Robert Zemeckis Set to Receive Director of the Year Award

Flight director Robert Zemeckis has been tapped to receive the Director of the Year Award at the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). Zemeckis will pick up the award during a star-studded Gala on January 5, 2013 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
 
Announcing Zemeckis’ award, Film Festival Chairman Harold Matzner stated: “For 35 years, Robert Zemeckis has been creating some of the most iconic and indelible images in cinema, garnering international acclaim as a filmmaker of extraordinary vision. In his latest work, Flight, Zemeckis continues to tell fascinating stories by combining strong characters with groundbreaking visual effects, which includes one of the most memorable plane crashes in cinematic history, while following the compelling emotional journey of Denzel Washington’s character of an emotionally damaged man dealing with addiction. For these achievements the Palm Springs International Film Festival is honored to present the 2013 Director of the Year Award to Robert Zemeckis.”
 
Previous Director of the Year Award winners include Stephen Daldry, Ang Lee, Anthony Minghella, Alexander Payne, Sean Penn, Jason Reitman and David O. Russell.
 
The Palm Springs International Film Festival will take place January 3 – 14, 2013.
 
Source: Palm Springs International Film Festival