BAFTA Fellowship facts for kids

The BAFTA Fellowship, or the Academy Fellowship, is a lifetime achievement award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in recognition of "outstanding achievement in the art forms of the moving image". The award is the highest honour the Academy can bestow, and has been awarded annually since 1971. Fellowship recipients have mainly been film directors, but some have been awarded to actors, film/television producers, cinematographers, film editors, screenwriters, and (since 2007) contributors to the video game industry. In 2002, Merchant Ivory Productions became the first organisation to win the award. People from the United Kingdom dominate the list, but it includes over a dozen U.S. citizens and several from other countries in Europe, though none of the latter have been recognized since 1996. In 2010, Shigeru Miyamoto became the first citizen of an Asian country to receive the award.

The inaugural recipient of the award was the filmmaker and producer Alfred Hitchcock. The award has been made posthumously to the comedy pair Morecambe and Wise in 1999, and to Stanley Kubrick, who died that year and was made a fellow in 2000.

Overall, 88 men have won the award, and 17 women.

Recipients

Year	Country of citizenship	Fellow		Contribution	Notes	Ref(s)
1971	United Kingdom	Hitchcock	Hitchcock, AlfredAlfred Hitchcock	Film	Filmmaker and producer
1972	United Kingdom	Young	Young, FreddieFreddie Young	Film	Cinematographer
1973	United Kingdom	—	Goldie, Grace WyndhamGrace Wyndham Goldie	Television	Producer
1974	United Kingdom	Lean	Lean, DavidDavid Lean	Film	Filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor
1975	France	Cousteau	Cousteau, JacquesJacques Cousteau	Film	Explorer, ecologist and filmmaker
1976	United Kingdom	Chaplin	Chaplin, CharlieCharlie Chaplin	Film	Filmmaker, actor, writer, director, producer, composer and editor
	United Kingdom	Olivier	Olivier, LaurenceLaurence Olivier	Film	Actor, director and producer
1977	United Kingdom	—	Forman, DenisDenis Forman	Television	Director and then Chair of the British Film Institute and Granada Television
1978	United States	Zinnemann	Zinnemann, FredFred Zinnemann	Film	Film director
1979	United Kingdom	Grade	Grade, LewLew Grade	Television	Media proprietor
	United Kingdom	Wheldon	Wheldon, HuwHuw Wheldon	Television	Broadcaster and executive
1980	United Kingdom	Attenborough	Attenborough, DavidDavid Attenborough	Television	Broadcaster and naturalist
	United States	Huston	Huston, JohnJohn Huston	Film	Actor, filmmaker and screenwriter
1981	France	Gance	Gance, AbelAbel Gance	Film	Film director and producer
	United Kingdom	Powell	Powell, MichaelMichael Powell	Film	Film director and member of Powell and Pressburger
	United Kingdom  Hungary	Pressburger	Pressburger, EmericEmeric Pressburger	Film	Screenwriter, film director, producer and member of Powell and Pressburger
1982	Poland	Wajda	Wajda, AndrzejAndrzej Wajda	Film	Film director
1983	United Kingdom	AttenboroughR	Attenborough, RichardRichard Attenborough	Film	Actor, film director and producer
1984	United Kingdom	Greene	Greene, HughHugh Greene	Television	Journalist and television executive
	Austria	Spiegel	Spiegel, SamSam Spiegel	Film	Film producer
1985	United Kingdom	—	Isaacs, JeremyJeremy Isaacs	Television	Television producer and executive
1986	United States	Spielberg	Spielberg, StevenSteven Spielberg	Film	Director, screenwriter and film producer
1987	Italy	Fellini	Fellini, FedericoFederico Fellini	Film	Director
1988	Sweden	Bergman	Bergman, IngmarIngmar Bergman	Film	Director, writer and producer
1989	United Kingdom	Guinness	Guinness, AlecAlec Guinness	Film	Actor
1990	United Kingdom	—	Fox, PaulPaul Fox	Television	Television executive
1991	France	Malle	Malle, LouisLouis Malle	Film	Director
1992	United Kingdom	Gielgud	Gielgud, JohnJohn Gielgud	Film	Actor
	United Kingdom	—	Plowright, DavidDavid Plowright	Television	Executive and producer
1993	United Kingdom	—	Samuelson, SydneySydney Samuelson	Film	First British Film Commissioner
	United States	—	Young, ColinColin Young	Film	First director of the National Film and Television School
1994	United Kingdom	GradeM	Grade, MichaelMichael Grade	Television	Broadcast executive
1995	United States	Wilder	Wilder, BillyBilly Wilder	Film	Journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer
1996	France	Moreau	Moreau, JeanneJeanne Moreau	Film	Actress, screenwriter and director
	United Kingdom	Neame	Neame, RonaldRonald Neame	Film	Cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director
	United Kingdom	Schlesinger	Schlesinger, JohnJohn Schlesinger	Film	Film and stage director
	United Kingdom	Smith	Smith, MaggieMaggie Smith	Film	Film, stage and television actress
1997	United States	Allen	Allen, WoodyWoody Allen	Film	Director, screenwriter, actor and playwright
	United States	Bochco	Bochco, StevenSteven Bochco	Television	Producer and writer
	United Kingdom	Christie	Christie, JulieJulie Christie	Film	Actress
	United States	—	Morris, OswaldOswald Morris	Film	Cinematographer
	United Kingdom	Pinter	Pinter, HaroldHarold Pinter	Film	Playwright, screenwriter, actor and director
	United States	Rose	Rose, DavidDavid Rose	Television	Songwriter, composer and arranger
1998	United Kingdom	Connery	Connery, SeanSean Connery	Film	Actor
	United Kingdom	CottonB	Cotton, BillBill Cotton	Television	Producer and executive
1999	United Kingdom	Morecambe	Morecambe, EricEric Morecambe	Television	Television and stage actor, and member of Morecambe and Wise
	United Kingdom	Wise	Wise, ErnieErnie Wise	Television	Television and stage actor, and member of Morecambe and Wise
	United Kingdom	Taylor	Taylor, ElizabethElizabeth Taylor	Film	Actress
2000	United Kingdom	Caine	Caine, MichaelMichael Caine	Film	Actor
	United States	Kubrick	Kubrick, StanleyStanley Kubrick	Film	Filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and photographer
	United Kingdom	Bazalgette	Bazalgette, PeterPeter Bazalgette	Television	Media expert
2001	United Kingdom	Finney	Finney, AlbertAlbert Finney	Film	Actor
	United Kingdom	Thaw	Thaw, JohnJohn Thaw	Television	Actor
	United Kingdom	Dench	Dench, JudiJudi Dench	Film	Actress
2002	United States	Beatty	Beatty, WarrenWarren Beatty	Film	Actor, producer, screenwriter and director
	—	—	Merchant Ivory Productions	Film	Founded by director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant First organisation to win the award
	United Kingdom	Davies	Davies, AndrewAndrew Davies	Television	Author and screenwriter
	United Kingdom	—	Mills, JohnJohn Mills	Film	Actor
2003	United States	Zaentz	Zaentz, SaulSaul Zaentz	Film	Producer
	United Kingdom	Jason	Jason, DavidDavid Jason	Television	Actor
2004	United Kingdom	Boorman	Boorman, JohnJohn Boorman	Film	Filmmaker
	United States	—	Graef, RogerRoger Graef	Film	Filmmaker
2005	United Kingdom	Barry	Barry, JohnJohn Barry	Film	Composer
	United Kingdom	Frost	Frost, DavidDavid Frost	Television	Writer, journalist and presenter
2006	United Kingdom	Puttnam	Puttnam, DavidDavid Puttnam	Film	Producer
	United Kingdom	Loach	Loach, KenKen Loach	Television	Film and television director
2007	United Kingdom	Coates	Coates, Anne V.Anne V. Coates	Film	Film editor
	United Kingdom	Curtis	Curtis, RichardRichard Curtis	Film	Screenwriter, music producer, actor and film director
	United States	Wright	Wright, WillWill Wright	Games	Designer and co-founder of Maxis
2008	United Kingdom	Hopkins	Hopkins, AnthonyAnthony Hopkins	Film	Film, stage and television actor
	United Kingdom	Forsyth	Forsyth, BruceBruce Forsyth	Television	Entertainer and presenter
2009	United Kingdom	French	French, DawnDawn French	Television	Actress, writer, comedian and member of French and Saunders
	United Kingdom	Saunders	Saunders, JenniferJennifer Saunders	Television	Actress, screenwriter, comedian and member of French and Saunders
	United Kingdom	Gilliam	Gilliam, TerryTerry Gilliam	Film	Writer, filmmaker, animator and member of Monty Python
	United States	Bushnell	Bushnell, NolanNolan Bushnell	Games	Engineer, founder of Atari, Inc.
2010	United Kingdom	Redgrave	Redgrave, VanessaVanessa Redgrave	Film	Actress
	Japan	Miyamoto	Miyamoto, ShigeruShigeru Miyamoto	Games	Game designer at Nintendo, most notable for the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series
	United Kingdom	Bragg	Bragg, MelvynMelvyn Bragg	Television	Author and broadcaster
2011	United Kingdom	Lee	Lee, ChristopherChristopher Lee	Film	Actor and musician
	United Kingdom	Molyneux	Molyneux, PeterPeter Molyneux	Games	Designer
	United Kingdom  Trinidad and Tobago	—	McDonald, TrevorTrevor McDonald	Television	Newsreader and presenter
2012	United States	Scorsese	Scorsese, MartinMartin Scorsese	Film	Film director and producer
2013	United Kingdom	Parker	Parker, AlanAlan Parker	Film	Director and screenwriter
	United States	Newell	Newell, GabeGabe Newell	Games	Developer and co-founder of Valve
	United Kingdom	Palin	Palin, MichaelMichael Palin	Television	Comedian, actor, writer, presenter and member of Monty Python
2014	United Kingdom	Mirren	Mirren, HelenHelen Mirren	Film	Actress
	United Kingdom  United States	Rockstar	Games, RockstarRockstar Games	Games	Developer and publisher, most notable for the Grand Theft Auto series (accepted by Dan Houser, Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies, and Aaron Garbut)
	United Kingdom	Walters	Walters, JulieJulie Walters	Television	Actress
2015	United Kingdom	Leigh	Leigh, MikeMike Leigh	Film	Writer and director
	United Kingdom	Braben	Braben, DavidDavid Braben	Games	Programmer and designer, founder of Frontier Developments
	United Kingdom	Snow	Snow, JonJon Snow	Television	Journalist and presenter
2016	United States  Bahamas	Poitier	Poitier, SidneySidney Poitier	Film	Actor and director
	United States	Carmack	Carmack, JohnJohn Carmack	Games	Programmer, virtual reality engineer, co-founder of id Software
	United Kingdom		Galton, RayRay Galton	Television	Comedy writers
	United Kingdom		Alan SimpsonAlan Simpson
2017	United States	Brooks	Brooks, MelMel Brooks	Film	Actor, comedian and filmmaker
	United Kingdom	Lumley	Lumley, JoannaJoanna Lumley	Television	Actress
2018	United Kingdom	Scott	Scott, RidleyRidley Scott	Film	Director and producer
	United States	Schafer	Schafer, TimTim Schafer	Games	Game designer, founder of Double Fine
	United Kingdom	Adie	Adie, KateKate Adie	Television	Journalist
2019	United States	Schoonmaker	Schoonmaker, ThelmaThelma Schoonmaker	Film	Film editor
	United Kingdom	Bakewell	Bakewell, JoanJoan Bakewell	Television	Journalist and broadcaster
2020	United States	Kennedy	Kathleen Kennedy	Film	Producer, president of Lucasfilm since 2012
	Japan	Kojima	Hideo Kojima	Games	Game designer, most notable for the Metal Gear series, founder of Kojima Productions
2021	United Kingdom	Reddy	Siobhan Reddy	Games	Studio director of Media Molecule since 2009
	Taiwan	Lee	Ang Lee	Film	Director, screenwriter and producer
2022	United Kingdom	Connolly	Connolly, BillyBilly Connolly	Television	Actor, comedian, artist, writer, musician and presenter
2023	United Kingdom	Connolly	Sandy Powell	Film	Costume designer
	Japan	Yoshida	Yoshida, ShuheiShuhei Yoshida	Games	Game designer and former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment
	United Kingdom	Syal	Syal, MeeraMeera Syal	Television	Screenwriter, producer and actor
2024	United Kingdom	Morton	Samantha Morton	Film	Actress
	United Kingdom	Benjamin	Floella Benjamin	Television	Actress, presenter, author, and politician

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award para niños