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July 10, 2002
By CHARLES LYONS
Scorsese leads H'w'd Fest honorees
Kudos part of Hollywood Movie Awards ceremony
Martin Scorsese, Robert Towne, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Janusz Kaminski and Marc Shaiman will be honored at the Hollywood Film Festival's awards gala Oct. 7 at the BevHilton.
Scorsese will receive an award for the body of his directing work, Wick and Fisher for their achievements as producers, Towne for screenwriting, Kaminski for cinematography and Shaiman for composing film music.
These awards will be bestowed as part of the Hollywood Movie Awards ceremony.
Carlos de Abreu, founder and executive director of the Hollywood Film Festival, said the honorees "have demonstrated extraordinary ability throughout their careers. They are excellent examples of highly talented professionals whose work and creative vision is to be applauded and honored."
Scorsese has been Oscar-nominated for directing "GoodFellas," "The Last Temptation of Christ" and "Raging Bull." The Scorsese-helmed "Gangs of New York" opens Christmas Day.
Wick and wife/producing partner Lucy Fisher have had a broad career in the biz. He won the best picture Oscar for "Gladiator" and produced best pic nominee "Working Girl." He and Fisher have worked together on such films as the "Stuart Little" pics, "Spy Game," "Hollow Man" and "Girl, Interrupted."
Towne won the original screenplay Academy Award for "Chinatown" and received Oscar noms for the scripts of "The Last Detail," "Shampoo" and "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes."
Kaminski has worked closely with director Steven Spielberg and won two Oscars for his work on Spielberg films -- "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List." His cinematography on "Amistad" garnered an Academy Award nom. He also lensed Spielberg's "Minority Report."
Shaiman has received five Oscar noms, for his work on "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut," "Patch Adams," "The First Wives Club," "The American President" and "Sleepless in Seattle."
Last year's Opening Night Premiere was Paramount Classics' "An American Rhapsody" by Eva Gardos and the Closing Night Premiere was DreamWorks' World Premiere of Woody Allen's "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion." The festival also presented a special screening featuring the "The Diplomat," a documentary by Tom Zubrycki, regarding Dr. Jose Ramos Horta's struggle to secure the independence of his country, East Timor.
The 2001 festival's Hollywood Movie Awards Gala Ceremony was held before an audience of over 1,200 guests at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Special honors went to Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor -- "Hollywood Actress and Actor of the Year Awards" -- and the "Hollywood Breakthrough Awards" to Shannon Elizabeth and Paul Walker. Other Hollywood luminaries who were honored included producer Edward S. Feldman, director John Frankenheimer, cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, editor Tom Rolf, composer Hans Zimmer, songwriter Diane Warren, art director Robert Boyle and casting director David Rubin.
The Gala was truly an extraordinary Hollywood moment. Celebrities and Hollywood notables who attended the ceremony included U.S. Congressman Xavier Becerra, Steve Beck, Thora Birch, Jacqueline Bisset, James L. Brooks, Sandra Bullock, Erika Christensen, Robert Cohen, Bruce Davison, Cameron Diaz, Shannon Elizabeth, Fionnula Flanagan, Harrison Ford, Robert Forster, Nicole Kidman, Nastassja Kinski, Baz Luhrmann, Penny Marshall, Ewan McGregor, Scott Patterson, Sydney Pollack, Eva Marie Saint, Tony Scott, Charlize Theron, Paul Walker and Robert Wise to name a few.
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