Doctor Bird Awards

Doctor Bird Awards
CountryJamaica
Presented byMediamix
First award10 November 1998; 27 years ago (1998-11-10)

The Doctor Bird Awards (officially the Mediamix Doctor Bird Awards) is a Jamaican award for creative achievement. Founded in 1998 by the film-maker Lennie Little-White, the Doctor Bird Awards originally honoured members of the Jamaican film industry, comparable to an American or British Academy Award. After a hiatus between 2004 and 2018, the award was rededicated to include other creative industries, such as music and visual art.

The Awards are named for Jamaica's national bird, Trochilus polytmus (often called the doctor bird or red-billed streamertail).

Recipients

Including but not limited to:

Name and profession Year Ref.
Wycliffe Bennett, producer 1998
Chris Blackwell, producer
Gussie Clarke, producer 2018
Jimmy Cliff, reggae singer and actor 1998
Basil Dawkins, playwright 2018
Bill Edwards, designer
Leonie Forbes, actress and broadcaster 1998
Perry Henzell, film-maker
Evan Jones, screenwriter, poet, playwright and novelist 1998
Mutabaruka, dub poet 2018
Ian Randle, publisher
Lloyd Reckord, actor and director 1998
Martin Rennalls, film-maker
Trevor Rhone, screenwriter 1998
Carey Robinson, broadcaster and historian
Norma Rodney-Harrack, ceramic artist 2018
Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress and singer 1998
Oliver Samuels, comedian and actor
L'Antoinette Stines, director, choreographer and writer 2018
Franklyn St Juste, film-maker 1998
Natalie Thompson, film-maker 2018
Evan Williams, architect

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "CINEMA-JAMAICA: Jamiaca Awards its First "Oscars"". Inter Press Service. 10 November 1998. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bonitto, Brian (24 December 2018). "Doctor Bird Awards fly again". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Little-White, Lennie (14 October 2018). "Heroes of the creative industries". The Gleaner. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Francis, Terri (September 11, 2011). "Sounding the Nation: Martin Rennalls and the Jamaica Film Unit, 1951–1961". Film History: An International Journal. 23 (2): 126 – via Project MUSE.