Inkpot Award winners

Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema and he is the second highest-grossing film director of all time. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Awards, twelve Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Grammy Award, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, an honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. According to Forbes, he is one of the world's wealthiest celebrities. He is one of 22 people to achieve EGOT status.

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, politician, and former professional bodybuilder who served as the 38th governor of California from 2003 to 2011.

British science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)

American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

George Raymond Richard Martin, also known by the initials G.R.R.M., is an American author, screenwriter, and television producer. Martin is best known as the author of the epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted by HBO into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present). Martin also wrote a related series of novellas, Tales of Dunk and Egg, which have been adapted by HBO as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026–present). Outside of A Song of Ice and Fire and its related media, Martin helped create the Wild Cards anthology series and contributed worldbuilding for the video game Elden Ring (2022).

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (born 1941)

American author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988)

American filmmaker (born 1939)

American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)

Timothy Walter Burton is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and dark fantasy aesthetics with whimsical and surreal elements. He has received numerous accolades, including one Emmy Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three BAFTA Awards. He was honored with the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and France's Order of Arts and Letters in 2010.

American writer (1875–1950)

Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)

English writer (born 1960)

American born-British filmmaker, comedian, and actor (born 1940)

French filmmaker (born 1959)

American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)

American actor, author and activist (born 1937)

American cartoonist (born 1954)

American actor (born 1951)

British comic book author (born 1953)

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)

Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)

American comic book artist (1917–1994)

American filmmaker (born 1959)

American puppeteer (1936–1990)

U.S. science fiction and fantasy writer and poet (1937–1995)

American filmmaker (born 1970)

American producer and studio executive (born 1973)

English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952)

American novelist (born 1943)

American science fiction writer (1926–2001)

American cartoonist, known for creating the comic strip, "Peanuts" (1922-2000)

American writer, artist, film director (born 1957)

American actress (b. 1933)

American film director, producer, and actor (1926–2024)

American science fiction author (1925–2012)

Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author

American writer (1934–2018)

American actor (1928–2017)

American cartoonist (1901-2000)

American writer (born 1938)

American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer (born 1957)

American voice actor and radio personality (1908–1989)

American comic book artist, the co-creator of Batman (1915-1998)

American politician and civil rights leader (1940–2020)

French comics author (1938–2012)

American comics artist (1927–2018)

American fiction writer (1917–1994)

American actress (1932–2022)

American actor

American cartoonist

American comic book writer and illustrator (born 1951)

American scientist and science fiction author (born 1950)

American animator and filmmaker (1912–2002)

Swiss artist (1940–2014)

American crime novelist (1918–2006)

American screenwriter (1924–1975)

American writer best known for science fiction (1951–2022)

Japanese horror writer and mangaka