Overview
- The Academy announced Wednesday that actors Glenn Close, director Ridley Scott and animator Floyd Norman will receive honorary Oscars decided by a vote of the Board of Governors.
- Producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler were named recipients of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for sustained creative producing, to be presented at the same Governors Awards ceremony.
- The Governors Awards will take place on November 15 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles, where honorary Oscars and the Thalberg Award are presented separately from the main Oscar telecast.
- The honors will mark the first Oscar statuettes for Close and Scott after long careers with multiple competitive nominations, and will recognize Norman’s decades-long role as the first Black animator hired by Walt Disney.
- The Academy framed these selections as career recognitions for lasting contributions to filmmaking and independent cinema, and the Governors Awards format lets the Academy spotlight lifetime achievement outside the televised Oscars show.