“It’s
a great honor for us to recognize Lee’s outstanding work with this top
directing honor of the year. His tremendous vision and versatility
provides us with films that are both
critical and box office successes,” said de Abreu.
The
Hollywood Film Awards honors cherished stars, filmmakers, and
up-and-coming talent, and traditionally kicks off the film awards season
with the biggest stars and top industry
executives in attendance. Past “Hollywood Director Award” honorees have
included Kathryn Bigelow, Clint Eastwood, Marc Foster, Tom Hooper, Ron
Howard, Michael Mann, Sam Mendes, Bennett Miller, Martin Scorsese, and
Olive Stone among others.
The
2013 Hollywood Film Awards has also announced that it will be honoring
the prolific and legendary producer Jerry Weintraub with the “Hollywood
Legend Award,” Academy award-nominated
actor Harrison Ford with this year’s “Hollywood Career Achievement
Award,” actor Matthew McConaughey with the “Hollywood Actor Award,”
Academy Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock with the “Hollywood Actress
Award,” Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal with
the "Hollywood Supporting Actor Award," Academy Award-winning actress
Julia Roberts with the "Hollywood Supporting Actress Award," actor Jared
Leto with the "Hollywood Breakout Performance Award" for "Dallas Buyers
Club," actress Lupita Nyong’o with the "New
Hollywood Award" for "12 Year A Slave," actor David Oyelowo for “Lee
Daniels The Butler,” director Steve McQueen with the “Hollywood
Breakout Director Award,” producer Michael De Luca with the "Hollywood
Producer Award," and screenwriters Julie Delpy, Ethan
Hawke and Richard Linklater with the “Hollywood Screenwriter
Award.” Other honorees include director Dan Scalon for "Monsters
University" with the "Hollywood Animation Award," and the movie “Pacific
Rim” for visual effects.
The Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 21, 2013.
The
Hollywood Film Awards honors cherished stars, filmmakers, and
up-and-coming talent, and traditionally kicks off the film awards season
with the biggest stars and top industry
executives in attendance.
Last
year’s awards show received more than 41 million media impressions, in
addition to more than 300 million online and print readers’ impressions.
ABOUT LEE DANIELS
Lee
Daniels is perhaps best known for his Academy Award winning film
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE. The film was adapted from
the New York Times- bestselling novel
Push by Sapphire (a.k.a. Ramona Lofton). PRECIOUS was nominated for six
Academy Awards, including nominations for Daniels in the category of
"Achievement in Directing" and "Best Motion Picture of the Year, and
wins in the categories of “Best Performance by
an Actress in a Supporting Role” and “Best Writing, Adapted
Screenplay.”
Daniels
was the first African American to be nominated for a Director's Guild
of America Award for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature
Film" on behalf of PRECIOUS. The
film won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the U.S.
Dramatic Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, only the third
film in Festival history to do so. It was also nominated for three
Golden Globe awards including "Best Picture Drama,"
and was nominated for eight NAACP Image Awards, six of which it won, in
categories including "Outstanding Motion Picture" and "Outstanding
Directing in a Motion Picture, Theatrical or Television. The film also
garnered a total of five 2010 Independent Spirit
Awards, including "Best Feature” and "Best Director.”
Daniels’
production company, Lee Daniels Entertainment, made its feature film
debut with MONSTER'S BALL, making Daniels the sole African-American
producer of an Oscar®- winning
and Oscar®-nominated film. Daniels also produced THE WOODSMAN which was
nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards. The film received the
CICAE Arthouse Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Jury Prize at the
Deauville International Film Festival, and
Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking from the National Board of
Review.
ABOUT DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS
Founded
in 1957, dick clark productions, Inc. (DCP) is a leading independent
producer of television programming. DCP produces perennial hits such as
the “American Music Awards,”
“Golden Globe Awards,” “Academy of Country Music Awards,” and “Dick
Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” DCP also produces
popular weekly television programming, including “So You Think You Can
Dance,” and owns and maintains one of the world’s
most unique and extensive entertainment libraries, which includes more
than 30 years of “American Bandstand” footage. For additional
information, visit
www.dickclark.com.
ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS®
The
Hollywood Film Awards®, founded in 1997, were created to celebrate
Hollywood and launch the awards season. The recipients of the awards are
selected by an Advisory Team for
their body of work and/or a film(s) that is to be released during the
calendar year. In the last 10 years, a total of 96 Oscar® nominations
and 34 Oscars® were given to the honorees of the Hollywood Film Awards.
For additional information, visit www.hollywoodawards.com.
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