The Bodil Honorary Award (Danish: Æres-Bodil, Honorary Bodil) is one of the special awards at the annual Danish Bodil Awards presented by the Danish Film Critics Association. It was awarded for the first time at the 4th Bodil Awards in 1951 and pro re nata until 1997, since when it has been awarded annually.
1951 Former Minister of Finance H. C. Hansen for having lowered taxes on film
1953 Cinematographer Kjeld Arnholtz for shooting Kriminalsagen Tove Andersen (1953)
1958 Composer Sven Gyldmark for the music to Bundfald (1957)
1959 Charlie Chaplin
1960 Cinematographer Henning Bendtsen for shooting Paw (1959)
1961 Actor Dirch Passer because he "with a great talent has let himself be abused by Danish producers, and in the hope that he will soon get a part that will match his talent"
1964 Cinematographer Henning Kristiansen for shooting Hvad med os? (1963) and School for Suicide (1964)
1965 Cinema Director Carl Thorvald Larsen for his excellent way to run the Alexandra Cinema
1966 Cinema Director Peter Refn for artistic and worthwhile repertoire at the Grand Theatre and the import of quality films
1967 Cinema Director Ove Brusendorff for the good repertoire in Carlton Cinema
1968 Cinema Director Peter Refn for importing Satyajit Ray's Indian masterpiece Song of the Little Road
1969 Film historian and handbook editor Bjørn Rasmussen for his five-volume encyclopaedia Filmens Hvem Hvad Hvor (The Who What and Where of Films)
1970 Cinematographer Henning Camre for shooting Giv Gud en chance om søndagen
1971 Cartoons Directors Flemming Quist Møller and Jannik Hastrup for the animated feature Benny's Bathtub
1972 Cinematographer Carsten Behrendt-Poulsen for shooting Lenin, You Rascal, You (1972)
1972 Film Editor Christian Hartkopp for good editing
1973 Special Effects Designer Henning Bahs for special effects
1976 Cinematographer Mikael Salomon, lifetime achievement award
1977 Cinematographer Dirk Brüel, lifetime achievement award
1978 Cinematographer Alexander Gruszynski for shooting the documentary Jenny (1977)
1982 Cinematographer Dan Lausten for shooting Rubber Tarzan (1981)
1983 Cinematographer Jan Weincke for shooting Tree of Knowledge (1981) and Zappa (1983)
1984 Film Importer Jan Vedersø from cinema 'Klaptræet' for quality imports
1985 Film Producer Per Holst for his excellent work on Kærne Film and import of Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas (1984)
1986 Set Designer Leif Sylvester Petersen for production design on The Dark Side of the Moon (1986)
1988 Animation Director Jannik Hastrup, lifetime achievement award for his total production
1992 Film Editor Ghita Beckendorff for numerous films
1993 Director Erik Balling, lifetime achievement award because "popular culture and quality are not two contradictory concepts"
1994 Animation Director Flemming Quist Møller, lifetime achievement award for his many animated films, including Jungledyret Hugo
1995 Screenwriter Niels Vørsel, lifetime achievement award for his work as a screenwriter, including The Kingdom
1997 Actress Bodil Kjer, lifetime achievement award
1998 Film Composer Joachim Holbek, lifetime achievement award for his work as a composer
1999 Actor Ove Sprogøe, lifetime achievement award "for his efforts and long career in the Danish film"
2000 Actress Marguerite Viby, lifetime achievement award
2001 Film producers Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Ib Tardini, and Vibeke Windeløv for their and Zentropa's great importance to Danish film development through the 90s
2002 Film Critic Morten Piil og Film Historian Peter Schepelern for their longstanding contribution to Danish film literature
2003 Screenwriters Kim Fupz Aakeson, Anders Thomas Jensen, and Mogens Rukov, lifetime achievement awards for their screenplays
2004 Anders Refn, lifetime achievement award for his work as a director, assistant director, editor etc.
2005 Film Editor Janus Billeskov Jansen, lifetime achievement award for his work as an editor for several decades and as a consultant editor for a number of new directors and film editors
2006 Kim Foss and Andreas Steinmann for their work with NatFilm Festival
2007 Actress Helle Virkner, lifetime achievement award
2008 Ib Monty, Marguerite Engberg, and Niels Jensen for their pioneering efforts for Danish film history, film studies, and film distribution
2009 Director Jørgen Leth, lifetime achievement award for his documentary work through the ages
2010 Carsten Myllerup, Linda Krogsøe Holmberg, and Jens Mikkelsen for founding the alternative film school Super16
2011 Actor Henning Moritzen, lifetime achievement award
2012 Actress Ghita Nørby, lifetime achievement award
2013 Composer Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, lifetime achievement award
2014 Actor Jesper Langberg, lifetime achievement award
2015 Danish American actor Viggo Mortensen, lifetime achievement award
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