The President's Memorial Award or President's Award is presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, in conjunction with their annual

Saturn Award The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The awards were created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, but have since grown to reward other films be ...

ceremony. The award is given for quality genre entertainment, and is named in honor of Academy founder, Dr. Donald A. Reed.

Recipients

Below is a list of recipients and the year the award was presented: *'' Time Bandits'' (1982) * Roger Corman (1984) * Jack Arnold (1985) * Woody Allen (1986) *'' The Purple Rose of Cairo'' (1986) * Joseph Stefano (1987) * Marshall Brickman (1987) *''

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'' (1987) * Mike Jittlov (1988) *'' The Wizard of Speed and Time'' (1988) * Carrie Fisher (1990) *''

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'' (1991) * Robert Shaye (1992) * Gale Anne Hurd (1993) *

Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spie ...

(1994) * Bryan Singer (1996) * Robert Wise (1996) * Billy Bob Thornton (1997) *

James Cameron James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker. A major figure in the post-New Hollywood era, he is considered one of the industry's most innovative filmmakers, regularly pushing the boundaries of cinematic capability w ...

(1998) *'' Gods and Monsters'' (1998) * William Friedkin (1999) * David Shepard (1999) * Richard Donner (2000) * Dustin Lance Black (2001) * Sherry Lansing (2002) *

(2003) * Gale Anne Hurd (2004) *

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* Elsa Lanchester *

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Be ...

(2018)

External links

Official Saturn Awards website
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