Academy Honorary Award

The Academy Honorary Award is given irregularly to celebrate achievements that are not covered by the competitive awards. In the early years it was often used to

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reward accomplishments that did not fit in existing categories. This subsequently led to several new categories. In recent years it has been given almost exclusively to celebrate a lifetime of achievement.

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Unlike the annual competitive Academy Awards, which are voted on the Academy membership as a whole, recipients of the Honorary Award are chosen by a special committee of Academy members. The award trophy, however, is the same gold "Oscar" statuette as is given for other awards.

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