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Spotlight Award  |  Archive

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    • Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking
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    • Best Film or Mini-Series Made for Cable TV
    • Producers Award
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    • Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing
    • Special Citations
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    • Best Screenplay
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    • Top Foreign Films
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    • NBR Icon Award
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    • Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry
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2024 NBR Spotlight Award

Creative Collaboration of Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande 

2020 Spotlight Award

Radha Blank 

The Forty-Year-Old Version: Writing, Directing, Starring, Producing 

2017 Spotlight Award

Wonder Woman: Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot 

2016 Spotlight Award

Creative Collaboration of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg 

2015 Spotlight Award

For Outstanding Collaborative Vision 

Sicario 

2014 Spotlight Award

Chris Rock 

Top Five 

2013 Spotlight Award

Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio 

2012 Spotlight Award

John Goodman 

Argo  Flight  Paranorman  Trouble with the Curve 

2011 Spotlight Award

Michael Fassbender 

A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: Origins 

2010 Spotlight Award

Sylvia Chomet and Jacques Tati 

The Illusionist 

2008 Spotlight Award

Melissa Leo 

Frozen River 

2008 Spotlight Award

Richard Jenkins 

The Visitor 

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