Oscar winners Anjelica Huston, Jonathan Demme, and Quentin Tarantino, and Honorary Award recipient Kirk Douglas will be some of the presenters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ first Governors Awards event on November 14 at Hollywood & Highland Center's Grand Ballroom.
The evening will feature presentations of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley, and Honorary Awards to actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis.
The black-tie dinner event for more than 600 guests will feature film clips as well as statements from the honorees, and tributes from their colleagues and admirers.
The Honorary Award, an Oscar statuette, is given to an individual for “extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy.”
The Thalberg Award, a bust of the legendary motion picture executive Irving G. Thalberg, best known for his work at MGM from the founding of the studio in 1924 to his death in 1936, is given to “a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production.”
The Governors Awards presentation is being produced for the Academy by Oscar-winning producer Bruce Cohen in association with Emmy-winning producer Don Mischer.
As per a previous Academy press release, clips from the Honorary Awards presentation will be shown at the Academy Awards ceremony.
I love the Lauren Bacall picture brings back memories of her with Bogart.