The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is awarded periodically at the Academy Awards ceremonies to "Creative producers, whose bodies of work relfect a consistently high quality of Motion Picture Production." The Award is named after Irving Thalberg, head of the Production Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, who developed the Company's reputation for Sophisticated films. The Trophy for Award Reciepts is in the form of a bust of Thalberg rather than the familiar "Oscar" Statuette. For this Award, this year is shown is the year when the Award was presented.