Quincy Jones has been nominated for seven Oscars over the past 55 years, including best original score, best song, and even best picture.
Although he has never won a competitive Oscar during the Academy Awards, this November he will receive an honorary Oscar from the Academy’s Board of Governors. This award recognizes his contributions to the art of film.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday that Jones, casting director Juliet Taylor, filmmaker Richard Curtis, and James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli will all be honored at this year’s Governors Awards.
Jones, who has worked on films like “In Cold Blood,” “The Wiz,” and “The Color Purple,” and Taylor, whose casting credits include “Taxi Driver,” “Annie Hall,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” and “Schindler’s List,” will receive Academy Honorary Awards. Most people who get honorary Oscars have not yet won a competitive Oscar.
Curtis, the filmmaker behind “Notting Hill” and “Love Actually,” will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his charitable efforts. He co-founded Comic Relief UK and USA and has helped raise more than $2 billion over the past 40 years. Jones received the Hersholt award in 1994.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award will go to EON Productions’ Wilson and Broccoli, whose James Bond credits include “Casino Royale,” “Skyfall,” and “No Time To Die.” Broccoli’s father, Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, received the Thalberg award in 1981.
“The recipients of this year’s Governors Awards have set the bar incredibly high across their remarkable careers, and the Academy’s Board of Governors is thrilled to recognize them with Oscars,” Academy President Janet Yang said in a statement. “Their profound love of cinema and indelible contribution to our art form make these five individuals truly deserving of these honors.”
The event, which is not televised, will be held on November 17 in the Ray Dolby Ballroom, just an escalator ride up from the Dolby Theatre where the Oscars are held.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.