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The Longford Lyell Award is a lifetime achievement award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is "to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for technical achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. From 1968 to 2010, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards). When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Raymond Longford Award.

Originally named after Australian prolific producer, director, writer and actor Raymond Longford (1878–1959), the award recognises "a person who has shown an unwavering commitment over many years to excellence in the film and television industries and has, through their body of work to date, contributed substantially to the enrichment of Australian screen culture", and is the highest honour the Academy bestows. In 2015, the name of the award was changed to Longford Lyell Award in recognition of Longford's creative and life partner, actress and filmmaker Lottie Lyell.

Recipients of this award are film and television directors, directors, producers, actors, cinematographers and film editors. People of Australian origin dominate the list, but European-born Australian citizens have also been recognised. The award was first presented to film director and editor Ian Dunlop (director). The award has also been made posthumously to actor John Meillon in 1989 who died that year.

Winners

Year	Image	Name	Country of origin	Notes	Ref(s)
AFI Raymond Longford Award
1968	—	Ian Dunlop	United Kingdom	Director
1970	—	Stanley Hawes	United Kingdom	Director, producer
1976	—	Ken G. Hall	Australia	Director,
1977		Charles Chauvel	Australia	Director, producer, screenwriter
1978		Marie Lorraine	Australia	Filmmaker, actress
1978		Paulette McDonagh	Australia	Filmmaker, director, screenwriter
1978		Phyllis McDonagh	Australia	Filmmaker, producer, art director, production designer
1979	—	Jerzy Toeplitz	Russian Empire	Founding director of AFTRS
1980	—	Tim Burstall	United Kingdom	Director
1981		Phillip Adams	Australia	Journalist, producer
1982	—	Eric Porter	Australia	Animator
1983	—	Bill Gooley	Australia	Film technician
1984	—	David Williams	Australia	Distributor, exhibitor
1985	—	Don Crosby	Australia	Actor
1986		Barry Jones	Australia	Federal Minister, first Chairman of AFTRS
1987	—	Paul Riomfalvy	Hungary	First director of NSW Film Corp
1988	—	Russell Boyd	Australia	Cinematographer
1989		John Meillon	Australia	Actor
1990		Peter Weir	Australia	Director
1991		Fred Schepisi	Australia	Director
1992	—	Lee Robinson	Australia	Director
1993	—	Sue Milliken	Australia	Producer
1994		Jack Thompson	Australia	Actor
1995		George Miller	Australia	Director, screenwriter, producer
1997	—	Jan Chapman	Australia	Producer
1998		Charles "Bud" Tingwell	Australia	Actor
1999	—	John Politzer	Australia	Exhibitor, distributor
2000	—	Anthony Buckley	Australia	Producer
2001		David Stratton	United Kingdom	Film critic
2002	—	Patricia Edgar	Australia	Television producer
2003		Ted Robinson	Australia	Television director, producer, screenwriter and choreographer
2004	—	Patricia Lovell	Australia	Producer
2005		Ray Barrett	Australia	Actor
2006	—	Ian Jones	Australia	Television director, producer, screenwriter
2007	—	David Hannay	New Zealand	Producer
2008	—	Dione Gilmour	Australia	Natural history filmmaker
2009		Geoffrey Rush	Australia	Actor
2010		Reg Grundy	Australia	Broadcaster, entrepreneur, producer
Raymond Longford Award
2012	—	Don McAlpine	Australia	Cinematographer
2013	—	Al Clark	United Kingdom	Film producer
2014		Jacki Weaver	Australia	Actress
Longford Lyell Award
2015	—	Andrew Knight	Australia	Television writer, producer
2015		Cate Blanchett	Australia	Actress
2016		Paul Hogan	Australia	Actor and television presenter
2017		Phillip Noyce	Australia	Director (film and television)
2018		Bryan Brown	Australia	Actor
2019		Sam Neill	New Zealand	Actor
2021		David Gulpilil	Australia	Actor
2022		Catherine Martin	Australia	Costume, production and set designer
2025		Working Dog Productions	Australia	Production Company of Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Michael Hirsh, and Rob Sitch

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External links

• Official website

• AACTA Awards
• Lifetime achievement awards