The Frameline Award

Established in 1986, The Frameline Award is given every year at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco to a person or entity that has made a major contribution to LGBTQ+ representation in film, television, or the media arts.

List of Honorees
1986 Vito Russo 1987 Alexandra von Grote 1988 Divine 1989 Cinevista / Promovision 1990 Robert Epstein 1991 Elfi Mikesch 1992 Marlon Riggs 1993 Pratibha Parmar 1994 Christine Vachon 1995 Marcus Hu 1996 Peter Adair 1997 Channel Four Television 1998 Dolly Hall 1999 Stanley Kwan 2000 Barbara Hammer 2001 The Festival’s Founders 2002 Isaac Julien 2003 Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato 2004 Rose Troche 2005 Gregg Araki 2006 François Ozon 2007 Andrea Sperling 2008 Michael Lumpkin 2009 George Kuchar & Mike Kuchar 2010 Wolfe Video 2011 Margaret Cho 2012 B. Ruby Rich 2013 Jamie Babbit 2014 George Takei 2015 Jeffrey Schwarz 2016 Bob Hawk 2017 Alan Cumming 2018 Debra Chasnoff 2019 Rodney Evans