The Academy will present honorary awards to Glenn Close, animator Floyd Norman and Ridley Scott, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler of Killer Films at the Governors Awards on November 15.
Close has earned eight Oscar nominations from her feature film debut The World According To Garp to The Big Chill, Dangerous Liaisons, Fatal Attraction and Albert Nobbs. Her credits include Jagged Edge Reversal Of Fortune, The Stepford Wives, and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
Animator and storyboard artist Norman began his 65-year career at Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1956 where he was the studio’s first Black animator. His first Disney feature was Sleeping Beauty and he contributed to The Sword In The Stone, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and Robin Hood and also worked on Mulan and Toy Story 2, among others.
Scott has received Oscar nominations for directing Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down and earned a best picture nomination for The Martian. Hie credits include seminal sci-fi features Blade Runner and Alien, as well as Legend, G.I. Jane, American Gangster, House Of Gucci, and the upcoming feature The Dog Stars.
Vachon and Koffler founded New York-based production company Killer Films in 1995 and together have produced Hedwig And The Angry Inch, One Hour Photo, The Company, The Notorious Bettie Page,” May December, and Materialists.
The Honorary Award 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”.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is presented to a creative producer “whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production”.
The 17th Governors Awards will take place at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.
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