Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe Advanced Imaging Society announced today that Guillermo del Toro will be honored with the first-ever Gene Kelly Visionary Award at the 2022 AIS Lumiere Awards.In addition, The Sir Charles Wheatstone Award will be presented to the Epic Games for Unreal Engine for their real-time engine technology and support for filmmakers.Del Toro and Epic Games will join fellow previously announced honorees Denis Villeneuve (Harold Lloyd Award) and Adam McKay (Voices For the Earth Award) at the 12th annual awards ceremony.“Many of us think of Gene Kelly as the legendary actor and dancer,” said Jim Chabin, president of AIS. “But he was as powerful a creative force behind the camera as he was in front.

His bold innovations with the use of the camera, lighting, music, choreography and animation changed the course of film history and left us with a legacy of sheer motion picture magic.

Guillermo del Toro fully embodies this same pioneering spirit, and we are thrilled he will be our first recipient.” Presenting the award to del Toro will be Kelly’s widow and biographer Patricia Ward Kelly. “Gene was always looking for the next horizon,” said Patricia Kelly. “Guillermo Del Toro’s brilliant vision represents the kind of creative genius that Gene most admired.

Like Gene, del Toro is a risk-taker who breaks new ground. I am deeply honored that he will be the first to receive the Gene Kelly Visionary Award.”The Set Decorators Society of America has announced its recipients for the SDSA Awards.The winners are:BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DECOR/DESIGN OF A CONTEMPORARY FEATURE FILM“No Time to Die” (Set Decoration by Véronique Melery SDSA with Production Design by Mark Tildesley)BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DECOR/DESIGN OF A PERIOD.

Guillermo del Toro to Be Presented With Gene Kelly Visionary Award at the AIS Lumiere Awards – Film News in Brief

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