Actor Jackie Chan, documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, film editor Anne V. Coates and casting director Lynm Stalmaster have been chosen as recipients of the 2016 Governors Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
All four will receive Honorary Oscars, with the AMPAS board opting not to award the Irving Thalberg or Jean Hersholt Humanitarian awards this year.
The awards were chosen by members of the Board of Governors on Tuesday night, but the announcement was delayed until all the recipients could be notified.
The AMPAS press release announcing the recipients described the honorees this way:
Jackie Chan: “After making his motion picture debut at the age of eight, Chan brought his childhood training with the Peking Opera to a distinctive international career.