Achievements of the four 2012 honorees The 2011 Governors Awards honorees at the 84th Academy Awards: Honorary Award recipients actor James Earl Jones (left) and ranged from trailblazing philanthropy makeup artist Dick Smith (right) and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian to dazzling stunts, groundbreaking Honorary Award recipients George Award recipient, philanthropist Oprah Winfrey. Stevens, Jr., D.A. Pennebaker and documentaries and overall contributions Hal Needham, and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient governors awards to American cinema. Jeffrey Katzenberg The 2011 “Before he became a director himself, he pushed the boundaries Governors of what could be done in stunts, in action. He made action living.” QUENTIN TARANTINO ON Awards honored HAL NEEDHAM a legendary actor, “Tonight we are honoring the man who, with a group of his friends, invented nothing less than the a pioneering modern documentary.” Quentin Tarantino Al Ruddy Michael Moore Senator Al Franken MICHAEL MOORE ON makeup artist and D.A. PENNEBAKER Glenn Close J.J. Abrams Maria Shriver “When you work with George an extraordinary Stevens, art and activism are “James Earl Jones is the only actor who has broken me apart, deconstructed me to the never very far apart.” place where I was a sobbing, stammering mess.” SIDNEY POITIER ON philanthropist. GLENN CLOSE ON JAMES EARL JONES GEORGE STEVENS, JR. “It’s easy to lavish praise on a man who created iconic images using human faces as “Jeffrey has proven that it’s not his canvas – godfathers and demons, creatures and horrors – a man who attempted how much you give but how you on-camera transformations long before any one of us had heard of a pixel.” give. I want to be like you when I J.J. ABRAMS ON DICK SMITH grow up.” WILL SMITH ON JEFFREY KATZENBERG “People all over the world watched her tell her story, and in watching her tell her story, they saw their own story.” MARIA SHRIVER ON OPRAH WINFREY Sidney Poitier Annette Bening Will Smith Tom Hanks 2012 ANNUAL REPORT • 23.