Glenn Close, Ridley Scott to Receive Honorary Oscars at Governors Awards
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- Glenn Close, Ridley Scott, Floyd Norman, Christine Vachon, and Pamela Koffler will receive honorary Oscars at the Governors Awards on November 15.
- The Academy recognized their "groundbreaking work" and "immeasurable impact" on filmmaking.
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Warum es wichtig ist
The Academy's Governors Awards honor individuals for their lifetime achievements in film. This year's recipients include veteran actor Glenn Close, director Ridley Scott, animator Floyd Norman, and producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler.
Glenn Close and Ridley Scott are among the names set to receive honorary Oscars at this year’s Governors awards.
The two have long been snubbed at the Oscars, with Close receiving eight nominations and Scott receiving four. The pair will be awarded this November alongside animator Floyd Norman and producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler.
In a statement, the Academy called them “five remarkable individuals whose groundbreaking work has forever shaped the art of film-making”.
Close, who has been nominated for films including Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons and most recently Hillbilly Elegy, is also described as an actor with an “unparalleled emotional range” who has “brought to life some of the most complex characters in cinema”.
The actor will next be seen in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping later this year.
Scott, who has been nominated for films including Thelma & Louise and Gladiator, is referred to as “a true visionary whose decades-long legacy has left an immeasurable impact on global cinema and culture”.
His next film, the post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars, will be released this August.
Norman is a 90-year-old animator whose work dates back to uncredited work on early Disney classics including The Jungle Book and Sleeping Beauty as well as credits on Monsters Inc and Alvin and the Chipmunks. The Academy has praised him as the first Black animator for Disney who has “inspired generations of artists over his remarkable career”.
Vachon and Koffler received their first Oscar nomination for producing the romantic drama Past Lives, but their credits also include films such as Boys Don’t Cry, May December and Materialists.
The honorary Oscar is given “to honour extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences in any discipline, or for outstanding service to the Academy”.
This year’s ceremony will take place on 15 November.
Last year saw Tom Cruise and Dolly Parton among the names being celebrated.
Offene Fragen
- What specific achievements will be highlighted for each recipient during the ceremony?
- Will there be any notable presenters or performers at the event?
- What is the significance of these specific individuals being honored together this year?
