Oscar-winner George Clooney has been named as the winner of the 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Chairman’s Award for his work on The Descendants and The Ides of March. The Awards Gala will take place on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
“George Clooney brings new definition to the word ‘star,’” stated Film Festival Chairman Harold Matzner in the announcement. “A consummate actor, director, producer and screenwriter, he’s demonstrated that no discipline within the film industry is beyond his reach. In The Ides of March as an actor, director, producer and screenwriter, Clooney exposes the gritty world of political campaigns where winning is the only option, no matter how devastating the consequences. In The Descendants, he gives a bravura performance as a reluctant patriarch, living in a Hawaiian paradise, who is thrust into making life and death decisions affecting his entire family. To this star of many talents, whose career, fortunately for all of us who admire him, is still a work in progress, the Palm Springs International Film Festival is proud to present the 2011 Chairman’s Award to George Clooney.”
Ben Affleck, Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman are among the past recipients of the Chairman’s Award.
Source: Palm Springs International Film Festival – November 18, 2011
