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Longford Lyell Award

Australian film and television industry lifetime achievement award

Summary

Australian film and television industry lifetime achievement award

Field	Value
name	Longford Lyell Award
awarded_for	In recognition of "a person who has shown an unwavering commitment over many years to excellence in the film and television industries and has … contributed substantially to the enrichment of Australian screen culture"
presenter	Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
former name	AFI Raymond Longford Award
country	Australia
year
holder	Working Dog Productions (2025)
website

The Longford Lyell Award is a lifetime achievement award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is "to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for technical achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. From 1968 to 2010, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards). When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Raymond Longford Award.

Originally named after Australian prolific producer, director, writer and actor Raymond Longford (1878–1959), the award recognises "a person who has shown an unwavering commitment over many years to excellence in the film and television industries and has, through their body of work to date, contributed substantially to the enrichment of Australian screen culture", and is the highest honour the Academy bestows. In 2015, the name of the award was changed to Longford Lyell Award in recognition of Longford's creative and life partner, actress and filmmaker Lottie Lyell.

Recipients of this award are film and television directors, directors, producers, actors, cinematographers and film editors. People of Australian origin dominate the list, but European-born Australian citizens have also been recognised. The award was first presented to film director and editor Ian Dunlop. The award has also been made posthumously to actor John Meillon in 1989 who died that year.

Recipients

Year	Image	Name	Country of origin	Notes	Ref(s)
AFI Raymond Longford Award
1968				Director
1970				Director, producer
1976	[[File:Ken Hall 1950b SLNSW FL18964491.jpg	100px	alt=Ken G. Hall]]			Director
1977	[[File:Charles Chauvel (1897-1959).jpg	100px	alt=Charles Chauvel]]			Director, producer, writer
1978	[[File:Marie Lorraine.png	100px	alt=Marie Lorraine]]			Filmmaker	url=http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-female-filmmakers	title=Australian female filmmakers	publisher=Australian Government	access-date=25 April 2011	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725074548/http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-female-filmmakers	archive-date=25 July 2011}}
[[File:Paulette McDonagh.png	100px	alt=Paulette McDonagh in 1928]]			Filmmaker
[[File:Phyllis McDonagh, 1928.png	100px	alt=Phyllis McDonagh in 1928]]			Filmmaker
1979			Russian Empire	Founding Director of AFTRS	url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jerzy-toeplitz-1594365.html	title=Jerzy Toeplitz	newspaper=The Independent	first=Adrian	last=Dannatt	date=2 August 1995	access-date=17 September 2011	language=en-GB}}
1980				Director	url=http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/newsandevents/mediarelease/2003/release_256.aspx	title=Tim Burstall to deliver annual Longford Lyell Lecture in Melbourne	publisher=Screen Australia	date=10 September 2003	access-date=17 September 2011	language=en-AU}}
1981	[[File:Phillip Adams.jpg	100px	alt=Phillip Adams]]			Producer, journalist	last1=Donovan	first1=Thomas	last2=Lorraine	first2=Brody T.	title=Media Ethics, an Aboriginal Film and the Australian Film Commission	publisher=iUniverse	year=2002	isbn=978-0-595-25266-4	page=151}}
1982				Animator	url=http://aso.gov.au/titles/sponsored-films/commonwealth-bank-willie/notes/	title=Commonwealth Bank – Willie Wombat: Waste Not Want Not	work=National Film and Sound Archive	access-date=25 April 2011	language=en-AU}}
1983				Film technician
1984				Exhibitor, distributor
1985				Actor	url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/crosby-george-wallace-donald-don-12371	title=Crosby, George Wallace Donald (Don) (1924–1985)	first=Mark	last=McGuiness	chapter=George Wallace Donald (Don) Crosby (1924–1985)	publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University	dictionary=Australian Dictionary of Biography	access-date=17 September 2011	language=en-AU}}
1986	[[File:Barry Jones 1974 (cropped).jpg	100px	alt=Barry Jones]]			Federal Minister & first Chairman of AFTRS
1987				First Director of NSW Film Corp
1988				Cinematographer
1989	[[File:John Meillon in One Step Beyond (Eyewitness).jpg	100px	alt=John Meillon]]			Actor
1990	[[File:PeterWeirApr2011.jpg	100px	alt=Peter Weir in 2011]]			Director
1991	[[File:Fred Schepisi.jpg	100px	alt=Fred Schepisi in 2011]]			Director	url=http://www.fredschepisi.com/CV_FredSchepisi.pdf	title=Official Fred Schepisi CV	work=fredschepisi.com	access-date=17 September 2011	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001084605/http://www.fredschepisi.com/CV_FredSchepisi.pdf	archive-date=1 October 2011	language=en}}
1992				Director
1993				Producer
1994	[[File:Jack Thompson speaks at the media (cropped).jpg	100px	Jack Thompson in 2014]]			Actor
1995	[[File:George Miller (35706244922).jpg	100px	alt=George Miller in 2017]]			Director
1997				Producer
1998				Actor	url=http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/HTMLDisplay.aspx?ContentID=7441&Section=Vale_Charles_Bud_Tingwell	title=Vale Charles 'Bud' Tingwell	publisher=Australian Film Institute	access-date=17 September 2011	language=en-AU	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320231854/http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/HTMLDisplay.aspx?ContentID=7441&Section=Vale_Charles_Bud_Tingwell	archive-date=20 March 2012	url-status=dead}}
1999				Exhibitor, distributor
2000				Producer	url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/atoday/stories/s214290.htm	title=Film: Australian producer, Tony Buckley	first=Michael	last=Cathcart	work=ABC	date=21 November 2000	access-date=17 September 2011	language=en-AU}}
2001	[[File:David Stratton.jpg	100px	alt=David Stratton in 2012]]			Film critic
2002				Producer	last1=Keating	first1=Chris	last2=Moran	first2=Albert	title=The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television	publisher=The Scarecrow Press, Inc.	year=2009	isbn=978-0-8108-7022-2	page=151}}
2003	[[File:Ted Robinson.jpg	100px	alt=Ted Robinson in 2013]]			Writer, producer, director, choreographer
2004				Producer	url=http://aso.gov.au/people/Patricia_Lovell/portrait/	title=Patricia Lovell portrait on ASO	work=Australian Screen Online	access-date=16 September 2011	language=en-AU}}
2005				Actor	url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/actor-ray-barrett-dies-in-hospital-after-fall-20090908-fg18.html	title=Actor Ray Barrett dies in hospital after fall	first=Lorna	last=Edwards	newspaper=The Age	date=9 September 2009	access-date=16 September 2011	language=en-AU}}
2006				Writer, producer, director	url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1806872.htm	title='Ten Canoes' scoops AFI awards	work=ABC	date=8 December 2006	access-date=2 May 2011	language=en-AU}}
2007				Producer	url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/oz-s-afi-awards-love-father-1117977178/	title=Oz's AFI Awards love 'Father'	magazine=Variety	date=6 December 2007	access-date=26 April 2011	language=en}}
2008		Dione Gilmour		Natural History filmmaker	url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-12-06/unfinished-sky-takes-top-afi-tech-awards/231410	title=Unfinished Sky takes top AFI tech awards	website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation	date=5 December 2008	access-date=26 April 2011	language=en-AU}}
2009	[[File:Geoffrey Rush Cannes 2011.jpg	100px	alt=Geoffrey Rush in 2011]]			Actor	url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/film/rush-gets-afi-awards-top-honour/2009/08/01/1249152544854.html	title=Rush gets AFI awards top honour	newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald	date=2 August 2009	access-date=26 April 2011	language=en-AU}}
2010				Broadcaster, producer, entrepreneur	url=https://mumbrella.com.au/grundy-honoured-by-afi-6219	title=Grundy honoured by AFI	last=Gonzalez	first=Miguel	website=Mumbrella	date=8 December 2010	access-date=9 December 2010	language=en-AU}}
Raymond Longford Award
2012				Cinematographer	url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/cinematographer-in-the-frame-for-highest-honour-20111122-1nsr8.html	title=Cinematographer in the frame for highest honour	last=Fulton	first=Adam	newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald	date=23 November 2011	access-date=23 November 2011	language=en-AU}}
2013				Producer	url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/aacta-gong-for-al-20121121-29qnc.html	title=AACTA gong for Al	work=The Sydney Morning Herald	publisher=Fairfax Media	access-date=28 November 2012	date=22 November 2012	language=en-AU}}
2014	[[File:Jacki Weaver - Flickr - Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer (1).jpg	100px	alt=Jacki Weaver in 2012]]			Actress
Longford Lyell Award
2015				Writer, producer	url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-29/australian-academy-cinema-television-arts-awards/6056028	title=AACTA awards: The Water Diviner and The Babadook share best film honours	publisher=ABC News	location=Australia	access-date=23 March 2016	date=2015-01-29	language=en-AU}}
[[File:Cate Blanchett 2011.jpg	100px	alt=Cate Blanchett in 2011]]			Actress	url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/cate-blanchett-wins-longford-lyell-award-for-cultural-contribution-20151205-glg7al.html	title=Cate Blanchett wins Longford Lyell Award for cultural contribution	last=Maddox	first=Garry	work=The Sydney Morning Herald	access-date=27 January 2016	date=6 December 2015	language=en-AU}}
2016	[[File:Royal Charity Concert 1980 (cropped Hogan).jpg	100px	alt=Paul Hogan in 1980]]			Actor	author=Staff	title=Paul Hogan to be honoured with Longford Lyell Award	url=https://if.com.au/paul-hogan-to-be-honoured-with-longford-lyell-award/	date=6 December 2016	website=If.com.au	publisher=The Intermedia Group	access-date=7 December 2016}}
2017	[[File:Phillip Noyce by Gage Skidmore.jpg	100px	alt=Phillip Noyce in 2010]]			Director	last=Keast	first=Jackie	title=Phillip Noyce recognised with AACTA’s Longford Lyell Award as he readies ‘Rats of Tobruk’	url=https://if.com.au/phillip-noyce-recognised-aactas-longford-lyell-award-readies-rats-tobruk/	date=6 December 2017	website=If.com.au	publisher=The Intermedia Group	access-date=7 December 2017}}
2018	[[File:BryanBrown09TIFF.jpg	100px	alt=Bryan Brown in 2009]]			Actor
2019	[[File:Sam Neill 2010.jpg	100px	alt=Sam Neill in 2010]]			Actor
2021	[[File:David Gulpilil.jpg	100px	alt=David Gulpilil in 2006]]			Actor
2022	[[File:Catherine Martin (Australian designer).jpg	100px	alt=Catherine Martin in May 2013]]			Costume & production designer
2025	[[File:Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch, Michael Hirsh 2012 (1).jpg	150x150px]]	Working Dog Productions
(founded by , , , , and )		Production company

Notes

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"Commonwealth Bank – Willie Wombat: Waste Not Want Not". National Film and Sound Archive.
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"Patricia Lovell portrait on ASO". Australian Screen Online.
Edwards, Lorna. (9 September 2009). "Actor Ray Barrett dies in hospital after fall". The Age.
(8 December 2006). "'Ten Canoes' scoops AFI awards". ABC.
(6 December 2007). "Oz's AFI Awards love 'Father'".
(5 December 2008). "Unfinished Sky takes top AFI tech awards".
(2 August 2009). "Rush gets AFI awards top honour". The Sydney Morning Herald.
Gonzalez, Miguel. (8 December 2010). "Grundy honoured by AFI".
Fulton, Adam. (23 November 2011). "Cinematographer in the frame for highest honour". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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(2015-01-29). "AACTA awards: The Water Diviner and The Babadook share best film honours". ABC News.
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Staff. (6 December 2016). "Paul Hogan to be honoured with Longford Lyell Award". The Intermedia Group.
Keast, Jackie. (6 December 2017). "Phillip Noyce recognised with AACTA’s Longford Lyell Award as he readies ‘Rats of Tobruk’". The Intermedia Group.
Staff. (28 November 2018). "Acting legend Bryan Brown will receive the Australian film industry’s highest accolade".
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