2024 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Emilia Pérez
Vanguard Award
Cast Includes: Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Edgar Ramírez
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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 |