Academy Museum Trustee and producer Miky Lee (Parasite), Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and Academy Award-winning actor Tilda Swinton (The French Dispatch) will be honored at the second annual Academy Museum Gala taking place on October 15, in celebration of the venue’s one-year anniversary, the Museum announced today.Lee will receive the gala’s Pillar Award, acknowledging exemplary leadership and support for the Academy Museum, with McQueen taking the Vantage Award, honoring an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema, and Swinton accepting the Visionary Award, recognizing an artist or scholar whose extensive body of work has advanced the art of cinema.The event presented by Rolex will raise vital funds to support the museum’s access, education, and programming initiatives.
Academy Award-winning actor and Academy Museum supporter is co-chairing it with Academy Museum Trustee and producer Jason Blum, Academy Museum Trustee and TV powerhouse Ryan Murphy, and Academy Award-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o. “Our inaugural Gala in 2021 was a wonderful celebration of the artists and patrons of the Academy Museum.
It was an incredible reminder of the power, artistry, diversity, and resilience of our film industry,” said the Academy Museum’s Director and President, Bill Kramer. “At our 2022 Gala, we are deeply honored to recognize three members of our international film community whose outstanding achievements inspire us all: Miky Lee, Steve McQueen, and Tilda Swinton.
We express our gratitude to Halle Berry, Jason Blum, Ryan Murphy, and Lupita Nyong’o for hosting this important evening and to Rolex for being a steadfast and engaged supporter
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