Filmmaker Don Roos, probably best known for the dramatic comedy The Opposite of Sex, will be the recipient of this year's Outfest Achievement Award.
Described as "Outfest's highest honor" the Achievement Award "is presented in recognition of a body of work that has made a significant contribution to LGBT film and media." The award will be handed to Roos before the Opening Night Gala screening of Peter Bratt's La Mission on Thursday, July 9, at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Christina Ricci and Lisa Kudrow are scheduled to attend the presentation.
Don Roos will also be present to discuss his career on Sunday, July 19, at 2:45 pm at the DGA 2.
Among Roos' screenplays are those for Love Field, starring Michelle Pfeiffer; Single White Female, with Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh; and Marley & Me, which he co-wrote with Scott Frank. He also wrote and directed Bounce, with Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow, and Happy Endings, with Lisa Kudrow and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Roos' latest effort, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, starring Kudrow Natalie Portman, is scheduled for a late 2009 release.
Previous recipients of the Outfest Achievement Award include Donna Deitch, Bill Condon, Todd Haynes, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Gus Van Sant, Ian McKellen, and John Schlesinger.
Loved Lisa Kudrow in The Oposite of Sex. So funny.