The Doctor Bird Awards (officially the Mediamix Doctor Bird Awards) is a Jamaican award for creative achievement. Founded in 1998 by the film-maker Lennie Little-White, the Doctor Bird Awards originally honoured members of the Jamaican film industry, comparable to an American or British Academy Award. After a hiatus between 2004 and 2018, the award was rededicated to include other creative industries, such as music and visual art.
The Awards are named for Jamaica's national bird, Trochilus polytmus (often called the doctor bird or red-billed streamertail).
Recipients Name and professionYearWycliffe Bennett, producer1998Chris Blackwell, producerGussie Clarke, producer2018Jimmy Cliff, reggae singer and actor1998Basil Dawkins, playwright2018Bill Edwards, designerLeonie Forbes, actress and broadcaster1998Perry Henzell, film-makerEvan Jones, screenwriter, poet, playwright and novelist1998Mutabaruka, dub poet2018Ian Randle, publisherLloyd Reckord, actor and director1998Martin Rennalls, film-makerTrevor Rhone, screenwriter1998Carey Robinson, broadcaster and historianNorma Rodney-Harrack, ceramic artist2018Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress and singer1998Oliver Samuels, comedian and actorL'Antoinette Stines, director, choreographer and writer2018Franklyn St Juste, film-maker1998Natalie Thompson, film-maker2018Evan Williams, architect
See also
Calabash International Literary Festival
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