International Emmy Directorate Award

International Emmy Directorate Award
CountryUnited States
Presented byInternational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
First awardCharles Curran
UK (1973)
Currently held byJoão Roberto Marinho
Brazil (2025)
Websitewww.iemmys.tv

The International Emmy Directorate Award is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and honors individuals or organizations for their outstanding contribution to international television.[1] The awards ceremony has taken place annually in New York City since 1973.[2]

Winners

Year Winner Country Note
1973 Charles Curran  United Kingdom President, European Broadcasting Union, Director General, BBC
1974 Dr. Joseph Charyk  United States President, COMSAT
1975 Junzo Imamichi  Japan Chairman of the Board, Tokyo Broadcasting System
1976 Talbot S. Duckmanton  Australia President, Asian Broadcasting Union, CBE (Citation)
Roberto Marinho  Brazil President, TV Globo Network of Brazil (Citation)
Howard Thomas  United Kingdom Chairman of the Board, Thames Television, (Citation)
1977 Alphonse Ouimet  Canada Chairman, Telesat, Canadian TV
1979 Frank Stanton  United States President Emeritus, CBS, Incorporated 1978 Prix Italia
1980 Lew Grade  United Kingdom Chairman of the Board, Associated Communications Corp.
1981 Sir Huw Wheldon  United Kingdom Retired (1976) Managing Director of BBC-TV
1982 Akio Morita  Japan Chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation
1983 Roberto Marinho  Brazil President, TV Globo Network of Brazil
1984 Sydney Bernstein  United Kingdom Founder, Granada Television
1985 Leonard H. Goldenson  United States Chairman and CEO, ABC
1986 Herbert Schmertz  United States Vice President, Public Affairs, Mobil Oil Company
1987 Jeremy Isaacs  United Kingdom Chief Executive, Channel 4
1988 Vittorio Boni  Italy Director, International Relations, RAI (Posthumously)
1989 Ted Turner  United States Chairman of the Board/President, Turner Broadcasting System (Citation)
Murray Chercover  Canada Chairman and CEO, CTV Television Network
1990 Henrikas Juškevičius  Lithuania Assistant Director-General, UNESCO
1991 Henry Becton  United States President, WGBH, Boston
1992 Silvio Berlusconi  Italy President, Fininvest Gruppo
1993 André Rousselet  France Chairman, Canal Plus
1994 Helmut Thoma  Germany Managing Director, RTL
1995 John Birt  United Kingdom Director General, BBC
1996 Herbert A. Granath  United States Chairman, ABC/Disney Cable International
1997 Dieter Stolte  Germany Intendant, ZDF
1998 Sam Nilsson  Sweden President, Sveriges Television
1999 Ralph Baruch  United States Founder, Viacom
2000 Su-Ming Cheng[3]  China CEO China-TV, Taiwan
2001 Gustavo Cisneros[4]  Venezuela Chairman, Organizacion Cisneros
2002 Katsuji Ebisawa[5]  Japan President, NHK
2003 Greg Dyke[6]  United Kingdom Director General, BBC
2004 Herbert Kloiber[7]  Germany Managing Director, Tele-München Group
2005 Charles Allen[8]  United Kingdom Chief Executive, ITV
2006 Ronald S. Lauder[9]  United States Founder and Chairman, Central European Media Enterprises (CME)
2007 Patrick Le Lay[10]  France Chairman, TF1 Group
2008 Liu Changle[11] Hong Kong Chairman & CEO, Phoenix Satellite Television
2009 Markus Schächter[12]  Germany Director General, ZDF
2010 Lorne Michaels[13]  United States Creator & Executive Producer, Saturday Night Live
2011 Subhash Chandra[14]  India Chairman, Zee TV
2012 Kim In-Kyu[15] South Korea President & CEO, Korean Broadcasting System
2013 Anke Schäferkordt[16]  Germany CEO Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland & CO-CEO RTL Group
2014 Roberto Irineu Marinho[17]  Brazil Chairman & CEO of Grupo Globo
2015 Richard Plepler  United States Chairman & CEO, HBO
2016 Maria Rørbye Rønn Denmark CEO & Director General, DR
2017 Emilio Azcárraga Jean  Mexico Chairman & CEO, Grupo Televisa
2018 Sophie Turner Laing  United Kingdom Chief executive officer of Endemol Shine Group
2019 Christiane Amanpour  United States Chief international anchor for CNN
2020 None None None
2021 Thomas Bellut  Germany Director General of German national broadcaster ZDF
2022 Miky Lee  United States Vice president of CJ Group
2023 Ekta Kapoor  India Managing director of Balaji Telefilms
2024 Sidonie Dumas  France CEO of Gaumont
2025 João Roberto Marinho  Brazil CEO of Grupo Globo

References

  1. ↑ Int’l Emmys to honor Sam Nilsson
  2. ↑ "Awards: Previous Winners". International Emmy. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05.
  3. ↑ "Chairman and CEO of China Television Su-Ming Cheng". Gettyimages.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Adlatina.com – Gustavo Cisneros recibió el International Emmy Director Award". Adlatina.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "International Emmy nominations announced". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Greg Dyke to receive International Emmy Directorate award". Indiantelevision.org.in. 25 March 2003. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Central European Media Enterprises Appoints Dr. Herbert G. Kloiber to Its Board of Directors". Prnewswire.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "ITV bags international Emmy". Broadcastnow.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Steven Spielberg and Ronald S. Lauder honored at International Emmy". Medialifemagazine.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Int'l Emmys set to honor TF1's Le Lay". Hollywoodreporter.com. 17 April 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Equipe da Globo recebe medalhas por indicação ao Emmy Internacional". Redeglobo.globo.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Markus Schächter erhält International Emmy Award". Dwdl.de. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Itzkoff, Dave (8 July 2010). "'Saturday Night Live' Breaks an Emmy Record, and Lorne Michaels Is Cool With That". Artsbeat.blogs.nyitmes.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Zee TV's Subhash Chandra to Receive Emmy Honor". Hollywoodreporter.com. June 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  15. ↑ Kushigemachi, Todd (4 June 2012). "KBS' Kim In-kyu to receive International Emmy". Variety.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "RTL Group Co-CEO Anke Schaferkordt to Receive International Emmy". Hollywoodreporter.com. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "Roberto Irineu Marinho recebe Emmy de Personalidade Mundial da TV". G1.globo.com. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2018.