The Honorary Award is presented at the annual Governors Awards.
He also received the 1999 Governors Award in the Humanities from Roy Barnes, then governor of Georgia.
In 2012 he was awarded a Governors Award, introduced by Michael Moore.
Motorweek also received the Board of Governors Award.
The smaller presentation of the Governors Awards was designed to invoke the feel of the early Academy Award ceremonies.
He will receive the organization's Board of Governors Award on March 8 in Los Angeles at the society's 12th annual awards gala.
The award was presented at the inaugural Governors Awards on November 14, 2009.
Board of the Governors Award:
The prizes will be handed out the Governors Awards in November.
She's won 16 Emmys including the prestigious Governors Award.