Doctor Bird Awards
| Doctor Bird Awards | |
|---|---|
| Country | Jamaica |
| Presented by | Mediamix |
| First award | 10 November 1998 |
The Doctor Bird Awards (officially the Mediamix Doctor Bird Awards) is a Jamaican award for creative achievement. Founded in 1998 by director Lennie Little-White, the Doctor Bird Awards originally honoured members of the Jamaican film industry, comparable to an American or British Academy Award.[1] After a hiatus between 2004 and 2018, the reward was rededicated to include other creative industries, such as music and visual art.[2]
The Awards are named for Jamaica's national bird, Trochilus polytmus (often called the doctor bird or red-billed streamertail).[1]
Recipients
[edit]| Name and profession | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Wycliffe Bennett, producer | 1998 | [3] |
| Chris Blackwell, producer | [2][3] | |
| Gussie Clarke, producer | 2018 | [2] |
| Jimmy Cliff, reggae singer and actor | 1998 | [3] |
| Basil Dawkins, playwright | 2018 | [2] |
| Bill Edwards, designer | ||
| Leonie Forbes, actress and broadcaster | 1998 | [3] |
| Perry Henzell, film-maker | [1][2][3] | |
| Evan Jones, screenwriter, poet, playwright and novelist | 1998 | [1] |
| Mutabaruka, dub poet | 2018 | [2] |
| Ian Randle, publisher | [2] | |
| Lloyd Reckord, actor and director | 1998 | [1][3] |
| Martin Rennalls, film-maker | [4] | |
| Trevor Rhone, screenwriter | 1998 | [3] |
| Carey Robinson, broadcaster and historian | [1][3] | |
| Norma Rodney-Harrack, ceramic artist | 2018 | [2] |
| Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress and singer | 1998 | [3] |
| Oliver Samuels, comedian and actor | [1] | |
| L'Antoinette Stines, director, choreographer and writer | 2018 | [2] |
| Franklyn St Juste, film-maker | 1998 | [1] |
| Natalie Thompson, film-maker | 2018 | [2] |
| Evan Williams, architect | [2] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "CINEMA-JAMAICA: Jamiaca Awards its First "Oscars"". Inter Press Service. 10 November 1998. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bonitto, Brian (24 December 2018). "Doctor Bird Awards fly again". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Little-White, Lennie (14 October 2018). "Heroes of the creative industries". The Gleaner. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
- ↑ Francis, Terri (September 11, 2011). "Sounding the Nation: Martin Rennalls and the Jamaica Film Unit, 1951-1961". Film History: An International Journal. 23 (2): 126 – via Project MUSE.
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