Academy Celebrates Filmmaker Richard Donner

Tribute to include on-stage appearances by Donner and special guests
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Rene Russo and many more

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy will pay tribute to director-producer Richard Donner with an evening of personal anecdotes, film clips spanning his prolific career and special appearances by friends and colleagues on Wednesday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Guests to take the stage with Donner include actors Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Rene Russo, Jeff B. Cohen, Carol Kane, Joseph Mazzello, David Morse, Ke Huy Quan and John Savage; producer and president of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige; writer, president and chief creative officer at DC Entertainment Geoff Johns; writer Brian Helgeland; and Lauren Shuler Donner, producer and Donner’s wife for more than 30 years.

Donner’s work is wide-ranging, from small independents ("Inside Moves") to cult classics ("The Goonies"), superhero epics ("Superman") to medieval love stories ("Ladyhawke"), and mystery-suspense thrillers ("The Omen") to blockbuster comedies ("Scrooged") and the buddy action series, "Lethal Weapon."