Governors Awards
![Harry Belafonte, Jean-Claude Carriere, Hayao Miyazaki, and Maureen O’Hara Honorary Awards were presented to Jean-Claude Carrière, Hayao Miyazaki and Maureen O’Hara, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Harry Belafonte.](https://web.archive.org/web/20150401224243im_/http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_landing_page_default/public/2014_gov_awards_3.jpg?itok=Rao7dWln)
The Governors Awards is an annual event celebrating awards conferred by the Academy's Board of Governors – the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Honorary Award. Recipients are announced each summer and honored at a dinner gala in November. Highlights from the event are incorporated into the year's Academy Awards show. The 2014 honorees: Harry Belafonte, Jean-Claude Carrière, Hayao Miyazaki, and Maureen O’Hara.