Billy Crystal paid tribute to his loved ones while picking up the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Critics’ Choice Awards.
23.02.2022 - 19:23 / deadline.com
Lynwen Brennanm, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lucasfilm, will be the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the Visual Effects Society (VES) in recognition of her contributions to visual arts and filmed entertainment.
The award will be presented at the 20th Annual VES Awards on March 8 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The winner is chosen by the VES Board of Directors. It recognizes an individual and their body of work that has significantly contributed to the art and/or science of the visual effects industry.
At Star Wars and Indiana Jones producer Lucasfilm, Brennan oversees all businesses, including Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic, and Skywalker Sound, and is responsible for executing strategy across the companies. She was also integral was integral in the creation of ILMxLAB, which combines the talents of Lucasfilm, ILM and Skywalker Sound in a bid to break new ground in creating interactive storytelling and immersive entertainment experiences.
Brennan joined the company in 1999 as Technical Area Leader for Industrial Light & Magic. She rose through the ranks to become President of ILM in 2009, and in February 2015 she was promoted to General Manager and EVP of Lucasfilm. She is the recipient of a CBE in the UK and in 2019 received a Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television from the British Academy of Film and Television Art in Wales, BAFTA Cymru.
Previous winners of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award have included Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, and Robert Zemeckis. As previously announced, Guillermo del Toro will be the forthcoming recipient of the VES Award for Creative Excellence at the 20th Annual VES Awards.
“Lynwen has elevated visual effects as an
Billy Crystal paid tribute to his loved ones while picking up the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Critics’ Choice Awards.
Billy Crystal was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at 2022 Critics Choice Awards Sunday. The actor and comedian was presented the award by fellow funny man, Jimmy Kimmel.Kimmel paid tribute to his self-proclaimed «best friend,» joking about his long, storied career and nothing the importance about Crystal's influence in his own.«Maybe the most important thing about Billy for me selfishly, he is a great talk show guest. When Jay Leno forcibly took control of the in 1993, he asked who to be his first guest? Billy crystal.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature: “Dune”Paul Lambert, Brice Parker, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, Gerd NefzerOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature: “Last Night in Soho”Tom Proctor, Gavin Gregory, Julian Gnass, Fabricio BaessaOutstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature: “Encanto”Scott Kersavage, Bradford Simonsen, Thaddeus P.
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Helen Mirren holds on to her Lifetime Achievement honor while on stage during the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night (February 27).
Helen Mirren was honored at the 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday night with the Lifetime Achievement Award, an accolade she says she owes to a personal mantra she lives by.
Dame Helen Mirren is a SAG Life Achievement Award.The 76-year-old actress was honored with the awards at the 2022 SAG Awards on Sunday, after a career retrospective and a glowing introduction from Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett.«Lifetime achievement? It sounds so grand. I guess I am still alive, so I am eligible,» Mirren said as she accepted her award. «But honestly, any achievement that I've succeeded in, is a result of my mantra, which is basically, be on time and don't be an ass.»«I hate to say the word 'sag' at my age, it's always S.A.G. for me,» she joked as she thanked her fellow guild members. «Of course, we know it takes a myriad of people to make a drama… but now, it is the actors I address,» she continued, naming performers she's admired, past and present. «I joined a tribe of rogues and vagabonds years ago, and it is you, you actors, that I want to thank, for you wit and humor.
Helen Mirren is taking in her moment on the red carpet at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday (February 27) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.
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