2025 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Emilia Pérez
Vanguard Award
Cast Includes: Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Edgar Ramírez
Netflix
Colman Domingo
Spotlight Award, Actor
Sing Sing
A24
Mikey Madison
Breakthrough Performance Award
Anora
NEON
Conclave
Ensemble Performance Award
Cast Includes: Ralph Fiennes, Isabella Rossellini, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Lucian Msamati
Adrien Brody
Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor
The Brutalist
A24
Nicole Kidman
International Star Award
Babygirl
A24
Angelina Jolie
Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
Maria
Netflix
Kieran Culkin
Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor
A Real Pain
Searchlight Pictures
2024 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 35th Annual
Hosted by Entertainment Tonight’s Mary Hart
| Cillian Murphy |
Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor |
| Emma Stone | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress Poor Things Presented by: Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe |
| Greta Gerwig | Director of the Year Award Barbie Presented by: Margot Robbie and America Ferrera |
| Carey Mulligan | International Star Award, Actress Maestro Presented by: Meryl Streep |
| Killers of the Flower Moon |
Vanguard Award |
| Jeffrey Wright | Career Achievement Award American Fiction Presented by: Leslie Uggams |
| Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell | Chairman’s Award Barbie Presented by: Greta Gerwig |
| Danielle Brooks | Spotlight Award, Actress The Color Purple Presented by: Taraji P. Henson and Blitz Bazawule |
| Da’Vine Joy Randolph | Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress The Holdovers Presented by: Paul Giamatti |
| Colman Domingo | Spotlight Award, Actor Rustin Presented by: Lenny Kravitz |
| Paul Giamatti | Icon Award The Holdovers Presented by: Sandra Oh |
2023 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 34th Annual
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 – 33rd Annual
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 – 32nd Annual
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 – 31st Annual
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 – 30th Annual
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 – 29th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Gal Gadot | Rising Star Award, Actress Wonder Woman Presented by: Patty Jenkins |
| Timothée Chalamet | Rising Star Award, Actor Call Me By Your Name Presented by: Armie Hammer |
| Sam Rockwell | Spotlight Award, Actor Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MS Presented by: Colin Farrell |
| Gary Oldman | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor Darkest Hour Presented by: Peter Fonda |
| Allison Janney | Spotlight Award, Actress I, Tonya Presented by: Sebastian Stan |
| Holly Hunter | Career Achievement Award The Big Sick 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 Molly’s Game Presented by: Aaron Sorkin |
| Saorise Ronan | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress Lady Bird Presented by: Laurie Metcalf |
| Mary J. Blige | Breakthrough Performance Award Mudbound Presented by: Common |
| Willem Dafoe | Icon Award The Florida Project Presented by: Sean Baker |
2017 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 28th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Ruth Negga | Rising Star Award, Actress Loving Presented by: Jeff Nichols & Joel Edgerton |
| Mahershala Ali | Breakthrough Performance Award Moonlight Presented by: Janelle Monae |
| Nicole Kidman | International Star Award Lion Presented by: Dev Patel |
| Andrew Garfield | Spotlight Award Hacksaw Ridge 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 Jackie Presented by: Tom Hanks |
| Casey Affleck | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor Manchester by the Sea Presented by: Sir Ben Kingsley |
| Amy Adams | Chairman’s Award Arrival Presented by: Andrew Garfield |
| Annette Bening | Career Achievement Award 20th Century Women Presented by: Mike Mills |
| La La Land | Vanguard Award Ryan Gosling, Justin Hurwitz, Damien Chazelle & Emma Stone Presented by: Jane Lynch |
| Tom Hanks | Icon Award Sully Presented by: Laura Linney |
2016 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 27th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Alicia Vikander | Rising Star Award The Danish Girl Presented by: Amber Heard |
| Tom McCarthy | Sonny Bono Visionary Award Spotlight Presented by: Michael Keaton |
| Brie Larson | Breakthrough Performance Award Room Presented by: Lenny Abrahamson & Jacob Tremblay |
| Rooney Mara | Spotlight Award, Actress Carol Presented by: Ben Mendelsohn |
| Michael Fassbender | International Star Award, Actor Steve Jobs Presented by: Kate Winslet |
| Saoirse Ronan | International Star Award, Actress Brooklyn Presented by: Paul Dano |
| Bryan Cranston | Spotlight Award, Actor Trumbo Presented by: Helen Mirren |
| Johnny Depp | Chairman’s Award Arrival Presented by: Andrew Garfield |
| Annette Bening | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor Black Mass 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 Carol Presented by: Saoirse Ronan |
| Matt Damon | Chairman’s Award The Martian Presented by: Ridley Scott |
2015 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 26th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Richard Linklater | Sonny Bono Visionary Award Boyhood Presented by: Shirley MacLaine |
| Reese Witherspoon | Chairman’s Award Wild Presented by: Laura Dern |
| Robert Duvall | Icon Award The Judge Presented by: Robert Downey Jr. |
| Alejandro González Iñárritu | Director of the Year Award Birdman 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 The Theory of Everything Presented by: Julianne Moore |
| Julianne Moore | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress Still Alice Presented by: Steve Carell |
| Rosamund Pike | Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress Gone Girl Presented by: Kim Dickens & Carrie Coon |
| David Oyelowo | Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor Selma Presented by: Brad Pitt |
| J.K. Simmons | Spotlight Award Whiplash Presented by: Jason Reitman |
2014 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 25th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Thomas Newman | Fredrick Loewe Award for Film Composing Saving Mr. Banks Presented by: John Lee Hancock & Colin Farrell |
| Steve McQueen | Director of the Year 12 Years a Slave Presented by: Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| Lupita Nyong’o | Breakthrough Performance Award 12 Years a Slave Presented by: Alfre Woodard |
| Bruce Dern | Career Achievement Award Nebraska Presented by: Jane Fonda |
| Julia Roberts | Spotlight Award Osage County Presented by: Ewan McGregor |
| Matthew McConaughey | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor Dallas Buyers Club Presented by: Gary Oldman |
| U2 | Sonny Bono Visionary Award Ordinary Love: An Ode to Nelson Mandela Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom 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 Gravity Presented by: Gena Rowlands |
| Tom Hanks | Chairman’s Award Captain Phillips & Saving Mr. Banks Presented by: Julia Roberts |
| Meryl Streep | Icon Award Osage County Presented by: Margo Martindale |
2013 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 24th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Robert Zemeckis | Director of the Year Flight Presented by: Tom Hanks |
| Mychael Danna | Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing Life of Pi Presented by: Ang Lee |
| Helen Hunt | Spotlight Award The Sessions Presented by: John Hawkes |
| Bradley Cooper | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor Silver Linings Playbook Presented by: David O. Russell |
| Helen Mirren | International Star Award Hitchcock 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 The Impossible Presented by: Tom Holland |
| Sally Field | Career Achievement Award Lincoln Presented by: Martin Sheen |
| Richard Gere | Chairman’s Award Arbitrage Presented by: Diane Lane |
| Tom Hooper | Sonny Bono Visionary Award Les Misérables Presented by: Mary Bono Mack & Eddie Redmayne |
2012 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 23rd Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Octavia Spencer | Breakthrough Performance Award The Help Presented by: Melissa McCarthy |
| Howard Shore | Fredrick Loewe Award for Film Composing Hugo Presented by: Mary Hart |
| Jessica Chastain | Spotlight Award The Tree of Life & The Help & Take Shelter & The Debt Presented by: Al Pacino |
| Michael Hazanavicius | Sonny Bono Visionary Award The Artist 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 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Presented by: Tom Hanks & Thomas Horn |
| Gary Oldman | International Star Award Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Presented by: Adrien Brody |
| Michelle Willimas | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress My Week with Marilyn Presented by: Kenneth Branagh |
| Brad Pitt | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor Moneyball & The Tree of Life Presented by: Jonah Hill |
| Glenn Close | Career Achievement Award Albert Nobbs Presented by: Jeff Goldblum |
| George Clooney | Chairman’s Award The Descendants Presented by: Shailene Woodley & Grant Heslov |
2011 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 22nd Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Jennifer Lawrence | Rising Star Award Winter’s Bone Presented by: Oliver Stone |
| Carey Mulligan | Breakthrough Performance Award Never Let Me Go & Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Presented by: Andrew Garfield |
| Javier Bardem | International Star Award Biutiful Presented by: Natalie Portman |
| Diane Warren | Fredrick Loewe Music Award Burlesque Presented by: Taylor Hackford |
| David O. Russel | Director of the Year Award The Fighter Presented by: Mark Wahlberg & Amy Adams |
| Colin Firth | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor The King’s Speech Presented by: Helen Mirren |
| Danny Boyle | Sonny Bono Visionary Award 127 Hours Presented by: James Franco |
| Natalie Portman | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress Black Swan Presented by: Jake Gyllenhaal |
| Ben Affleck | Chairman’s Award The Town 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 Get Low Presented by: Aaron Eckhart |
2010 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 21st Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Anna Kendrick | Rising Star Award Up In the Air Presented by: Ivan Reitman |
| Jeremy Renner | Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor The Hurt Locker Presented by: Shoreh Aghdashloo |
| Mariah Carey | Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress Precious Presented by: Lee Daniels |
| T Bone Burnett | Fredrick Loewe Award for Film Composing Crazy Heart Presented by: Sean Penn |
| Jason Reitman | Director of the Year Award Up In the Air Presented by: Norman Jewison |
| Jeff Bridges | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor Crazy Heart Presented by: Michelle Pfeiffer |
| Quentin Tarantino | Sonny Bono Visionary Award Inglourious Basterds Presented by: Diablo Cody |
| Marion Cotillard | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress Nine Presented by: Rob Marshall |
| Morgan Freeman | Career Achievement Award, Actor Invictus Presented by: Clint Eastwood |
| Helen Mirren | Career Achievement Award, Actress The Last Station Presented by: Morgan Freeman |
2009 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 20th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Dakota Fanning | Rising Star Award The Secret Life of Bees Presented by: Paul Bettany |
| Alexandre Desplat | Fredrick Loewe Award for Film Composing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Presented by: Taraji P. Henson |
| Freida Pinto | Breakthrough Performance Award Slumdog Millionaire Presented by: James Cromwell |
| Gus Van Zant | Sonny Bono Visionary Award Milk Presented by: Mary Bono on VT from D.C & Josh Brolin |
| Amy Adams | Spotlight Award Doubt Presented by: John Patrick Shanley |
| Anne Hathaway | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress Rachel’s Getting Married Presented by: Rosemarie DeWitt |
| Ron Howard | Director’s Lifetime Achievement Award Frost Nixon Presented by: Frank Langella |
| Sean Penn | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor Milk Presented by: Cleve Jones |
| Dustin Hoffman | Chairman’s Award for Career Achievement Last Chance Harvey 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 Gran Torino Presented by: Donald Sutherland |
2008 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 19th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Nikki Blonsky | Rising Star Award, Actress Hairspray Presented by: Adam Shankman & Rikki Lake |
| James Newton Howard | Fredrick Loewe Award for Film Composing Presented by: Ed Zwick |
| Emile Hirsch | Rising Star Award, Actor Into the Wild Presented by: Laura Linney |
| Joe Wright | Sonny Bono Visionary Award Atonement Presented by: Jamie Foxx & Mary Bono |
| Daniel Day Lewis | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor There Will Be Blood Presented by: Paul Thomas Anderson |
| Juno | Chairman’s Vanguard Award Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody, Ellen/Elliot Page, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney & J.K. Simmons Presented by: Drew Barrymore |
| Marion Cotillard | Breakthrough Performance Award La Vie en Rose Presented by: Daniel Day Lewis |
| Sean Penn | Director of the Year Award Into the Wild 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 Things We Lost in the Fire 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 – 18th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Adam Beach | Rising Star Award, Actor Flags of Our Fathers Presented by: Sienna Miller |
| Jessica Biel | Rising Star Award, Actress The Illusionist 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 | Fredrick Loewe Award for Film Composing Presented by: Danny Elfman |
| Alejandro González Iñárritu | Director of the Year Award Babel Presented by: Morgan Freeman |
| Kate Winslet | Desert Palm Achievement Award Little Children Presented by: Todd Field |
| Babel | Ensemble Performance Award Cate Blanchett, Brat Pitt, Rinko Kikuchi & Adriana Barraza Presented by: Mary Hart |
| Todd Field | Sonny Bono Visionary Award Little Children Presented by: Sissy Spacek |
| Cate Blanchett | Career Achievement in Acting Award Babel Presented by: Alejandro González Iñárritu |
| Sydney Pollack | SAG Foundation Patron of the Arts Award Presented by: Lawrence Fishburn |
2006 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 17th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Felicity Huffman | Breakthrough Performance Award TransAmerica Presented by: Fionnula Flanagan |
| Michael London | Producer of the Year Award The Family Stone Presented by: Virginia Madsen |
| Terrence Howard | Rising Star Award Hustle & Flow Presented by: Paul Haggis & Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges |
| David Cronenberg | Sonny Bono Visionary Award A History of Violence Presented by: Viggo Mortensen |
| Charlize Theron | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress North Country Presented by: Keanu Reeves |
| Thomas Newman | Fredrick Loewe Award for Film Composing Presented by: Andrew Stanton |
| Jake Gyllenhaal | Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor Brokeback Mountain Presented by: Peter Sarsgaard |
| Shirley MacLaine | Lifetime Achievement Award Rumor Has It Presented by: Kathy Bates |
2005 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 16th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Bryce Dallas Howard | Rising Star Award The Village Presented by: Adrien Brody |
| Alexander Payne | Director of the Year Sideways Presented by: Virginia Madsen |
| Laura Linney | Desert Palm Achievement Award Kinsey Presented by: Bill Condon |
| Howard Shore | Fredrick Loewe Award for Film Composing Presented by: Javier Bardem & Adam Scott |
| Liam Neeson | Desert Palm Achievement Award Kinsey 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 Presented by: Angelica Houston LIVE & Michael Douglas via VT |
2004 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 15th Annual
Hosted by Mary Hart
| Sidney Sheldon | Sonny Bono Visionary Award Presented by: Mary Bono |
| Jim Sheridan | International Filmmaker Award for Directing & Producing Presented by: Samantha Mprton & Djimon Hounsou |
| Scarlett Johansson | Rising Star Award Girl with a Pearl Earring & Lost in Translation Presented by: Mike Medavoy |
| Danny Elfman | Fredrick 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: Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| Naomi Watts | Desert Palm Achievement Award 21 Grams Presented by: Mark Ruffalo |
| Kevin Costner | Career Achievement in the Art of Cinema Presented by: Mary McDonnell |
2003 Palm Springs International Film Awards – 14th Annual
Hosted by Lily Tomlin
| Conrad Hall | Career Achievement Award in Cinematography (award accepted by Vilmos Zsigmond) Presented by: Steven Zaillian |
| Stephen Daldry | International Filmmakers Award Presented by: Allison Janney |
| Michel Legrand | Fredrick Loewe Award Presented by: Quincy Jones |
| Mace Neufeld | Career Achievement Award in Producing Presented by: Philip 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 – 13th Annual
Hosted by Leonard Maltin
| Arthur Hiller | Director’s Achievement Award Presented by: Red Buttons |
| Hans Zimmer | Fredrick 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 |