The Academy announced today that its Board of Governors voted (Saturday, June 1) to present Honorary Awards to David Lynch, Wes Studi and Lina Wertmüller, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Geena Davis.
Its success brought Lynch the opportunity to direct The Elephant Man (1980), which received eight Oscar nominations including Directing and Adapted Screenplay for Lynch himself.
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In 1976, Wertmüller became the first woman to receive an Academy Award nomination for Directing when she received both Directing and Original Screenplay nominations for Seven Beauties.