AFI Life Achievement Award - List of Recipients

List of Recipients

The American Film Institute has awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award to one person each year since 1973. The 40th Award was presented to Shirley MacLaine on June 7, 2012, in Los Angeles. The event was broadcasted by TV Land on Sunday, June 24, 2012.

Year Honoree Age Date of Ceremony Network Host
1973 John Ford 79 March 31, 1973 CBS
1974 James Cagney 74 March 31, 1974 CBS Frank Sinatra
1975 Orson Welles 59 February 9, 1975 CBS Frank Sinatra
1976 William Wyler 73 March 9, 1976 CBS
1977 Bette Davis 68 March 1, 1977 CBS Jane Fonda
1978 Henry Fonda 72 March 15, 1978 CBS
1979 Alfred Hitchcock 79 March 7, 1979 CBS Ingrid Bergman
1980 James Stewart 71 March 16, 1980 CBS Henry Fonda
1981 Fred Astaire 81 April 10, 1981 CBS David Niven
1982 Frank Capra 84 March 4, 1982 CBS James Stewart
1983 John Huston 76 March 3, 1983 CBS Lauren Bacall
1984 Lillian Gish 90 March 1, 1984 CBS Fred Astaire
1985 Gene Kelly 72 March 7, 1985 CBS Shirley MacLaine
1986 Billy Wilder 79 March 6, 1986 NBC
1987 Barbara Stanwyck 79 April 9, 1987 ABC Jane Fonda
1988 Jack Lemmon 63 March 10, 1988 CBS Julie Andrews
1989 Gregory Peck 72 March 9, 1989 NBC Audrey Hepburn
1990 David Lean 82 ABC
1991 Kirk Douglas 74 March 7, 1991 CBS Michael Douglas
1992 Sidney Poitier 65 March 12, 1992 NBC Harry Belafonte
1993 Elizabeth Taylor 61 March 11, 1993 ABC Carol Burnett
1994 Jack Nicholson 56 March 3, 1994 CBS Danny DeVito
1995 Steven Spielberg 48 March 2, 1995 NBC Tom Hanks
1996 Clint Eastwood 65 February 29, 1996 ABC Jim Carrey
1997 Martin Scorsese 54 February 20, 1997 CBS Gregory Peck
1998 Robert Wise 83 February 19, 1998 NBC Jack Lemmon
1999 Dustin Hoffman 61 February 18, 1999 ABC
2000 Harrison Ford 57 February 17, 2000 CBS
2001 Barbra Streisand 58 Fox
2002 Tom Hanks 45 June 24, 2002 USA Network Steve Martin
2003 Robert De Niro 59 June 12, 2003 USA Network Martin Scorsese
2004 Meryl Streep 54 June 21, 2004 USA Network
2005 George Lucas 60 June 9, 2005 USA Network Melissa Disney (voice)
2006 Sean Connery 75 June 8, 2006 USA Network James Earl Jones
2007 Al Pacino 67 June 7, 2007 USA Network
2008 Warren Beatty 71 June 12, 2008 USA Network
2009 Michael Douglas 64 June 11, 2009 TV Land
2010 Mike Nichols 78 June 10, 2010 TV Land
2011 Morgan Freeman 74 June 9, 2011 TV Land Betty White
2012 Shirley MacLaine 78 June 7, 2012 TV Land
2013 Mel Brooks 86 - -

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