Editing Academy Juvenile Award (section)

== Honorary Academy Awards ==

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In addition to its competitive [[Academy Awards]] of Merit, the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS) also presents [[Academy Honorary Award|"Special"]] or [[Academy Honorary Award|"Honorary"]] Academy Awards.  These awards are given (typically, annually) by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences#Current administration of the Academy|Board of Governors]] of AMPAS to celebrate motion picture achievements that are not covered by other existing [[Academy Awards]] categories.<ref name=HonoraryAbout>{{cite web|title=Honorary Award: About |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url=http://www.oscars.org/governors/honorary |access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref><ref name=AboutHonoraryAward>{{Cite web|author=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |url=http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/awards/honorary01.html |title=About Academy Awards: Honorary Award |work=Official Academy Award Website |format=[[World Wide Web|Web]] |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS) Oscars.org |access-date=2008-07-29 |quote=The Academy's Honorary Award is given to honor ''extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy.'' It is given at the discretion of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences#Current administration of the Academy|Board of Governors]] and is not necessarily given every year, although the last year it was not given before 2008 was 1987. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409013646/http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/awards/honorary01.html |archive-date=2008-04-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  This included the awards that had been presented to juvenile actors from 1934 to 1960 (known only informally as the "Juvenile Academy Awards").

Beginning with the [[1st Academy Awards]] {{ndash}} celebrating film achievements of [[1927 in film|1927]] and [[1928 in film|1928]] {{ndash}} these awards were formally referred to as "Special Awards".  The first of these Special Awards was presented to [[Charlie Chaplin|Charles Chaplin]] (for ''[[The Circus (1928 film)|The Circus]]'') and to [[Warner Bros.]] (for ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'').  Beginning with the [[23rd Academy Awards]] {{ndash}} celebrating film achievements of [[1950 in film|1950]] {{ndash}} these Special Awards were formally renamed by the academy as "Honorary Awards".  These Honorary Awards continue to be presented today, although the "Juvenile Academy Award" proper has itself been discontinued.