Honorary César

Film award

Award

Honorary César

Country| France
Presented by| Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
First award| 1976
Website| academie-cinema.org

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.

## Recipients

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Ingrid Bergman was the inaugural winner in 1976. Bette Davis won in 1986. Jean-Luc Godard won twice in 1987 and 1998. Sophia Loren won in 1991. Gregory Peck won in 1995. Steven Spielberg won in 1995. Pedro Almodovar won in 1999. Martin Scorsese won in 2000. Spike Lee won in 2003. Meryl Streep won in 2003. Kate Winslet won in 2012. George Clooney won in 2017. Penelope Cruz won in 2019. Cate Blanchett won in 2022. Christopher Nolan won in 2024.

### 1970s

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Year  | Recipient  | Profession  | Nationality  | Ref.

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

### 1980s

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Year  | Recipient  | Profession  | Nationality  | Ref.

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

### 1990s

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Year  | Recipient  | Profession  | Nationality  | Ref.

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

### 2000s

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Year  | Recipient  | Profession  | Nationality  | Ref.

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

### 2010s

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Year  | Recipient  | Profession  | Nationality  | Ref.

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2010 | Harrison Ford | Actor  | United States  | [1]
2011 | Quentin Tarantino | Director / screenwriter  | [2]
2012 | Kate Winslet | Actress  | United Kingdom  | [3]
2013 | Kevin Costner | Actor, director and producer  | United States  | [4]
2014 | Scarlett Johansson | Actress  | [5]
2015 | Sean Penn | Actor / Filmmaker  | [6]
2016 | Michael Douglas[c] | Actor / producer  | [7]
2017 | George Clooney | Actor / Filmmaker  | [8]
2018 | Penélope Cruz | Actress  | Spain  | [9]
2019 | Robert Redford | Actor / director / businessman  | United States  | [10]

### 2020s

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Year  | Recipient  | Profession  | Nationality  | Ref.

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2022 | Cate Blanchett | Actress / producer  | Australia  | [11]
2023 | David Fincher | Director / producer  | United States  | [12]
2024 | Agnès Jaoui | Actress / screenwriter / film director  | France  | [13]
Christopher Nolan | Director / screenwriter / producer  | United Kingdom  | [14]
2025 | Julia Roberts | Actress  | United States  | [15]
Costa Gavras | Film director / screenwriter / producer  | Greece / France  | [16]

## Notes

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1. ^ (for the second time)
2. ^ (for the second time)
3. ^ (for the second time)

## External links

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* Official website
* Honorary César at AlloCiné

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Honorary César

1976–2000|

* Ingrid Bergman (1976)
* Diana Ross (1976)
* Henri Langlois (1977)
* Jacques Tati (1977)
* Robert Dorfmann (1978)
* René Goscinny (1978)
* Marcel Carné (1979)
* Charles Vanel (1979)
* Walt Disney (1979)
* Pierre Braunberger (1980)
* Louis de Funès (1980)
* Kirk Douglas (1980)
* Marcel Pagnol (1981)
* Alain Resnais (1981)
* Georges Dancigers (1982)
* Alexandre Mnouchkine (1982)
* Jean Nény (1982)
* Andrzej Wajda (1982)
* Raimu (1983)
* René Clément (1984)
* Georges de Beauregard (1984)
* Edwige Feuillère (1984)
* Christian-Jaque (1985)
* Danielle Darrieux (1985)
* Christine Gouze-Rénal (1985)
* Alain Poiré (1985)
* Maurice Jarre (1986)
* Bette Davis (1986)
* Jean Delannoy (1986)
* René Ferracci (1986)
* Claude Lanzmann (1986)
* Jean-Luc Godard (1987)
* Serge Silberman (1988)
* Bernard Blier (1989)
* Paul Grimault (1989)
* Gérard Philipe (1990)
* Jean-Pierre Aumont (1991)
* Sophia Loren (1991)
* Michèle Morgan (1992)
* Sylvester Stallone (1992)
* Jean Marais (1993)
* Marcello Mastroianni (1993)
* Gérard Oury (1993)
* Jean Carmet (1994)
* Jeanne Moreau (1995)
* Gregory Peck (1995)
* Steven Spielberg (1995)
* Lauren Bacall (1996)
* Henri Verneuil (1996)
* Charles Aznavour (1997)
* Andie MacDowell (1997)
* Michael Douglas (1998)
* Clint Eastwood (1998)
* Jean-Luc Godard (1998)
* Pedro Almodóvar (1999)
* Johnny Depp (1999)
* Jean Rochefort (1999)
* Josiane Balasko (2000)
* Georges Cravenne (2000)
* Jean-Pierre Léaud (2000)
* Martin Scorsese (2000)

2001–present|

* Darry Cowl (2001)
* Charlotte Rampling (2001)
* Agnès Varda (2001)
* Anouk Aimée (2002)
* Jeremy Irons (2002)
* Claude Rich (2002)
* Bernadette Lafont (2003)
* Spike Lee (2003)
* Meryl Streep (2003)
* Micheline Presle (2004)
* Jacques Dutronc (2005)
* Will Smith (2005)
* Hugh Grant (2006)
* Pierre Richard (2006)
* Marlène Jobert (2007)
* Jude Law (2007)
* Jeanne Moreau (2008)
* Roberto Benigni (2008)
* Romy Schneider (2008)
* Dustin Hoffman (2009)
* Harrison Ford (2010)
* Quentin Tarantino (2011)
* Kate Winslet (2012)
* Kevin Costner (2013)
* Scarlett Johansson (2014)
* Sean Penn (2015)
* Michael Douglas (2016)
* George Clooney (2017)
* Penélope Cruz (2018)
* Robert Redford (2019)
* Cate Blanchett (2022)
* David Fincher (2023)
* Agnès Jaoui (2024)
* Christopher Nolan (2024)
* Julia Roberts (2025)
* Costa-Gavras (2025)

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César Awards

Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma (founded by Georges Cravenne)

Merit awards|

* Film
* Director
* Actor
* Actress
* Supporting Actor
* Supporting Actress
* Male Revelation
* Female Revelation
* Adaptation
* Original Screenplay
* First Film
* Foreign Film
* Animated Feature Film
* Animated Short Film
* Documentary Film
* Documentary Short Film
* Fiction Short Film
* Cinematography
* Costume Design
* Editing
* Original Music
* Sound
* Production Design
* Visual Effects

Special awards|

* Honorary Award
* Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier
* Trophée César & Techniques
* Médaille d'Or

Retired awards|

* Film from the European Union (2002–2004)
* Poster (1986–1990)
* Producer (1995–1996)
* Original Screenplay or Adaptation (1976–2005)
* Best French Language Film (1984–1986)
* Short Film (1992–2021)

Award ceremonies|

* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

## References

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1. ^ "Harrison, Sigourney, Marion & Leatitia At The Cesar Awards". HuffPost. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
2. ^ "Quentin Tarantino to be presented with honorary Cesar". BBC News. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
3. ^ "Kate Winslet to receive honorary Cesar award". BBC News. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
4. ^ "César Awards: 'Amour' Sweeps Major Categories, 'Argo' Named Best Foreign Film". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
5. ^ "Scarlett Johansson to Receive Honorary Cesar Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
6. ^ "Sean Penn to Receive Honorary Cesar Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
7. ^ "Michael Douglas to Receive Honorary Cesar Award From French Academy". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
8. ^ "Cesar Awards: George Clooney Urges Audience "Not to Let Hate Win" in Anti-Trump Speech". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
9. ^ "Penelope Cruz to Get Honorary Cesar Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
10. ^ "Robert Redford to Receive Honorary Cesar Award". Variety. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
11. ^ "Cate Blanchett To Receive Honorary Cesar Award". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
12. ^ "David Fincher to Receive Honorary Cesar Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
13. ^ "'Oppenheimer' Director Christopher Nolan, French Actor Agnes Jaoui to Receive Honorary Cesar Awards". Variety. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
14. ^ "Christopher Nolan Hops Over To Paris For Honorary César In Final Days Of 'Oppenheimer' Academy Awards Campaign". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
15. ^ "Julia Roberts Receives Honorary Cesar At 50th Ceremony". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
16. ^ "Political Cinema Pioneer Costa-Gavras to Receive Lifetime Achievement César". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 19, 2025.

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