| Any |
Guardonat/da |
| 1972 (1a gala) |
Max Fleischer†, Dave Fleischer |
| 1973 (2a) |
Walter Lantz |
| 1974 (3a) |
Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Art Babbitt, Winsor McCay† |
| 1975 (4a) |
Walt Disney†, John Hubley, Faith Hubley, Norman McLaren |
| 1976 (5a) |
Robert Cannon†, Hugh Harman, Rudolph Ising, Mike Maltese, George Pal, Ward Kimball |
| 1977 (6a) |
Bill Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Mel Blanc, Oskar Fischinger†, Bill Scott, Milt Kahl |
| 1978 (7a) |
Jay Ward, Ub Iwerks†, Dick Huemer, Carl Stalling†, Hans Conreid |
| 1979 (8a) |
Clyde Geronimi, Bill Meléndez, Mae Questel, Otto Messmer |
| 1980 (9a) |
Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, Cal Howard, Paul Julien, Laverne Harding |
| 1981 (10a) |
T. Hee, Bill Peet, Bill Tytla†, John Whitney, Ken Harris |
| 1982 (11a) |
Ken Anderson, Bruno Bozzetto, June Foray, Don Graham†, Marc Davis |
| 1983 (12a) |
Eric Larson, Fred Moore†, Clarence Nash, Wolfgang Reitherman, Leo Salkin, Steven Bosustow†, Wilfred Jackson |
| 1984 (13a) |
Daws Butler, David Hand, Jack Kinney, Michael Lah, Robert McKimson†, Richard Williams, Hamilton Luske† |
| 1985 (14a) |
Robert Abel, Preston Blair, Joe Grant, John Halas, Sterling Holloway, Jim McDonald, Phil Monroe, Ben Washam† |
| 1986 (15a) |
Frederic Back, Shamus Culhane, William T. Hurtz, Irven Spence, Emery Hawkins, John Lounsbery† |
| 1987 (16a) |
Paul Dressien, Jack Hannah, Bill Littlejohn, Maurice Noble, Ken O'Connor |
| 1988 (17a) |
Ralph Bakshi, Bob Clampett†, Tissa David, Kihachiro Kawamoto, Virgil Ross |
| 1989-90 (18a) |
Art Clokey, Hicks Lokey, Don Messick, Osamu Tezuka†, Lester Novros |
| 1991 (19a) |
Ray Harryhausen, Herbert Klynn, Bob Kurtz, Yuri Norstein, Joe Siracusa, Ruth Kissane† |
| 1992 (20a) |
Les Clark†, Stan Freberg, David Hilberman |
| 1993 (21a) |
George Dunning†, Roy E. Disney, Jack Zander |
| 1994 (22a) |
Ed Benedict, Arthur Davis, Jean Vander Pyl |
| 1995 (23a) |
Jules Engel, Vance Gerry, Dan McLaughlin |
| 1996 (24a) |
Mary Blair†, Burny Mattinson, Iwao Takamoto |
| 1997 (25a) |
Willis O'Brien†, Myron Waldman, Paul Winchell |
| 1998 (26a) |
Eyvind Earle, Hayao Miyazaki, Ernest Pintoff |
| 1999 (27a) |
Ray Patterson, Marcell Jankovics, Con Pederson |
| 2000 (28a) |
Norman McCabe, Hoyt Curtin, Lucille Bliss |
| 2001 (29a) |
Bill Justice, Pete Alvarado, Bob Givens |
| 2002 (30a) |
Gene Hazelton, Floyd Norman, Sherman Brothers |
| 2003 (31a) |
Gene Deitch, John Hench†, Thurl Ravenscroft |
| 2004 (32a) |
Don Bluth, Virginia Davis, Arnold Stang |
| 2005 (33a) |
Corny Cole, Fred Crippen, Tyrus Wong |
| 2006 (34a) |
Andreas Deja, Genndy Tartakovsky, Bill Plympton |
| 2007 (35a) |
John Canemaker, Glen Keane, John Kricfalusi |
| 2008 (36a) |
Mike Judge, John Lasseter, Nick Park |
| 2009 (37a) |
Tim Burton, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Bruce Timm |
| 2010 (38a) |
Brad Bird, Eric Goldberg, Matt Groening |
| 2011 (39a) | Walt Peregoy, Borge Ring, Ronald Searle† |
| 2012 (40a) | Terry Gilliam, Oscar Grillo, Mark Henn |
| 2013 (41a) | Katsuhiro Otomo, Steven Spielberg, Phil Tippett |
| 2014 (42a) | Didier Brunner, Don Lusk, Lee Mendelson |
| 2015 (43a) | Joe Ranft†, Phil Roman, Isao Takahata |
| 2016 (44a) |
Dale Baer, Caroline Leaf i Mamoru Oshii |
| 2017 (45a) |
James Baxter, Stephen Hillenburg i Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis[2] |
| 2018 (46a) |
Ralph Eggleston, Andrea Romano i Frank Braxton |
| 2019 (47a) |
Satoshi Kon†, Henry Selick, John Musker i Ron Clements |
| 2020 (48a) |
Willie Ito, Sue C. Nichols† i Bruce W. Smith[3] |
| 2021 (49a) |
Ruben A. Aquino, Lillian Schwartz, Toshio Suzuki[4] |
| 2022 (50a) |
Pete Docter, Evelyn Lambart†, Craig McCracken[5] |
| 2023 (51a) |
Lotte Reiniger†, Joe Hisaishi, Marcy Page[6] |
| 2024 (52a) |
Aaron Blaise, Eunice Macaulay†, Normand Roger[7] |
