feature Shoah	France
1987		Jean-Luc Godard	Director, screenwriter and actor	France / Switzerland
1988	—	Serge Silberman	Producer and screenwriter	Russia / France
1989		Bernard Blier	Actor	France
		Paul Grimault	Director, screenwriter and actor	France

Year	Recipient		Profession	Nationality
1990		Gérard Philipe (posthumous)	Actor	France
1991		Jean-Pierre Aumont	Actor and screenwriter	France
		Sophia Loren	Actress	Italy
1992		Michèle Morgan	Actress	France
		Sylvester Stallone	Actor, screenwriter, director and producer	US
1993		Jean Marais	Actor	France
		Marcello Mastroianni	Actor	Italy
		Gérard Oury	Actor, screenwriter and director	France
1994		Jean Carmet	Actor and screenwriter	France
1995		Jeanne Moreau	Actress, screenwriter and director	France
		Gregory Peck	Actor and producer	US
		Steven Spielberg	Director, producer and screenwriter	US
1996		Lauren Bacall	Actress	US
		Henri Verneuil	Director, screenwriter, actor and producer	France
1997		Charles Aznavour	Actor, composer, singer and screenwriter	France / Armenia
		Andie MacDowell	Actress	US
1998		Michael Douglas	Actor and producer	US
		Clint Eastwood	Actor, director, producer and composer	US
		Jean-Luc Godard (for the second time)	Director, screenwriter and actor	France / Switzerland
1999		Pedro Almodóvar	Director, screenwriter, actor and producer	Spain
		Johnny Depp	Actor and producer	US
		Jean Rochefort	Actor	France

Year	Recipient		Profession	Nationality
2000		Josiane Balasko	Actress, screenwriter, director and producer	France
		Georges Cravenne	Journalist, film producer and founder of the César Awards	France
		Jean-Pierre Léaud	Actor	France
		Martin Scorsese	Director, producer, screenwriter and actor	US
2001		Darry Cowl	Actor, composer, screenwriter and director	France
		Charlotte Rampling	Actress	UK
		Agnès Varda	Director and screenwriter	France
2002		Anouk Aimée	Actress	France
		Jeremy Irons	Actor	UK
		Claude Rich	Actor and screenwriter	France
2003		Bernadette Lafont	Actress and director	France
		Spike Lee	Director, producer, screenwriter and actor	US
		Meryl Streep	Actress	US
2004		Micheline Presle	Actress	France
2005		Jacques Dutronc	Actor, singer and composer	France
		Will Smith	Actor, producer, singer and composer	US
2006		Hugh Grant	Actor	UK
		Pierre Richard	Actor	France
2007		Marlène Jobert	Actress	France
		Jude Law	Actor, producer and director	UK
2008		Jeanne Moreau (for the second time)	Actress	France
		Roberto Benigni	Actor and director	Italy
		Romy Schneider (posthumous)	Actress	Germany
2009		Dustin Hoffman	Actor	US

Year	Recipient		Profession	Nationality
2010		Harrison Ford	Actor	US
2011		Quentin Tarantino	Director, screenwriter, executive producer and actor	US
2012		Kate Winslet	Actress	UK
2013		Kevin Costner	Actor, director and producer	US
2014		Scarlett Johansson	Actress	US
2015		Sean Penn	Actor, director, screenwriter and producer	US
2016		Michael Douglas (for the second time)	Actor and producer	US
2017		George Clooney	Actor, director, screenwriter and producer	US
2018		Penélope Cruz	Actress	Spain
2019		Robert Redford	Actor, director, producer and businessman	US
2022		Cate Blanchett	Actress and producer	Australia
2023		David Fincher	Director and producer	US
2024		Agnès Jaoui	Actress, screenwriter, film director and singer	France
		Christopher Nolan	Director, screenwriter and producer	UK / US
2025		Julia Roberts	Actress	US

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