The Academy’s 7th Annual Governors Awards turned the spotlight on a trio of remarkable honorees on November 14, 2015 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood.
Carey Mulligan
F. Gary Gray, Ice Cube, Kimberly Woodruff and O’Shea Jackson Jr.
Academy CEO Dawn Hudson
Jacob Tremblay
Paul Dano, Bill Pohlad, and John Cusack
Spike Lee and his family
Gena Rowlands and Robert Forrest
Tom Hooper
O’Shea Jackson Jr.
Jason Segel
Finola Dwyer, Saoirse Ronan, and John Crowley
Marisa Tomei
Will Smith
Helen Mirren
Ian McKellen and Laura Linney
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz
Jason Mitchell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., F. Gary Gray, Dawn Hudson, Ice Cube and Kimberly Woodruff
Michael Keaton
Amy Schumer
Danny Boyle
Sunrise Coigney and Mark Ruffalo
Brie Larson
Will Smith and Idris Elba
Ava DuVernay
Rooney Mara
Rachel Weisz and Michael Caine
Common
Jason Segel, Bryan Cranston and James Ponsoldt
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs
Zooey Deschanel performs a tribute
Jane Fonda
Meryl Streep
Billie Lourd accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for Debbie Reynolds
Cate Blanchett
Laura Linney
Nick Cassavetes
Honorary Award recipient Gena Rowlands
Virginia Madsen, Quentin Tarantino and Courtney Hoffman
Aloe Blacc performs a tribute for Honorary Award recipient Spike Lee
Honorary Award recipient Spike Lee
Samuel Jackson, Denzel Washington and Wesley Snipes
Denzel Washington
Wesley Snipes, Samuel Jackson and Denzel Washington
Will Smith, Actor Wesley Snipes, Samuel Jackson and Denzel Washington