Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award inopiwa nguva nenguva neAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences pamitambo yeGovernors Awards kune "vagadziri vekugadzira, vane miviri yebasa inoratidza hunhu hwepamusoro hwekugadzirwa kwemafirimu". Mubairo wacho wakapiwa zita raIrving Thalberg, mukuru mukuru weMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production Division, uyo akavaka mukurumbira wekambani yemafirimu akaoma. Mubairo wacho pachako mufananidzo waThalberg panzvimbo pechifananidzo chinozivikanwa che"Oscar". Zvisinei, ichiri kuverengwa se"Oscar yorukudzo". Mubairo uyu wakatangwa muna 1937 uye wakatanga kupiwa pa 10th Academy Awards
, muna March 1938. Kwave kune zvifananidzo 39 zvakapiwa kusvikira zvino.