Steven Spielberg to receive Selznick Achievement Award
Filmmaker and producer Steven Spielberg is to receive next year's David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures, the Producers Guild of America announced on Wednesday, 21 September.
Spielberg will receive the distinction at the 2012 Producers Guild Awards, which will be held on 21 January, at Hollywood's Beverly Hilton Hotel. The David O. Selznick Achievement Award was established with the purpose of honouring the "outstanding" body of work of a producer. The recipient of this year's award was Scott Rudin, who produced "No Country for Old Men", "There Will Be Blood" and "The Social Network", among other films. Past winners of the accolade also include Billy Wilder, Stanley Kramer, Clint Eastwood, Frank Marshall, Roger Corman, John Lasseter, Kathleen Kennedy, Brian Grazer, and Jerry Bruckheimer.Watch Sleeping Beauty online Movie for Free Online. Disney produced this lavish animated fairy tale, the most expensive cartoon ever made up to its release
Paula Wagner and Michael Manheim, co-chairs of the Producers Guild Awards, said in a statement that Steven Spielberg's "genius, imagination and fearlessness" was "unmatched" in the film industry. They continued by praising Spielberg for producing some of the "most iconic" movies in cinema history. Spielberg said in a statement that he was "tremendously honoured" and "extremely grateful" to receive the David O. Selznick award. Watch Sleeping Beauty movie Online free Lucy is a student who starts taking up part-time jobs to maintain her tuition fees.
Steven Spielberg has won three Academy Awards, two for best director, for "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan", and one as producer of best picture winner "Schindler's List", which picked up seven Oscars in 1993. He is also the recipient of an Irving G. Thalberg award for his lifetime achievement. According to the Producers Guild, Steven Spielberg is the highest-grossing film director of all time. He directed numerous blockbusters, including "Jaws", "Jurassic Park", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
Spielberg has two new films coming out at the end of this year, both of which he has produced, as well as directed. "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn", an adaptation of the Tintin comic book series, created by Belgian artist and writer Hergé, is to be released in cinemas on 23 December. "War Horse", based on Michael Morpurgo's novel of the same name, as well as its award-winning stage adaptation, will hit cinemas on 28 December. The film is expected to be a strong awards contender next year. Steven Spielberg's next project is the biopic "Lincoln", starring Daniel Day-Lewis as the US president and Sally Field as his wife. The film will start shooting this autumn in Richmond, Virginia.
