![]() ![]() Proceeds from the event will support the Academy Museum’s access, education, and programming initiatives. Guests will be seated for a special dinner prepared by Wolfgang Puck Catering. Overseeing event production and design are Gala Creative Director Lisa Love and Artistic Director Raul Àvila. We are deeply grateful to our Gala Co-Chairs and our sponsors for their extraordinary leadership and support of this inaugural event.” ![]() It is such an honor to be able to recognize both Haile Gerima and Sophia Loren for their impactful and inspirational artistry and to acknowledge the incredible work of our Campaign Committee. The inaugural Vantage Award will be presented to Haile Gerima, and the inaugural Visionary Award will be presented to Sophia Loren.īob Iger, Annette Bening, and Tom Hanks also will be recognized at the gala for their leadership of the recently completed $388 million Campaign for the Academy Museum.īill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, said, “The Academy Museum is committed to celebrating and championing the work of film artists, scholars and professionals-through our exhibitions, screenings, programs, collection and now, through our annual gala. Both awards are generously presented by Rolex. ![]() Reflecting its mission to celebrate and advance the understanding of the diverse and varied stories of cinema and cinematic artists, the museum has announced that two annual awards will be presented for the first time at the gala: the Vantage Award, honoring an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema and the Visionary Award, honoring an artist or scholar whose extensive body of work has advanced the art of cinema. Co-chairs of the Gala are Academy Museum trustee and film and television producer Jason Blum Academy Governor and Academy Award®-nominated director Ava Duvernay, who has been serving as an advisor for the exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971, to be presented by the museum in 2022 and Academy Museum trustee and screenwriter, director and producer Ryan Murphy. ![]()
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