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 The academy, which hosts Hollywood's annual Oscars ceremony
and is made up of some 6,500 members of the film industry,
bestows the Governors Awards to honor a person's lifetime
achievements in film.
The Governors Awards, also called honorary Oscars, are handed
out at a star-studded Hollywood ceremony in November.
Belafonte, 87, will be given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian
award for his work in social causes, including famine relief and
education. The academy noted that through his film work, which
includes "Carmen Jones" and "Odds Against Tomorrow," Belafonte
strived to spotlight racial issues.
Belafonte, a native of New York's Harlem neighborhood, is best
known as the "King of Calypso," emerging at the forefront of the
Caribbean folk music wave in the United States in the 1950s. He
will be join a select company of stars who have won the coveted
"EGOT," with Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards under his belt.
Miyazaki, 73, is a renowned animator and co-founder of Studio
Ghibli, winning the Oscar for best animated feature film in 2002
for "Spirited Away." "The Wind Rises" earned Miyazaki his third
Oscar nomination earlier this year but may be the final work for
the director, who announced his plans to retire from filmmaking
last year through his production company.
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Dublin native O'Hara, 94, is best known for the films "Miracle on
34th Street," and "Sinbad the Sailor." The red-haired screen siren
was also a frequent collaborator with director John Ford, appearing
in five of his films, including "The Quiet Man."
Carriere, 82, began his career as a novelist before switching to
film writing, winning an Oscar for best short subject in 1962 for
co-writing "Heureux Anniversaire" with Pierre Etaix. He frequently
worked with Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel on films such as 1967's
"Belle de Jour."
Previous recipients of the Governors Awards include actor Eli
Wallach and actress Lauren Bacall, who both passed away this year,
director Francis Ford Coppola, actress and humanitarian Angelina
Jolie and comedic actor Steve Martin.
(This story has been refiled to fix film title to "on," not "of," in
paragraph 7)
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Mary Milliken and Jonathan
Oatis)
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