Glenn Close, Ridley Scott, and Floyd Norman to Receive Honorary Oscars at 2026 Governors Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its 2026 Governors Awards honorees, recognizing five industry legends whose work has helped define modern cinema across acting, animation, directing, and independent film production.
This year’s Honorary Oscars will be presented to Glenn Close, Floyd Norman, and Ridley Scott, while producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler will receive the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, which honors creative producers whose bodies of work reflect consistently outstanding achievement in motion picture production.
The awards will be presented at the 17th Governors Awards ceremony on Sunday, November 15, 2026, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood, in partnership with Rolex.
Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor praised the honorees for their lasting impact on global cinema, highlighting their influence across generations of filmmakers and audiences.
“Throughout her extraordinary body of work, Glenn Close’s unparalleled emotional range has brought to life some of the most complex characters in cinema,” Howell Taylor said, also recognizing the “groundbreaking” contributions of Norman, Scott, Vachon, and Koffler.
With a career spanning more than five decades, Glenn Close has built one of the most acclaimed filmographies in Hollywood history. She has earned eight Academy Award nominations, beginning with her breakout role in The World According to Garp, and continuing with celebrated performances in Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, The Big Chill, Albert Nobbs, and The Wife.
Her career also spans major studio films and cult favorites including 101 Dalmatians, Mars Attacks!, Air Force One, and the upcoming Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, cementing her status as one of the most versatile actors of her generation.
Legendary animator and storyboard artist Floyd Norman is being honored for a 65-year career that began at Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1956, where he became the studio’s first Black animator.
Norman contributed to some of Disney’s most iconic animated classics, including Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, and Robin Hood, as well as later Pixar-era favorites like Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc., helping bridge multiple eras of animation history.
Director Ridley Scott is being recognized for nearly six decades of filmmaking that helped shape contemporary sci-fi, historical epics, and blockbuster storytelling.
Scott’s acclaimed work includes Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, and Thelma & Louise, along with later titles such as The Martian, House of Gucci, and Napoleon. He has earned multiple Oscar nominations across directing and producing categories and remains one of the most influential filmmakers working today.
Producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, co-founders of Killer Films, will receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, honoring their sustained excellence in independent filmmaking.
Since launching Killer Films in 1995, the duo has produced a wide range of critically acclaimed films including Boys Don’t Cry, Carol, Far from Heaven, Still Alice, First Reformed, Zola, and May December, helping define the modern independent film landscape.
This year’s show will celebrate some of the most influential creative forces in film history, honoring careers that have shaped not just the industry—but the way audiences experience movies around the world.
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