The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors will present Honorary Awards to actor Jackie Chan, film editor Anne V. Coates, casting director Lynn Stalmaster, and documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman.

“The Honorary Award was created for artists like Jackie Chan, Anne Coates, Lynn Stalmaster, and Frederick Wiseman – true pioneers and legends in their crafts,” Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said in a statement. “The board is proud to honor their extraordinary achievements, and we look forward to celebrating with them at the Governors Awards in November.”

The Oscars will be presented at the Academy’s eighth annual Governors Awards on Nov. 12, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.

The selection of Hong Kong’s Chan and the U.K.-born Coates puts an international flavor on the selections. The film industry is often accused of ageism, but the Governors Awards tends to recognize individuals with lengthy careers, who are generally over the age of 60. Coates is 90, Stalmaster is 87, and Wiseman 86. Chan is the youngster of the group, at 62.

Of the four, Coates is the only one who’s ever been nominated for an Oscar, with her win for the 1962 “Lawrence of Arabia” plus four other noms. She is still working, as one of the editors of “50 Shades of Grey” last year. Wiseman’s latest doc is 2015’s “In Jackson Heights” and Chan works non-stop. The award to Stalmaster is significant because the Academy created a membership branch for casting directors only a few years ago, but so far there is no competitive trophy for the job, which is so important to filmmaking.

This year’s selection is less performer-heavy — last year’s trio of Spike Lee, Debbie Reynolds, and Gena Rowlands likely had more name recognition, likewise past winners like Angelina Jolie and Oprah Winfrey. When the Academy created the Governors Awards as a separate event, they embraced the lack of pressure to offer people who would be familiar to TV viewers. The Academy has resisted suggestions that the Governors Awards be televised, though the star power of the guests always ensures hefty media coverage.

The Academy can salute up to four people each year: one or two honorary Oscars, and one apiece for the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, which goes to a producer for their body of work. It’s generally been four honorees, except for 2011 and last year, when there were three.

This year, there is no Thalberg or Hersholt award, but instead four honorary prizes. The quartet chosen follows the Academy mandate to recognize long and extraordinary careers — and, as a bonus, to offer diversity.