Jules Verne Award

Jules Verne Award
The Jules Verne Award statuette.
Awarded for	Excellence in exploration, environmental and cinematic achievements
Country	France, United States
Presented by	Jules Verne Adventures
First awarded	1992
Official website	www.julesverne.org

Created in 1992 by Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frédéric Dieudonné, the two founders of the Jules Verne Festival, the Jules Verne Awards are a set of awards given annually for excellence exploration, environmental and cinematic achievements. Organized and overseen by The Jules Verne Adventures organization, the awards are given each year at a formal ceremony.

The awards were first given in 1992 at the first Jules Verne Film Festival, which took place at the Institut océanographique of Paris, France. The Jules Verne Awards are given in several categories.

The Jules Verne Legendaire Awards celebrate legendary science fiction or adventure movies, TV series and stars. Among others, they have been given to: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds,2001: A Space Odyssey, The Wild Bunch,Planet of the Apes, Smallville, Heroes, Lost, Battlestar Galactica,Stargate SG-1, John Wayne,Steve McQueen,Tony Curtis,Ernest Borgnine, Mark Hamill, Sir Christopher Lee, etc. The Jules Verne Legendaire Awards celebrations invite the Stars and the public to once in a lifetime stage reunions of the original cast and crews.