The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its lineup of honorees for the 2024 Governors Awards on Wednesday, spotlighting the illustrious careers of music producer Quincy Jones, casting director Juliet Taylor, “Love, Actually” director Richard Curtis and James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The awards will be conferred at the academy’s 15th Governors Awards on Nov.
17 in Los Angeles. In recognition of his seven-decade career in film and music, Jones will receive an honorary Academy Award. Jones began his career as a jazz arranger and conductor, working with legends like Ray Charles and Dizzy Gillespie, before transitioning to film scoring in the 1960s on films like “The Pawnbroker” and “In the Heat of the Night.
” In addition to his pioneering musical achievements — including collaborations with Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, whose smash albums “Off the Wall,” “Thriller,” and “Bad” he produced — Jones was the first Black composer to be nominated for an original song Oscar for “The Eyes of Love” from the 1967 film “Banning.” Throughout his career, Jones has received seven nominations for his work on films including “In Cold Blood,” “The Wiz” and “The Color Purple” but has never won a competitive Oscar. Taylor, whose sharp eye for talent has shaped the casts of numerous acclaimed films, also will receive an honorary Oscar for her lifetime achievement in Hollywood.
In addition to casting.