voted by the Academy's Board of Governors. The prize, named after a head of the Production Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is not given each year (in earlier years, some individuals were honored more than once). Rather than the familiar "Oscar" statuette, its trophy is in the form of a solid bronze bust of Thalberg. Hitchcock was awarded in 1968. His acceptance speech, in its entirety, was "Thank you... very much indeed." American Film Institute The American Film Institute was founded by the National Endowment for the Arts as an independent non-profit organization focused on screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. In 1973, AFI Life Achievement Award was created to honor a single individual for his or her lifetime contribution to enriching American culture through motion pictures and television. Following John Ford, James Cagney, Orson Welles, William Wyler, Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, Hitchcock was honored on 7 March 1979. AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies is a list determined by the American Film Institute that, in a three-hour television event, counted down the 100 greatest American movies of all time. from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the film industry who chose the 100-best films in 1998. In total four movies directed by Hitchcock entered the list. AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary) To update for the new generation of films released from 1996 to 2006, an updated version of the list billed as an AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies was released in June 2007. (AFI will conduct different versions of this poll every ten years.) While Steven Spielberg has the most films of any director on the list at five films, Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder and Hitchcock tie for 2nd place with four of their films making the list. AFI's 10 Top 10 Mystery Movies In 2008, AFI's 10 Top 10 honored the ten greatest American films in ten classic film genres, featuring animation, fantasy, gangster, science fiction, western, sports, mystery, romantic comedy, courtroom drama and epic. Hitchcock's Vertigo was named as the best mystery film of all time, having entered the AFI's Top 10 list also with three other pictures in addition. (AFI defines "mystery" as a genre that revolves around the solution of a crime). British Academy Film Awards The British Academy Film Awards are presented in an annual award