The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is going to do the right thing.

Veteran filmmaker Spike Lee will receive an honorary Oscar at the 7th annual Governors Awards on Nov. 14, along with actress Gena Rowlands, and Debbie Reynolds will be presented with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Writer-director Lee, 58, has received two Oscar nominations throughout his nearly 32 years in cinema. His first nod was for Best Original Screenplay for 1989’s “Do the Right Thing,” and a documentary feature nomination for 1997’s “4 Little Girls.”

Rowlands, 85, received her first best actress in a leading role nod for 1974’s “A Woman Under the Influence” and earned another nomination in 1980’s “Gloria.”

“Singin' in the Rain” star Debbie Reynolds earned one Oscar nod as best actress for 1964's The Unsinkable Molly Brown. The 83-year-old will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her work raising funds for Thalians, which supports charities that serve the mental ill. It is awarded to individuals “in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry.”

Annually the Academy awards honorary Oscars - as lifetime achievement or philanthropy awards - to members who have made outstanding contributions to motion pictures.