Oscar celebrates Governors Award recipients

Actor Tom Hanks, producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and actor Will Smith attend the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland on December 1, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Katzenberg, and Honorary Awards to stunt performer Hal Needham, documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker, and arts advocate George Stevens Jr.

Actress Kristen Stewart arrives at the 4th Annual Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on December 1, 2012.

Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playbook") arrives at the 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland Center's Ray Dolby Ballroom on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Los Angeles.

Actress Kelly Reilly ("Flight") arrives at the 2012 Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on December 1, 2012.

Actress Amy Adams ("The Master") attends the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland on December 1, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Richard Gere ("Arbitrage") arrives at the 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland Center's Ray Dolby Ballroom on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Los Angeles.

Director Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained") attends the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland on December 1, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Quvenzhane Wallis ("Beasts of the Southern Wild") arrives at the 2012 Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on December 1, 2012.

Director Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty") and guest attend the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland on December 1, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Virginia Madsen attends the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland on December 1, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Emayatzi Corinealdi ("Middle of Nowhere") and actor David Oyelowo ("The Paperboy") attend the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland on December 1, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Seth MacFarlane ("Ted"), who will be hosting this year's Oscar ceremony, attends the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland on December 1, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor John Hawkes ("The Sessions") attends the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland on December 1, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Leslie Mann and producer/writer/director Judd Apatow, of "This Is 40," attend the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 4th Annual Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland on December 1, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

A view of the 2012 Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, where documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker received an Honorary Oscar, Saturday, December 1, 2012.

The director of "The War Room," Pennebaker is best known for his music-related films in a variety of genres, including "Don't Look Back," "Monterey Pop," "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars," "John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band: Sweet Toronto," "Branford Marsalis: The Music Tells You," "101," "Elaine Stritch: At Liberty," and "Down From the Mountain."

Senator Al Franken speaks as part of the award presentation to Honorary Award recipient D.A. Pennebaker during the 2012 Governors Awards, in Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, December 1.

Oscar-winning director Michael Moore ("Bowling for Columbine," "Fahrenheit 9/11") presents to Honorary Award recipient D.A. Pennebaker at the 2012 Governors Awards in Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, December 1, 2012.

Moore called him an inspiration and the inventor of the modern documentary. Pennebaker ditched the tripod and carried his camera on his shoulder, and "all filmmaking changed," Moore said, "nonfiction and fiction."

Honorary Award recipient D.A. Pennebaker during the 2012 Governors Awards in Hollywood, Saturday, December 1, 2012.

Oscar-winner Warren Beatty and 4-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening during the 2012 Governors Awards in Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, December 1.

Oscar-winning actor Kirk Douglas attends the 2012 Governors Awards Saturday, December 1, 2012.

Oscar-winning actress Annette Bening speaks as part of the award presentation to Honorary Award recipient George Stevens Jr. during the 2012 Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, December 1, 2012.

Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier presents an Honorary Oscar to George Stevens Jr. during the 2012 Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, December 1, 2012.

Stevens founded the American Film Institute and established the Kennedy Center Honors.

A view of the 2012 Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, Saturday, December 1, 2012.

Oscar-winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino ("Pulp Fiction") speaks as part of the award presentation to Honorary Award recipient Hal Needham during the 2012 Governors Awards Saturday, December 1, 2012. Needham, a veteran stunt man and stunt coordinator who also directed films such as "Smokey and the Bandit," developed new ways of performing and directing death-defying movie stunts.

In introducing Needham, Tarantino said the director "pushed the boundaries of what could be done in action," adding, "I've ripped off many shots from you."

Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy ("The Godfather") presents the Oscar to Honorary Award recipient Hal Needham during the 2012 Governors Awards in Hollywood, Saturday, December 1, 2012.

Ruddy described Needham as "one of the good guys" and "a gift to any producer." Ruddy told a story about making 1982's "Megaforce," which Needham directed. The stuntman helped design a rocket for the film's action sequences, and when he brought it to the Goldwyn lot to demonstrate it, he accidentally launched it into a new soundstage and burnt the whole thing down. Later, while filming another stunt, Needham crashed a motorcycle and got a concussion, but he was back on set shooting the next morning.

The 81-year-old Needham called himself "the luckiest man alive": He grew up a sharecropper's son with eight years' education and went on to work with Billy Wilder, Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne. Now he's getting an Academy Award.

"My mom's looking down on tonight with a big smile on her face," he said, choking up and dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief.

He closed by thanking "the entire Hollywood community for allowing me to be a part of it."

Honorary Award recipient Hal Needham during the 2012 Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, December 1, 2012.

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks ("Philadelphia," "Forrest Gump") speaks as part of the presentation of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, during the 2012 Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, December 1, 2012.

DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg has raised more than $230 million for charity.

"Mostly, all I did was pick up the phone and ask you," Katzenberg said as he accepted his award. "It's you who did it. You who gave of your time, your talent, your money, your hearts. Because that's what you do. That is what Hollywood does."

Oscar-nominated writer/director/producer George Lucas during the 2012 Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, December 1, 2012.

From left: George Stevens Jr., D.A. Pennebaker, Hal Needham and Jeffrey Katzenberg during the 2012 Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center, in Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, December 1, 2012.

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