Golden Ariel

The Golden Ariel (Ariel de Oro) is an award that “symbolizes the work of excellence that a member of the film industry has achieved throughout their career and that has contributed to the development and growth of Mexican cinematography”. The Golden Ariel is the highest award given to an individual or institution in the Mexican film industry by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences. It has been awarded annually since 1946 as part of the Ariel Awards and is also given to films that win Best Picture. As of 2020 ceremony, the current recipients are composer Lucía Álvarez and actress María Rojo.

Award results
Source:

1973

 * Alex Phillips

1975

 * Dolores del Río

1977

 * Rodolfo Echeverría

1978

 * Luis Buñuel

1980

 * Felipe Cazals

1986

 * María Félix

1987

 * Mario Moreno “Cantinflas”
 * Gabriel Figueroa

1991

 * La sombra del caudillo de Julio tree Branch
 * Raúl de Anda Gutiérrez

1992

 * Ismael Rodríguez
 * Fernando de Fuentes

1993

 * Marga López
 * Miguel Zacarías

1994

 * Adalberto Martínez “Resortes”
 * Gregorio Walerstein

1995

 * Manuel Esperón

1996

 * Raúl Lavista

1997

 * Katy Jurado
 * Antonio Aguilar
 * Roberto Cañedo

1998

 * Janet Alcoriza
 * Rafael Leal

1999

 * Lilia Prado
 * Walter Reuter

2000

 * Libertad Lamarque
 * Gunther Gerzso

2001

 * Lupita Tovar
 * Rubén Gámez

2002

 * Emilio Carballido
 * Emilio García Riera

2003

 * Filmoteca de la UNAM
 * Elsa Aguirre

2004

 * Estudios Churubusco Azteca
 * Gloria Schoemann

2005

 * Carmen Montejo
 * Julio Pliego

2006

 * Ernesto Alonso
 * Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC)
 * Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)

2007

 * Ignacio López Tarso
 * Rosalío Solano

2008

 * Silvia Pinal

2009

 * Alejandro Parodi
 * Fannie Kauffman

2010

 * Cineteca Nacional
 * Felipe Cazals

2011

 * Jorge Fons
 * Ana Ofelia Murguía

2012

 * Alfredo Joskowicz
 * René Ruiz Cerón

2013

 * Columba Domínguez
 * Mario Almada
 * Rafael Corkidi

2014

 * Arturo Ripstein
 * Ernesto Gómez Cruz

2015

 * Bertha Navarro
 * Miguel Vásquez

2016

 * Rosita Quintana

2017

 * Isela Vega

2018

 * Queta Lavat
 * Toni Kuhn

2019

 * Héctor Bonilla

2020

 * Lucía Álvarez
 * María Rojo

2021
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