2024 AWARD RECIPIENTS

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Killers of the Flower Moon

Vanguard Award
Director Martin Scorsese.
Cast includes: Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone.
Apple Original Films

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Emma Stone

Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Poor Things
Searchlight Pictures

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Cillian Murphy

Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Oppenheimer
Universal Pictures

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Da’Vine Joy Randolph

Breakthrough Performance Award
The Holdovers
Focus Features

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Greta Gerwig

Director of the Year Award
Barbie
Warner Bros. Pictures

PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS TO HONOR JEFFREY WRIGHT WITH THE CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Jeffrey Wright

Career Achievement Award
American Fiction
Amazon MGM/Orion Pictures

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Carey Mulligan

International Star Award, Actress
Maestro
Netflix

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Colman Domingo

Spotlight Award, Actor
Rustin
Netflix

2023 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Hosted by Entertainment Tonight’s Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner

Colin Farrell Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
The Banshees of Inisherin
Presented by: Sam Rockwell
Cate Blanchett Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Tár
Presented by: Jamie Lee Curtis
Sarah Polley Director of the Year Award
Women Talking
Presented by: Eric Idle
Michelle Yeoh International Star Award, Actress
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Presented by: Stephanie Hsu
The Fabelmans Vanguard Award
Writer/Director Steven Spielberg
Cast Includes: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle and Judd Hirsch
Presented by: Sally Field
Austin Butler Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor
Elvis
Presented by: Baz Luhrmann
Viola Davis Chairman’s Award
The Woman King
Presented by: Cate Blanchett
Bill Nighy International Star Award, Actor
Living
Presented by: Kazuo Ishiguro
Danielle Deadwyler Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress
Till
Presented by: Brian Tyree Henry
Brendan Fraser Spotlight Award, Actor
The Whale
Presented by: Hong Chau

2022 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Hosted by Entertainment Tonight

Kristen Stewart Spotlight Award, Actress
Spencer
Penélope Cruz International Star Award, Actress
Parallel Mothers
Jane Campion Director of the Year Award
The Power of The Dog
Jessica Chastain Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Jennifer Hudson Chairman’s Award
Respect
Belfast Vanguard Award
Writer/Director Kenneth Branagh, Cast Includes: Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds and Jude Hill
Andrew Garfield

Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
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King Richard Ensemble Performance Award
Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Jon Bernthal and Tony Goldwyn
Lady Gaga

Icon Award
House of Gucci

Nicole Kidman

Career Achievement Award
Being the Ricardos

2021 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Hosted by Entertainment Tonight

Carey Mulligan International Star Award, Actress
Promising Young Woman
Gary Oldman Chairman’s Award
Mank
Chloé Zhao Director of the Year Award
Nomadland
Riz Ahmed Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Sound of Metal
The Trial Of The Chicago 7 Vanguard Award: Writer and Director Aaron Sorkin, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, Eddie Redmayne, Mark Rylance, Jeremy Strong and more.
Leslie Odom, Jr.

Spotlight Award, Actor
One Night in Miami

Anthony Hopkins

Career Achievement Award
The Father

Andra Day Breakthrough Performance Award
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Viola Davis

Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Daniel Kaluuya

International Star Award, Actor
Judas and the Black Messiah

Yuh-Jung Youn

Spotlight Award, Actress
Minari

2020 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Hosted by Mary Hart

Renée Zellweger

Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Judy
Presented by: Rupert Goold

Joaquin Phoenix

Chairman’s Award
Joker
Presented by: Todd Phillips

Charlize Theron

International Star Award, Actress
Bombshell
Presented by: Jay Roach

Martin Scorcese

Sonny Bono Visionary Award
The Irishman
Presented by: Robert De Niro

Jennifer Lopez

Spotlight Award, Actress
Hustlers
Presented by: Lorene Scafaria

Antonio Banderas

International Star Award, Actor
Pain and Glory
Presented by: Salma Hayek

Laura Dern

Career Achievement Award
Marriage Story
Presented by: Noah Baumbach

Zach Gottsagen

Rising Star Award
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Presented by: Michael Schwartz & Tyler Nilson

Cynthia Erivo

Breakthrough Performance Award
Harriet
Presented by: Lena Waithe

Adam Driver

Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Marriage Story
Presented by: Laura Dern

Jamie Foxx

Spotlight Award, Actor
Just Mercy
Presented by: Bryan Stevenson

Quentin Tarantino

Director of the Year Award
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Presented by: Greta Gerwig

2019 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Hosted by Mary Hart

Glenn Close Icon Award
The Wife
Presented by: Michael Keaton
Rami Malek Breakthrough Performance Award
Bohemian Rhapsody
Presented by: Christian Slater
Melissa McCarthy Spotlight Award, Actress
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Presented by: Richard E. Grant
Green Book Vanguard Award
Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
Peter Farrelly, Director; Kwame Parker, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Producers
Presented by: Jim Carrey
Alfonso Cuarón Sonny Bono Visionary Award
ROMA
Presented by: Gary Oldman
Bradley Cooper Director of the Year Award
A Star Is Born
Presented by: Sam Elliot
Regina King Chairman’s Award
If Beale Street Could Talk
Presented by: Barry Jenkins
Spike Lee Career Achievement Award
BlacKKKlansman
Presented by: John David Washington & Adam Driver
Olivia Colman Desert Palm Achievement Award
The Favourite
Presented by: Emma Stone
Timothée Chalamet Spotlight Award, Actor
Beautiful Boy
Presented by: Laura Dern
Mary Poppins Returns Ensemble Performance Award
Nathanael Saleh, Emily Blunt, Joel Dawnson, Pixie Davies
Presented by: Rob Marshall

2018 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Gal Gadot – Rising Star Award
Presented by: Patty Jenkins

Timothée Chalamet – Rising Star Award
Presented by: Armie Hammer

Sam Rockwell – Spotlight Award
Presented by: Colin Farrell

Gary Oldman – Desert Palm Achievement Award
Presented by: Peter Fonda

Allison Janney – Spotlight Award
Presented by: Sebastian Stan

Holly Hunter – Career Achievement Award
Presented by: Kumail Nanjiani

The Shape of Water – Vanguard Award Sally Hawkins; Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Guillermo Del Toro, Alexandre Desplat, & J. Miles Dale
Presented by: Salma Hayek

Jessica Chastain – Chairman’s Award
Presented by: Aaron Sorkin

Saoirse Ronan – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Laurie Metcalf

Mary J. Blige – Breakthrough Performance Award
Presented by: Common

Willem Dafoe – Icon Award
Presented by: Sean Baker

2017 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Ruth Negga – Rising Star Award
Presented by: Jeff Nichols & Joel Edgerton

Mahershala Ali – Breakthrough Performance Award
Presented by: Janelle Monae

Nicole Kidman – International Star Award
Presented by: Dev Patel

Andrew Garfield – Spotlight Award
Presented by: Laura Dern

Hidden Figures – Ensemble Performance Award Octavia Spencer, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monae, Glen Powell, Kimberly Quinn, Jim Parsons, & Aldis Hodge
Presented by: Pharrell Williams

Natalie Portman – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Tom Hanks

Casey Affleck – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: Sir Ben Kingsley

Amy Adams – Chairman’s Award
Presented by: Andrew Garfield

Annette Bening – Career Achievement Award
Presented by: Mike Mills

La La Land – Vanguard Award Ryan Gosling, Justin Hurwitz, & Damien Chazelle
Presented by: Jane Lynch

Tom Hanks – Icon Award
Presented by: Laura Linney

2016 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Alicia Vikander – Rising Star Award
Presented by: Amber Heard

Tom McCarthy – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: Michael Keaton

Brie Larson – Breakthrough Performance Award
Presented by: Lenny Abrahamson & Jacob Tremblay

Rooney Mara – Spotlight Award, Actress
Presented by: Ben Mendelsohn

Michael Fassbender – International Star Award, Actor
Presented by: Kate Winslet

Saorise Ronan – International Star Award, Actress
Presented by: Paul Dano

Bryan Cranston – Spotlight Award, Actor
Presented by: Helen Mirren

Johnny Depp – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: Scott Cooper

The Big Short – Ensemble Performance Award Christian Bale, Finn Wittrock, Steve Carell, & Jeremy Strong
Presented by: Adam McKay

Cate Blanchett – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Saoirse Ronan

Matt Damon – Chairman’s Award
Presented by: Ridley Scott

2015 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Richard Linklater – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: Shirley MacLaine

Reese Witherspoon – Chairman’s Award
Presented by: Laura Dern

Robert Duvall – Icon Award
Presented by: Robert Downey, Jr.

Alejandro González IÑárritu – Director of the Year Award
Presented by: Michael Keaton

The Imitation Game – Ensemble Performance Award Matthew Beard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Allen Leech, & Alex Lawther
Presented by: Morton Tyldum

Eddie Redmayne – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Steve Carell

Rosamund Pike – Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress
Presented by: Kim Dickens & Carrie Coon

David Oyelowo – Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor
Presented by: Brad Pitt

J.K. Simmons – Spotlight Award
Presented by: Jason Reitman

2014 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Thomas Newman – Frederick Loewe Award For Film Composing
Presented by: John Lee Hancock & Colin Farrell

Steve McQueen – Director Of The Year
Presented by: Chiwetel Ejiofor

Lupita Nyong’o – Breakthrough Performance Award
Presented by: Alfre Woodard

Bruce Dern – Career Achievement Award
Presented by: Jane Fonda

Julia Roberts – Spotlight Award
Presented by: Ewan McGregor

Matthew McConaughey – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: Gary Oldman

U2 – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: Mary Bono, Idris Elba & Naomi Harris

American Hustle – Ensemble Performance Award Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Rohm, Bradley Cooper & Jack Jones
Presented by: David O. Russell

Sandra Bullock – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Gena Rowlands

Tom Hanks – Chairman’s Award
Presented by: Julia Roberts

Meryl Streep – Icon Award
Presented by: Margo Martindale

2013 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Robert Zemeckis – Director Of The Year
Presented by: Tom Hanks

Mychael Danna – Frederick Loewe Award For Film Composing
Presented by: Ang Lee

Helen Hunt – Spotlight Award
Presented by: John Hawkes

Bradley Cooper – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: David O. Russell

Helen Mirren – International Star Award
Presented by: Tom Hooper

Argo – Ensemble Performance Award Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, & Bryan Cranston
Presented by: Tony Mendez

Naomi Watts – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Tom Holland

Sally Field – Career Achievement Award
Presented by: Martin Sheen

Richard Gere – Chairman’s Award
Presented by: Diane Lane

Tom Hooper – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: Mary Bono & Eddie Redmayne

2012 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Octavia Spencer – Breakthrough Performance Award
Presented by: Melissa McCarthy

Howard Shore – Frederick Loewe Award For Film Composing
Presented by: Mary Hart

Jessica Chastain – Spotlight Award
Presented by: Al Pacino

Michael Hazanavicius – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: Berenice Bejo, Jean Dujardin & Mary Bono

Young Adult – Vanguard Award for Creative Ensemble Charlize Theron, Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody & Patton Oswalt
Presented by: Olivia Wilde

Stephen Daldry – Director of the Year Award
Presented by: Tom Hanks & Thomas Horn

Gary Oldman – International Star Award
Presented by: Adrien Brody

Michelle Williams – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Kenneth Branagh

Brad Pitt – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: Jonah Hill

Glenn Close – Career Achievement Award
Presented by: Jeff Goldblum

George Clooney – Chairman’s Award
Presented by: Shailene Woodley & Grant Heslov

2011 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Jennifer Lawrence – Rising Star Award
Presented by: Oliver Stone

Carey Mulligan – Breakthrough Performance Award
Presented by: Andrew Garfield

Javier Bardem – International Star Award
Presented by: Natalie Portman

Diane Warren – Frederick Lowe Music Award
Presented by: Taylor Hackford

David O. Russell – Director of the Year Award
Presented by: Mark Wahlberg & Amy Adams

Colin Firth – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: Helen Mirren

Danny Boyle – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: James Franco

Natalie Portman – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Jake Gyllenhaal

Ben Affleck – Chairman’s Award
Presented by: Amy Ryan

The Social Network – Ensemble Performance Award Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Brenda Song, Rooney Mara, Rashida Jones, Armie Hammer, Josh Pence & Douglas Urbanski
Presented by: David Fincher

Robert Duvall – Career Achievement Award
Presented by: Aaron Eckhart

2010 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Anna Kendrick – Rising Star Award
Presented by: Ivan Reitman

Jeremny Renner – Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor
Presented by: Shoreh Aghdashloo

Mariah Carey – Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress
Presented by: Lee Daniels

T Bone Burnett – Frederick Lowe Award for Film Composing
Presented by: Sean Penn

Jason Reitman – Director of the Year Award
Presented by: Norman Jewison

Jeff Bridges – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: Michelle Pfeiffer

Quentin Tarantino – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: Diablo Cody

Marion Cotillard – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Rob Marshall

Morgan Freeman – Career Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: Clint Eastwood

Helen MirrenCareer Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Morgan Freeman

2009 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Dakota Fanning – Rising Star Award
Presented by: Paul Bettany

Alexandre Desplat – Fredrick Loewe Award For Film Composing
Presented by: Taraji P. Henson

Freida Pinto – Breakthrough Performance Award
Presented by: James Cromwell

Gus Van Zandt – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: Mary Bono on VT from D.C. & Josh Brolin

Amy Adams – Spotlight Award
Presented by: John Patrick Shanley

Anne Hathaway – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Rosemarie DeWitt

Ron Howard – Director’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented by: Frank Langella

Sean Penn – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: Cleve Jones

Dustin Hoffman – Chairman’s Award for Career Achievement
Presented by: Ben Stiller

Revolutionary Road – Ensemble Performance Award Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Shannon, Zoe Kazan & David Barbour
Presented by: Monica Yates

Clint EastwoodCareer Achievement Award
Presented by: Donald Sutherland

2008 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Nikki Blonski – Rising Star Award, Actress
Presented by: Adam Shankman & Ricki Lake

James Newton Howard – Fredrick Loewe Award For Film Composing
Presented by: Ed Zwick

Emile Hirsch – Rising Star Award, Actor
Presented by: Laura Linney

Joe Wright – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: Jamie Foxx & Mary Bono

Daniel Day Lewis – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Juno – Chairman’s Vanguard Award Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody, Ellen/Elliot Page, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney & JK Simmons
Presented by: Drew Barrymore

Marion Cotillard – Breakthrough Performance Award
Presented by: Daniel Day Lewis

Sean Penn – Director of the Year Award
Presented by: Norman Jewison

Jerry Weintraub – SAG Foundation Patron of the Arts Award
Presented by: Elliott Gould & Bruce Willis

Halle Berry – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Joe Singleton

Hairspray – Ensemble Performance Award John Travolta, Zac Efron, Allison Janney, Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley & Brittany Snow
Presented by: Stockard Channing

2007 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Adam Beach – Rising Star Award, Actor
Presented by: Sienna Miller

Jessica Biel – Rising Star Award, Actress
Presented by: Sienna Miller

Little Miss Sunshine – Chairman’s Vanguard Award Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Michael Arndt, Alan Arkin & Abigail Breslin
Presented by: Jon Favreau

Philip Glass – Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing
Presented by: Danny Elfman

Alejandro González IÑárritu – Director of the Year Award
Presented by: Morgan Freeman

Kate Winslet – Desert Palm Achievement Award
Presented by: Todd Field

Babel – Ensemble Performance Award Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Pinko Kikuchi & Adriana Barraza
Presented by: Mary Hart

Todd Field – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: Sissy Spacek

Cate Blanchett – Career Achievement in Acting Award
Presented by: Alejandro González IÑárritu

Sydney Pollack – SAG Foundation Patron of the Arts Award
Presented by: Lawrence Fishburne

2006 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Felicity Huffman – Breakthrough Performance Award
Presented by: Fionnula Flanagan

Michael London – Producer of the Year Award
Presented by: Virginia Madsen

Terrence Howard – Rising Star Award
Presented by: Paul Haggis & Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges

David Cronenberg – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: Viggo Mortensen

Charlize Theron – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Keanu Reeves

Thomas Newman – Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing
Presented by: Andrew Stanton

Jake Gyllenhaal – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Presented by: Peter Sarsgaard

Shirley MacLaine – Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented by: Kathy Bates

2005 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Bryce Dallas Howard – Rising Star Award
Presented by: Adrien Brody

Alexander Payne- Director of the Year Award
Presented by: Virginia Madsen

Laura Linney – Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Presented by: Bill Condon

Howard Shore – Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing
Presented by: Javier Bardem & Adam Scott

Liam Neeson – Desert Palm Achievement Award
Presented by: Lynn Redgrave

Kevin Spacey – Sonny Bono Visionary Award for Acting, Producing And Directing
Presented by: Mary Bono

Samuel L. Jackson – Career Achievement Award in Acting
Presented by: Kevin Spacey

Nicole Kidman – The Chairman’s Award For Distinguished Achievement In The Arts
Presented by: Alejandro Amenabar

Kirk Douglas – Lifetime Achievement Award In The Arts And Humanities
Presented by: Angelica Houston Live & Michael Douglas Via VT

2004 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Sidney Sheldon – Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Presented by: Mary Bono

Jim Sheridan – International Filmmaker Award for Directing & Producing
Presented by: Samantha Morton & Djimon Hounsou

Scarlett Johansson – Rising Star Award
Presented by: Mike Medavoy

Danny Elfman – Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing
Presented by: Brett Ratner

Richard D. Zanuck – The Lifetime Achievement Award in Film Production
Presented by: William Friedkin

Anthony Minghella – International Filmmaker Award for Writing and Directing
Presented by: Mary Bono

Naomi Watts – Desert Palm Achievement Award
Presented by: Mark Ruffalo

Kevin Costner – Career Achievement In The Art Of Cinema
Presented by: Mary McDonnell

2003 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Conrad Hall (award Accepted By Vilmos Zsigmond) – Career Achievement Award In Cinematography
Presented by: Steven Zaillian

Stephen Daldry – International Film Makers Award
Presented by: Allison Janney

Michel LeGrand – Frederick Loewe Award
Presented by: Quincy Jones

Mace Neufeld – Career Achievement Award In Producing
Presented by: Phillip Noyce & James Cromwell

Lynn Redgrave – Career Achievement In Acting
Presented by: Vanessa Redgrave

Franco Zeffirelli – Career Achievement In Directing
Presented by: Placido Domingo Via Vt & Lily Tomlin Live

2002 Palm Springs International Film Awards

Arthur Hiller – Director’s Achievement Award
Presented by: Red Buttons

Hans Zimmer – Frederick Loewe Award
Presented by: Mary Bono Live And Jerry Bruckheimer & Ridley Scott Via Vt

Bruno Delbonnel – Da Vinci Award For Cinematography
Presented by: Vilmos Zsigmond

Irwin Winkler – Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented by: Val Kilmer

Andy Garcia – Golden Palm Award
Presented by: Jerry Weintraub