Video Business Video Hall of Fame Honor Roll
2009
Stephen Nickerson, Summit Entertainment
Blair Westlake, Microsoft
Best Buy, Leading Home Entertainment Retailer
2008
Henry McGee, HBO Home Entertainment
Ron Sanders, Warner Home Video
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, Home Entertainment Industry Promotion Group
2007
Steve Beeks, Lionsgate
Reed Hastings, Netflix
Bill O'Brien, Co-Founder, Video Business and Video Hall of Fame
2006
Amazon.com, Outstanding online retailer
Craig Kornblau, Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Neal H. Moritz, Producer, Original Film
2005
Benjamin S. Feingold, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Marvel Studios, Creator of powerhouse entertainment franchises
Wal-Mart, Outstanding retailer
2004
Julie Andrews, Star of enduring home entertainment
Bob Chapek, Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Target, Outstanding retailer
2003
Denise Austin, Fitness expert
Stephen Einhorn, New Line Home Entertainment
Robert J. Higgins, Trans World Entertainment
Kevin S. Bright, Executive producer, Friends
Marta Kauffman, Executive producer, Friends
David Crane, Executive producer, Friends
2002
John Antioco, Blockbuster Video
Roger Corman, New Concorde
David Bishop, MGM Home Entertainment
2001
Tim Burton, Director
Eric Doctorow, Paramount Home Entertainment
Joe Pagano, Best Buy
2000
Paul Culberg, VM Labs
Ivan Reitman, Producer/director/writer
Russ Solomon, Tower Records/Video
1999
Jerry Bruckheimer, Producer
Dave Mount, WEA Inc.
Tim Shannahan, Video Products Distributors
1998
James Cameron, Producer/director/writer
Jack Eugster, Musicland Stores Corp.
Sheryl Leach, Lyrick Studios
1997
Warren Lieberfarb, Warner Home Video
William Mechanic, Fox Filmed Entertainment
Stan Meyers, Baker & Taylor
Jack Silverman, Commtron
1996
E. Bronson Ingram*, Ingram Entertainment
Alfred Markim, Video Corp. of America
Stephen Roberts, 20th Century Fox Telecommunications
The Film Foundation, Preserving a unique part of America’s culture
1995
Ron Eisenberg, ETD
Stuart Karl*, Karl Lorimar Home Video
R. E. “Ted” Turner, Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
1994
Richard B. “Reg” Childs*, Paramount Home Video; Nelson Home Entertainment
Kathy Smith, Innovator in original video programming
Stephen Strome, Handleman Co.
VIAAC, Initiated video industry effort to combat AIDS
1993
Arthur Bach, Star Video
Robert Blattner*, MCA Home Video
David Lachenbruch, TV Digest
Emmet Murphy, Technicolor Video Services
1992
Peter Balner, Palmer Video
Larry Hilford*, Orion Home Video
Art Levis*, Consumer Electronics, Video Magazine
1991
George Atkinson, The Video Station
John Hollands, Sony Tape Division
H. Wayne Huizenga, Blockbuster Entertainment Corp.
1990
Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Assn. of America
Jack Wayman, Consumer Electronics Show
Scott Young, Wherehouse Entertainment
1989
Lou Fogelman, Music Plus Video
Bob Pfannkuch, Rank Video Services
Steven Spielberg, Producer/director
1988
Walt Disney*, The Walt Disney Co.
Austin O. Furst, Vestron Video
1987
Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, Producer, James Bond films
Seymour “Cy” Leslie, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group
Jack Pluckhahn, Quasar
1986
Mel Harris, Video Division, Paramount Pictures Corp.
Robert O’Neil, Hitachi Sales Corp.
The National Captioning Institute Inc.
1985
Joe Cohen & Mickey Granberg, Founders,Video Software Dealers Assn.
Shelley Duvall, Innovator in original video programming
Ray Gates, Panasonic
1984
Larry Finley, ITA
Jane Fonda, Innovator in original video programming
Ken Kai, Pioneer Home Video
1983
John Logie Baird*, Inventor of videodisc technology
Arthur Morowitz, Innovator in video marketing
Sir Clive Sinclair, Innovator in miniaturization of electronics
1982
Andre Blay, Father of the prerecorded videotape business
Nolan Bushnell, Father of the videogame business
David Sarnoff*, Innovator in broadcast TV
Dr. Norikazu Sawazaki, Inventor of Helical-Scan videotape recording
1981
Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby*, Innovator in video taping TV programs
Vladimir Zworykin*, Inventor of cathode ray tube
Ampex Engineering Team, Developers of video recording: Ray Dolby, Charles Ginsberg,* Shelly Henderson, Alex Maxey and Fred Pfost
3M Engineering Team, Developers of videotape: Joseph Mazzitello,* Andrew Nordloff* and Melvin Sater