Jules Verne Awards Explained

Jules Verne Award
Awarded For:Excellence in exploration, environmental and cinematic achievements
Presenter:Jules Verne Adventures
Country:France, United States
Year:1992

The Jules Verne Awards were a set of annual film awards, awarded from 1992 to 2012 in Paris, France. The awards are for "celebrating achievements in arts, exploration, and conservation, in the tradition of French writer Jules Verne".[1]

History

The awards were created in 1992 by filmmaker/environmentalists Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frédéric Dieudonné, the two founders of the Jules Verne Festival (French: Festival du Film Jules Verne Aventures (JVAFF)[2]) and also known as the Jules Verne Film Festival,[3] The awards were organized and overseen by the Jules Verne Adventures organization.[4] [1] They were first given in 1992 at the first Jules Verne Film Festival, which took place at the Institut océanographique de Paris.[2]

In December 2007, the festival came to Los Angeles.[5] This edition of the festival was known as the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival.[6] [7] [8] It was held in LA again the following year in October, at The Edison and The ImaginAsian Center.[9]

The Jules Verne Festival traditionally includes an awards ceremony during which selected explorers, environmentalists, filmmakers, and movie stars are presented with the Jules Verne Award. Among others, the Jules Verne Award was given to Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Charlotte Rampling, Claude Lelouch, Johnny Depp, Christopher Lee, Patrick Stewart, Mark Hamill, Buzz Aldrin, William Shatner, Tippi Hedren, Stan Lee, Ray Bradbury, Ted Turner, Richard Dean Anderson, Larry Hagman,[10] Christopher Reeve, Roy E. Disney, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Steve McQueen,[11] TV series Heroes, Lost, Stargate SG1 and Battlestar Galactica cast and crew, and has celebrated movie classics such as Blade Runner, Star Trek, Superman, Forbidden Planet, Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Some Like It Hot and The Wild Bunch.[12]

Categories

The Jules Verne Awards are given in several categories.[13] As they are designed "to promote the spirit of human adventure and of curiosity, exploration, conservation and to create a gate to imagination through education and entertainment",[2] they are awarded to both feature fiction and documentary films and filmmakers.[13]

Legendaire

The Jules Verne Legendaire Awards celebrate legendary science fiction or adventure movies, TV series and stars. Among others, they have been given to: , The Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds,[14] 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Wild Bunch,[15] [16] Planet of the Apes, Smallville, Heroes, Lost, Battlestar Galactica,[17] Stargate SG-1, John Wayne,[18] Steve McQueen,[19] Tony Curtis,[20] Ernest Borgnine, Mark Hamill, Sir Christopher Lee, etc.The Jules Verne Legendaire Awards celebrations invite the Stars and the public to once-in-a-lifetime stage reunions of the original cast and crews.

Achievement

The Jules Verne Achievement Awards distinguish artists, explorers, filmmakers, movie and TV actors and celebrities who have encouraged the spirit of adventure and imagination, as well as open-mindedness through their talent, work and persistence. Dame Jane Goodall, George Lucas,[21] James Cameron, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Buzz Aldrin, Christopher Reeve, Harrison Ford, Tippi Hedren, Larry Hagman,[22] Omar Sharif[23] and Ray Bradbury rank among the recipients of the Jules Verne 'Achievement' Award.

Best documentaries

The Jules Verne Awards for best documentaries go to the best exploration, adventure, environment and wildlife documentaries of the year.[24]

Awards ceremonies

The following is a listing of some Jules Verne Awards ceremonies and recipients.

CeremonyYearRecipient(s)Movie(s) or TV series celebratedVenue
1st Jules Verne Awards 1992 The Silent World Institut océanographique, Paris
2nd Jules Verne Awards 1993 Institut océanographique, Paris
3rd Jules Verne Awards 1994 Institut océanographique, Paris
4th Jules Verne Awards 1995 Institut océanographique, Paris
5th Jules Verne Awards 1996 Michel Navratil, Jr Institut océanographique, Paris
6th Jules Verne Awards 1997 Le Crabe-tambour Institut océanographique, Paris
7th Jules Verne Awards 1998 Institut océanographique, Paris
8th Jules Verne Awards 1999 Institut océanographique, Paris
9th Jules Verne Awards 2000 Institut océanographique, Paris
10th Jules Verne Awards 2001 Institut océanographique, Paris
11th Jules Verne Awards 2002 Institut océanographique, Paris
12th Jules Verne Awards 2004 Titanic, Ghosts of the Abyss, Le Grand Rex
13th Jules Verne Awards 2005 , Aliens of the Deep, Smallville Le Grand Rex
14th Jules Verne Awards 2006 Eight Below[25] Le Grand Rex, Shrine Auditorium
15th Jules Verne Awards 2007 , Blade Runner, Heroes Le Grand Rex, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles Theatre
16th Jules Verne Awards 2008 Planet of the Apes, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Birds, Battlestar Galactica Le Grand Rex, The Edison
17th Jules Verne Awards 2009 Star Trek (2009 film), Coraline, Battlestar Galactica, The Wild Bunch, Some Like It Hot, Lost Le Grand Rex, Million Dollar Theater
18th Jules Verne Awards 2010 The Empire Strikes Back, Bullitt Le Grand Rex, Cinerama Dome
19th Jules Verne Awards 2011 True Grit Cinerama Dome
20th Jules Verne Awards 2012 Stargate SG-1 Le Grand Rex
CeremonyYearRecipient(s)Movie(s) or TV series celebratedVenue

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home . Jules Verne Adventures . 21 March 2013 . 10 December 2023.
  2. Web site: Festival du Film Jules Verne Aventures . Filmfestivals.com . 10 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Blankenship . Bill . Films fete Jules Verne, whose fiction became fact . The Topeka Capital-Journal . 28 April 2013 . 10 December 2023.
  4. Web site: The Jules Verne Awards: Celebrating Legendary Movies and People.
  5. Web site: LA to host Jules Verne festival . . 13 June 2007 . 10 December 2023.
  6. Web site: Jules Verne Festival Comes Halfway Around the World . Los Angeles Business Journal . 17 June 2007 . 10 December 2023.
  7. Web site: The Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival schedule of events . Los Angeles Downtown News . 3 December 2007 . 10 December 2023.
  8. Web site: Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival . My Afflation . 3 December 2007 . 10 December 2023.
  9. Web site: Painter . Alysia Gray . Jules Verne Festival . NBC Los Angeles . 24 October 2008 . 10 December 2023.
  10. News: Jules Verne Festival founders, Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frédéric Dieudonné explain: "Our aim is to foster a culture of sustainability in a rarely reached yet important new audience in a fun and entertaining way." . August 13, 2010. Henrick Vartanian . Brave New Hollywood .
  11. News: On Thursday, the Jules Verne Festival is paying tribute to Steve McQueen at the Cinerama Dome. The late actor's son, Chad, will accept the Jules Verne Legendaire Award from the festival's founders, Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frederic Dieudonne. . November 8, 2010. Susan King . LA Times .
  12. News: "The Wild Bunch" is riding into town for a special 40th-anniversary screening Thursday at the venerable Million Dollar Theater in downtown L.A. Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frederic Dieudonne, founders of the Jules Verne Festival, are presenting the screening, with all proceeds going to the Jules Verne Nature & Education Program. . November 11, 2009. Susan King . LA Times .
  13. Web site: Honorees . Jules Verne Adventures . 5 June 2013 . 10 December 2023.
  14. News: On September 14, 2008. The Jules Verne Festival celebrated the 45th Anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" with Tippi Hedren as the celebrated guest. . September 29, 2008. Peter. Gonzaga . Eye on Red Carpets .
  15. News: "The Wild Bunch" is riding into town for a special 40th-anniversary screening Thursday at the venerable Million Dollar Theater in downtown L.A. Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frederic Dieudonne, founders of the Jules Verne Festival, are presenting the screening, with all proceeds going to the Jules Verne Nature & Education Program. . November 11, 2009 . Susan. King . LA Times .
  16. News: "We will reassemble the cast and crew of the movie… as well as other celebrities that are connected somehow to Peckinpah's work, like actors that played in other movies he made," said Jules Verne Festival director Frédéric Dieudonné. . November 6, 2009 . The Los Angeles Downtown News .
  17. News: Adama himself, Edward James Olmos, will be a special guest at a tribute to Ron Moore, the creative force behind "Battlestar Galactica," the soon-to-be-concluded series on Sci Fi. Saturday, 7 p.m., The Edison. . October 20, 2008. Geoff. Boucher . LA Times .
  18. News: The Jules Verne Festival night is selling out; the star's son Patrick will appear. . November 7, 2011. Alysia Gray Painter . NBC Los Angeles.
  19. News: On Thursday, the Jules Verne Festival is paying tribute to Steve McQueen at the Cinerama Dome. The late actor's son, Chad, will accept the Jules Verne Legendaire Award from the festival's founders, Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frederic Dieudonne. . November 8, 2010. Susan. King . LA Times .
  20. News: Curtis is leaving Las Vegas this week and visiting Los Angeles for "The Magic of Tony Curtis" Saturday at the venerable Million Dollar Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Presented by the Jules Verne Festival and the Los Angeles Historical Theater Foundation, the festivities include a matinee screening of Curtis' 1953 hit "Houdini," with escape artist Curtis Lovell II attempting the legendary magician's water torture stunt, and a 50th anniversary screening that evening of "Some Like It Hot". . June 10, 2009. Susan. King . LA Times .
  21. News: Jeauffre bills the fest, which is celebrating its fifth year in France, as "the ultimate event to explore and preserve our planet" and "a love letter from the French to the American people." . October 11, 2006. Jeff. Sneider . Variety .
  22. News: Jules Verne Festival founders, Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frédéric Dieudonné explain: "Our aim is to foster a culture of sustainability in a rarely reached yet important new audience in a fun and entertaining way." . August 13, 2010. Henrick. Vartanian . Brave New Hollywood .
  23. Web site: Honorees | Jules Verne Adventures.
  24. Web site: Jules Verne Awards. 2015. 22 June 2024. Jules Verne Adventures.
  25. News: "Amateur night" might describe most French premieres and awards ceremonies, but the Jules Verne folks know from showmanship: An impressive replica of Indiana Jones' Temple of Doom welcomed producer-turned-director Frank Marshall, there to show "Eight Below" complete with live huskies and pic's star, Paul Walker. . April 2, 2002. Lisa. Nesselson . Variety.