Warren Beatty will receive the Art Directors Guild’s Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award, "given to an individual whose body of work in the film industry has richly enhanced the visual aspects of the movie-going experience," at the ADG Awards ceremony on February 13, 2010, at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Nine other ADG awards will also be presented, along with a Lifetime Achievement Award for production designer Terence Marsh (Mary Queen of Scots, A Touch of Class, Clear and Present Danger, The Green Mile). Additionally, three production designers will be inducted into the ADG’s Hall of Fame: Malcolm F. Brown, Bob Keene, and Ferdinando Scarfiotti.
Among the 72-year-old Beatty's behind-the-cameras credits are Bonnie and Clyde (above, with Faye Dunaway), Heaven Can Wait, Reds, and Bulworth. He also starred in the four aforementioned films, in addition to Splendor in the Grass, All Fall Down, McCabe and Mrs. Miller,Dick Tracy, and Bugsy. In-between critical and box-office hits, Beatty appeared in misguided vehicles like Mickey One, Kaleidoscope, The Only Game in Town, The Fortune, Ishtar, Love Affair, and Town & Country, his last film.
Among his directors are Arthur Penn, Elia Kazan, John Frankenheimer, Barry Levinson, and Robert Altman. His leading ladies include Natalie Wood, Eva Marie Saint, Leslie Caron, Susannah York, Jean Seberg, Elizabeth Taylor, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Isabelle Adjani, Madonna, Halle Berry, and Annette Bening, who became his wife in 1992. Additionally, Beatty has played opposite Jack Nicholson, Elliott Gould, Charles Grodin, Gene Hackman, and Dustin Hoffman.
Warren Beatty's previous honorary awards include the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Board of Governors Award from the American Society of Cinematographers in 2000, the Distinguished Director Award from the Costume Designers Guild in 2001, the Milestone Award from the Producers Guild in 2004, the Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 2007, and the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.
Beatty's non-movie-related honors include the Eleanor Roosevelt Award from the Americans for Democratic Action, the Brennan Legacy Award from the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, and the Phillip Burton Public Service Award from The Foundation For Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. Also, along with Annette Bening, he was given the Caritas Award from Saint John's Health Center and the Stem Cell Champions Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Previous recipients of the ADG's Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award are Allen Daviau, Clint Eastwood, Blake Edwards, Terry Gilliam, Ray Harryhausen, Norman Jewison, John Lasseter, George Lucas, Frank Oz, Steven Spielberg, Robert Wise, and Zhang Yimou.
The Art Directors Guild nominations will be announced on January 8. The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on February 13.
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