AFI Life Achievement Award

AFI Life Achievement Award
Logo of AFI
Awarded forHonoring an individual whose lifetime contribution in motion pictures and television has enriched American culture.
LocationLos Angeles
Presented byAmerican Film Institute
Reward(s)Trophy
First awarded1973; 51 years ago (1973)[1]
Currently held byNicole Kidman
Websiteafi.com
Television/radio coverage
NetworkTNT

The AFI Life Achievement Award was established by the board of directors of the American Film Institute on February 26, 1973, to honor a single individual for their lifetime contribution to enriching American culture through motion pictures and television.[2] The recipient is selected and honored at an annual ceremony, with the award presented by a master of ceremonies and, recently, the prior year's recipient.

The AFI's trustees initially specified that "The recipient must be one who fundamentally advanced the art of film and whose achievements had been acknowledge by film scholars, critics, their individual peers and the general public". The trustees also specified "That the work of the recipient must have withstood the test of time".

  1. ^ "History of AFI". AFI.com. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AFILAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).