London Critics' Circle Film Award / Special Prize

From 1981 to 1998 and 2002, the London Critics' Circle Film Awards honored special achievements in the field of film with a special prize.

So far, only Artificial Eye and Freddie Francis have been successful twice.

Award winners

Note: The award ceremony always relates to films from the previous year, so the 1981 winners come from the 1980 film year.

year	Award winners	Movie	power
1981	Peter Sellers	Welcome Mr. Chance (Being There)	actor
	Gillian Armstrong	My brilliant career (My Brilliant Career)	Director
1982	Freddie Francis	The Elephant Man (The Elephant Man)	camera operator
	Bill Forsyth	That Sinking Feeling , Gregory's Girl	Director, screenwriter
1983	David Puttnam		producer
	Lawrence G. Paull , Douglas Trumbull, and Syd Mead	Blade runner	for visual design
1984	Jonathan Hodgson	Night club	animation
	Artificial Eye		Film retransmission
1985	Iain McCall	Christmas for Sale	animation
1986	Palace Pictures		Film retransmission
1987	Lillian Gish		actress
	Alexandre Trauner		Set designer
	John Barry	Out of Africa	music
1988	Pinewood Studios		Film production
	Tommie Manderson		Make-up artist
	Ennio Morricone		Film composer
	David Rose		Film composer
1989	Leslie Halliwell		Author / film critic
	Leslie Hardcastle , David Francis		Curators of the Museum of the Moving Image (London)
	Dilys Powell		Film critic
	Miklós Rózsa		Film composer
1990	Artificial Eye		Film retransmission
	Charles Crichton		Director
	Alec Guinness		actor
1991	Penelope Houston		Film critic
	Simon Relph		producer
1992	John Sayles		Contribution to British independent film
1993	Freddie Francis		Cameraman, director
1994	Kate Maberly	The Secret Garden (The Secret Garden)	actress
1995	Barry Norman		Film critic
	Hugh Grant	Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings And A Funeral)	actor
1996	John Gielgud		actor
	Peter Rogers		Producer of the carry-on ... film series
1997	Norman Wisdom		comedian
1998	Woody Allen		Director / screenwriter / actor
	Kevin Spacey		actor
2002	Eon Productions Ltd.		for the 40th anniversary of James Bond