2024 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Killers of the Flower Moon
Vanguard Award
Director Martin Scorsese.
Cast includes: Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone.
Apple Original Films
Emma Stone
Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Poor Things
Searchlight Pictures
Cillian Murphy
Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
Oppenheimer
Universal Pictures
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Breakthrough Performance Award
The Holdovers
Focus Features
Greta Gerwig
Director of the Year Award
Barbie
Warner Bros. Pictures
Jeffrey Wright
Career Achievement Award
American Fiction
Amazon MGM/Orion Pictures
Carey Mulligan
International Star Award, Actress
Maestro
Netflix
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 |
| King Richard | Ensemble Performance Award Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Jon Bernthal and Tony Goldwyn |
| Lady Gaga |
Icon Award |
| Nicole Kidman |
Career Achievement Award |
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 |
| Anthony Hopkins |
Career Achievement Award |
| Andra Day | Breakthrough Performance Award The United States vs. Billie Holiday |
| Viola Davis |
Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress |
| Daniel Kaluuya |
International Star Award, Actor |
| Yuh-Jung Youn |
Spotlight Award, Actress |
2020 Palm Springs International Film Awards
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Renée Zellweger |
Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress |
| Joaquin Phoenix |
Chairman’s Award |
| Charlize Theron |
International Star Award, Actress |
| Martin Scorcese |
Sonny Bono Visionary Award |
| Jennifer Lopez |
Spotlight Award, Actress |
| Antonio Banderas |
International Star Award, Actor |
| Laura Dern |
Career Achievement Award |
| Zach Gottsagen |
Rising Star Award |
| Cynthia Erivo |
Breakthrough Performance Award |
| Adam Driver |
Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor |
| Jamie Foxx |
Spotlight Award, Actor |
| Quentin Tarantino |
Director of the Year Award |
2019 Palm Springs International Film Awards
| 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 Mirren – Career 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 Eastwood – Career 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
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