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The inaugural Golden Awards was held in 1984 at Sorrentino's Restaurant in Toluca
Lake to honor veterans of the industry and acknowledge their vast contributions
to the craft. The award was created not to champion a meritocracy but instead to
celebrate perseverance—50 years dedicated to the craft. In that first program it
read: "There is no selectivity in this room tonight; the producer, the animator and
the cel-washer sit together amongst us."
Forty-one members of the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild were celebrated
that night in January, and since then another 228 artists, writers and technicians
have been honored across four decades. We continue the tradition today; another
28 Animation Guild members were honored on November 2nd. We celebrate their
devotion to this wonderful and unique craft that has brought joy to generations.
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