Honours
- On 1 January 2001 Stratton was awarded the Centenary Medal for "Service to Australian society and Australian film production".
- On 22 March 2001 he was appointed with the Croix de Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Literature), the highest rank for this award, for his services to cinema, in particular French cinema.
- In 2001 he received the Australian Film Institute's Longford Life Achievement Award.
- On 9 June 2006 Stratton received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Sydney in recognition of his career and his contribution to intellectual life at the university.
- In 2007, he received the 60th Anniversary Medal by the Festival du Film de Cannes and The Chauvel Award by the Brisbane International Film Festival.
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