Composer Diane Warren, director Peter Weir and director-screenwriter Euzhan Palcy will receive this year's honorary Oscars, the Hollywood Academy announced in a statement, also detailing that actor Michael J. Fox will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. .
Also known as the Hollywood Academy Governors Awards, the honorary Oscars are presented annually in a low-key, non-television event that brings together a few invited guests to celebrate the careers of people who have contributed to the legacy of the seventh art.
The 13th edition of the Governors Awards will be held on November 19 in Los Angeles (USA). There, Fox will receive a special award recognizing the humanitarian contributions of leading figures in the world of cinema.
In addition to participating in titles such as "Back to the Future", "The Secret of My Success", "Iron Hearts", "Doc Hollywood" and "The Good Wife", the actor opened a foundation in the year 200 to investigate the causes and the treatment of Parkinson's, which has become the main entity of the field.
"Michael J. Fox's tireless advocacy for Parkinson's disease research coupled with his boundless optimism exemplifies the impact of one person in changing the future of millions," David Rubin, the president of the institution, said in a statement. year organizes the Oscars.
For their part, the other three awards will go to a composer, a director and a filmmaker. In the case of Warren, the composer has been nominated for an Oscar for best original song thirteen times, the first in 1987, although this will be the first statuette that she manages to take home.
Es autora de temas como "Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now", "Because You Loved Me", "How Do I Live", "I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing" y "Til It Happens To You"; y ha colaborado con artistas de la talla de Beyoncé, Lady gaga, Celine Dion, Carlos Santana y Whitney Houston.
On the other hand, the Australian Weir is responsible for cinema classics such as "The Dead Poets Club", "The Truman Show", "The Mosquito Coast" and "The Year We Lived Dangerously".
Finally, in 1983, writer-director Palcy became the first black person to win the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival with "Sugar Cane Alley," a low-budget film that also won the César for best debut film.
With "An Arid White Station" (1989), Palcy became the first black woman to direct a film for one of the major Hollywood studios, the MGM factory, with Marlon Brando in the leading role. "The revolutionary importance of her is grounded in the history of cinema," Rubin said.
