This award is given to an individual for outstanding achievement or sustained contribution in the production, direction or development of film for the cinema, television, online or new media.
2023 Hayao Miyazaki
2022 Werner Herzog
2021 Ava DuVernay
2020 Steve McQueen
2019 Yorgos Lanthimos
2018 Tim Bevan CBE & Eric Fellner
2017 David Heyman