WOMEN IN FILM, LOS ANGELES ANNOUNCES 2013 CRYSTAL + LUCY AWARDS® HONOREES:
LAURA LINNEY, THE WOMEN OF “MAD MEN,” SOFIA COPPOLA, GEORGE LUCAS, HAILEE STEINFELD AND RACHEL MORRISON
The Annual Benefit Gala will take place on Wednesday, June 12th at the Beverly Hilton HotelLos Angeles, CA, June 12, 2013…..Women In Film, Los Angeles has annually honored exemplary women in the entertainment industry – women who lead by example, who are creative, groundbreaking, and who excel at their chosen fields. This year’s Crystal + Lucy Awards® fundraising dinner, in support of WIF LA’s many educational and philanthropic programs and initiatives, is being held on Wednesday, June 12 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This year’s theme, Close Up, celebrates Women In Film, Los Angeles’ 40th Anniversary and will take a close look at the organization’s history and accomplishments, focusing on where women are in the media industries today and examining exactly what WIF needs to do, directionally and programmatically, to be a vital voice in all industry discussions, especially where gender parity is concerned.
This year’s Crystal + Lucy Award® honorees are:
2013 Crystal Award for Excellence in Film – LAURA LINNEYPresented by Alan Poul, Director/Producer2013 Lucy Award for Excellence in Television – The Women of “Mad Men”: ELISABETH MOSS, JANUARY JONES, CHRISTINA HENDRICKS, JESSICA PARÉ, KIERNAN SHIPKA
Presented by Holly Hunter, Actress2013 Dorothy Arzner Directors Award® – SOFIA COPPOLA
Presented by Nancy Meyers, Writer/Director/Producer2013 Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award® – GEORGE LUCAS
Presented by Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm, Ltd.The Women In Film Max Mara Face of the Future Award® 2013 – HAILEE STEINFELD
Presented by Nicola Maramotti, Global Brand Ambassador for Max Mara2013 Kodak Vision Award – RACHEL MORRISON
Presented by Michael B. Jordan, Star of Fruitvale Station, Best First Film winner in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard
In honor of Women In Film’s 40th Anniversary, Crystal + Lucy Commemorative Awards will be given to past honorees in recognition of their stellar achievements over the years. Previous Crystal + Lucy Awards® honorees and additional guests who will be in attendance include Jane Anderson, Garcelle Beauvais, Gail Berman-Masters, Marilyn Bergman, Blake Berris, Barbara Boyle, Amy Brenneman, Diahann Carroll, Martha Coolidge, Francesca Eastwood, Kate Flannery, Lucy Fisher, Anne Heche, Amy Heckerling, Holly Hunter, Gale Anne Hurd, Nina Jacobson, Kathy Jones, Stana Katic, Jaime Rucker King, George Kotsiopoulos, Garry Marshall, Donna Langley, Cloris Leachman, Jen Lilley, Rose McGowan, Debra Messing, Madison Moellers, Marcia Nasatir, Marti Noxon, Nina Shaw, Buffy Shutt, Cameron Silver, Sharon Stone, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd, Renée Valente, Krista Vernoff, Diane Warren, Matthew Weiner, Bud Yorkin and more.
The evening will be hosted by Jenna Elfman, with American Idol’s Season 12 winner Candice Glover and finalist Angie Miller performing live. The 2013 Crystal + Lucy Awards® is sponsored by Presenting Sponsor Max Mara, Premiere Sponsor Swarovski and Benefactor Sponsor Kodak.
Cathy Schulman, President of Women In Film, Los Angeles, said in making the announcement, “It’s a landmark year for Women In Film, celebrating our forty year history. This year’s honorees illustrate the wide spectrum of creative innovation coming from both women and men in the entertainment industry, and it’s a privilege to be commemorating all of their successes.”
Iris Grossman, President Emeritus of Women In Film, Los Angeles, returning this year as Chair of the Awards, said, “The remarkable honorees have enriched our lives over the years and it is especially exciting to honor them during our 40th Anniversary.”
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About the Honorees
Laura Linney / Crystal Award
Laura Linney, accomplished actress of film, television and theatre, recently wrapped filming on The Fifth Estate scheduled to be released in November of 2013.
Linney has been nominated three times for an Academy Award: for her performance in Kenneth Lonergan’s You Can Count on Me; in Bill Condon’s Kinsey; and in Tamara Jenkins’ The Savages.
The performance in You Can Count on Me also earned her Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe Award, and Independent Spirit Award nominations; and Best Actress awards from the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics. The portrayal in Kinsey also garnered her Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations as well as the National Board of Review’s award for Best Supporting Actress. Her performance in The Savages additionally brought her a London Critics’ Circle Film Award nomination for Best Actress, among other honors.
Among Ms. Linney’s other feature credits are Roger Michell’s Hyde Park on Hudson, Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale, for which she received Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominations; Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River, for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination, and Absolute Power; Peter Weir’s The Truman Show, with Jim Carrey; Gregory Hoblit’s Primal Fear and Mark Pellington’s The Mothman Prophecies, both opposite Richard Gere; Richard Curtis’ Love Actually; George Miller’s Lorenzo’s Oil; Ivan Reitman’s Dave; Steven Zaillian’s Searching for Bobby Fischer; Gillies MacKinnon’s A Simple Twist of Fate; Frank Marshall’s Congo; Terence Davies’ The House of Mirth; Michael Uno’s “Hallmark Hall of Fame” telefilm Blind Spot and Stanley Donen’s telefilm Love Letters.
Ms. Linney has won a Golden Globe Award and been an Emmy Award nominee for her starring role as Cathy Jamison on the television series "The Big C", on which she is an executive producer. She starred as First Lady Abigail Adams in the critically acclaimed miniseries "John Adams", for which she won Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe, and Emmy Awards. She has also won Emmy Awards for her guest role on the final season of "Frasier" and for her performance in the telefilm Wild Iris for director Daniel Petrie. She memorably starred as ‘Mary Ann Singleton’ in three Tales of the City miniseries.
The Juilliard graduate was recently a Drama Desk and Tony Award nominee for "Time Stands Stil"l. She previously starred on Broadway in, among other shows, the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Christopher Hampton’s "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"; Richard Eyre’s staging of Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible", for which she was a Tony Award nominee; Henrik Ibsen’s "Hedda Gabler", staged by Sarah Anderson, for which she won a 1994 Calloway Award; and Donald Margulies’ "Sight Unseen", for which she received her first Tony Award nomination. She had starred off-Broadway in the latter play over a decade earlier, earning her first Drama Desk Award nomination as well as Drama League and Outer Critic Circle Award nominations, and a Theatre World award.
The Women of “Mad Men” / Lucy Award
Christina Hendricks
Christina Hendricks’ nuanced portrayal of 'Joan Harris' has earned the actress three Emmy® nominations in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and two Critics’ Choice Television Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
On the big screen, Hendricks was most recently seen in Sally Potter’s film Ginger & Rosa, opposite Annette Bening, Elle Fanning and Alessandro Nivola, and in the critically-acclaimed film Drive, in which she co-starred with Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. Hendricks is teaming up again with her co-star Ryan Gosling, to star in his first feature film as a director entitled How to Catch a Monster which begins production in early summer 2013.
Hendricks’ additional film credits include the independent drama, Struck By Lightning, as well as roles in Detachment, I Don’t Know How She Does It, Leoni, Life As We Know It, La Cucina, South of Pico and Driving Lessons. Her television credits include appearances in "Beggars and Choosers", "The Big Time", "ER", "The Court", "Kevin Hill", "Without a Trace" and "Cold Case", as well as recurring roles on Joss Whedon’s "Firefly", "Notes From the Underbelly", and "Life".
In 2012, Hendricks appeared in Stephen Sondheim’s production of Company for the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center.
January Jones
January Jones’ portrayal of the ‘perfect’ 60s wife and young mother, 'Betty Francis', has garnered the attention of critics and viewers alike and earned her two Golden Globe® nominations and an Emmy® nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama. She also joined with the entire cast in winning two Screen Actors Guild® Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and four Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Drama Series.
Jones has an extensive film career in addition to her work on "Mad Men", and will soon star in Sweetwater opposite Ed Harris. She was most recently featured in Seeking Justice with Nicolas Cage and Guy Pearce, directed by Roger Donaldson, and as 'Emma Frost' in the latest installment of the X-Men series, X-Men: First Class. She also appeared alongside Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger in Unknown, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, and opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman and Kenneth Branagh in The Boat That Rocked, written and directed by Richard Curtis. Jones first came to critics’ attention for her performance in the film The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada for actor/director Tommy Lee Jones, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and also starred in the critically-acclaimed festival hit Swedish Auto, and in the McG-directed, We Are Marshall opposite Matthew Fox and Matthew McConaughey.
Additional film credits include roles in American Wedding; Anger Management alongside Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson; Love Actually with Colin Firth and Keira Knightley; Bandits with Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Willis and Cate Blanchett for director/producer Barry Levinson; and Full Frontal directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Elisabeth Moss
Elisabeth Moss’ portrayal of 'Peggy Olson' has garnered her three Emmy® Award nominations, a Golden Globe® nomination, and two Screen Actors Guild® Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, as well as an Emmy® Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She also joined with the entire cast to win the Screen Actors Guild® Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for three consecutive years. Prior to "Mad Men", Moss played ‘Zoey Bartlet', daughter to Martin Sheen’s president, for seven seasons on Aaron Sorkin’s critically-acclaimed and award-winning drama, "The West Wing".
Moss recently finished filming the lead role in "Top of the Lake", Jane Campion’s six-part miniseries for the BBC and the Sundance Channel which aired earlier this year. Moss also recently appeared in Lawrence Kasdan’s Darling Companion, opposite Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, as well as in Walter Salles’ adaptation of the classic Jack Kerouac novel On the Road. Her additional film credits include Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Get Him To The Greek, The Missing, Girl, Interrupted, Mumford, A Thousand Acres and Virgin, for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress.
Moss’s stage credits include "The Children’s Hour" in London’s West End opposite Keira Knightley, the Broadway revival of David Mamet’s "Speed the Plow" opposite William H. Macy and her New York theater debut at the Atlantic Theater Company in "Franny’s Way".
Jessica Paré
Well known in her native Canada for roles in the miniseries "Random Passage" and "Napoléon", Jessica Paré, who plays 'Megan Draper', made her Hollywood debut in Wicker Park a remake of the French film, L’Appartement in which she starred opposite Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne and Diane Kruger.
Most recently, Paré wrapped production on the Irish romantic comedy Standby in which she stars opposite Brian Gleeson. In 2000, Paré was handpicked by director Denys Arcand to star as the lead in his film, Stardom. Additional film credits include roles in several independent features including Lost and Delirious opposite Piper Perabo and Mischa Barton and in the films Lives of the Saints, Bollywood/Hollywood, The Trotsky and SUCK.
On television, Paré previously starred in "Jack & Bobby" alongside John Slattery and Logan Lerman.
Kiernan Shipka
A burgeoning new face in both the film and television worlds, Kiernan Shipka is only at the beginning of a long and successful career. Nominated four times, including this year, for the Young Artist Award for her role as 'Sally Draper', Shipka joined with her fellow cast members in winning the 2009 and 2010 Screen Actors Guild® Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Shipka will next be seen opposite Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen in the film, Very Good Girls, directed by Naomi Foner, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Additional film credits include Smooch, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Land of the Lost and Lower Learning.
On television, Shipka recently guest-starred as herself on "Don’t Trust the B--- in Apartment 23", and is a featured voice in Disney’s animated series "Sofia the First", and had roles on "Heroes" and "Monk".
Hailee Steinfeld / Women In Film Max Mara Face of the Future Award®
As a young actress, Hailee Steinfeld emerged as a breakout star with her poignant Academy Award® nominated performance in True Grit.
Steinfeld will next be seen in the sci-fi action adventure, Ender's Game opposite Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley and Asa Butterfield. Directed and written by Gavin Hood, Summit Entertainment will release the film November 2013.
Steinfeld will also star in Romeo and Juliet opposite Douglas Booth as William Shakespeare's classic star-crossed lovers. The new cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy, written by "Downton Abbey's" Julian Fellowes and directed by Carlo Carlei (Fluke), features a menagerie of familiar faces including Damian Lewis, Natascha McElhone, Ed Westwick, and Paul Giamatti.
Steinfeld recently wrapped production on Three Days to Kill opposite Kevin Costner, and Amber Heard, as well as on the drama Hateship, Loveship opposite Guy Pearce, Kristen Wiig, and Nick Nolte. She will star in John Carney's Can a Song Save Your Life? opposite Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, and Catherine Keener. Steinfeld will play Ruffalo’s daughter.
In 2010, Steinfeld was chosen over 15,000 actresses for her role as 'Mattie Ross', in the Coen Brothers' remake of True Grit. Starring opposite Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin, Steinfeld's convincing performance garnered her universal acclaim with dozens of film critic award wins, including the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award, the Toronto Film Critics Association Award, and the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress. In addition to her Oscar® nomination, Steinfeld received a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, as well as a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Steinfeld began acting at the age of eight, and immersed herself in acting lessons for a full year before setting out on an audition. She has appeared in several short films including, Heather: A Fairy Tale, She's A Fox, Grand Cru, and Without Wings.
Sofia Coppola / Dorothy Arzner Directors Award®
Writer, Director, Producer Sofia Coppola grew up in Northern California. After doing costume design on two feature films, she studied Fine Art at California Institute of the Arts.
She then wrote and directed the short film Lick the Star (which world-premiered at the Venice International Film Festival), followed by the feature The Virgin Suicides. Ms. Coppola wrote the screenplay for the latter film, adapting it from Pulitzer Prize-winner Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel of the same name. The movie starred Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, and Kathleen Turner. A world premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival, The Virgin Suicides subsequently earned her the MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker.
Ms. Coppola’s next film, Lost in Translation, was her first with Focus Features, and screened at the Toronto, Venice, and Telluride Film Festivals. The movie brought her the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture (in her capacity as producer). Lost in Translation stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson won BAFTA Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, among many other honors that the cast and crew received worldwide.
Her third feature as writer/director, Marie Antoinette, was based in part on Antonia Fraser’s biography Marie Antoinette: The Journey, and world-premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival. The movie, which Ms. Coppola also produced, starred Kirsten Dunst in the title role. The film’s costume designer, Milena Canonero, won an Academy Award for her work on the picture.
Ms. Coppola’s fourth feature, Somewhere, was shot at the Chateau Marmont. She wrote, directed and produced the movie, which stars Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning. The movie had its world premiere at the 67th Venice Film Festival, where it was honored with the top prize, The Golden Lion.
Her next film, The Bling Ring, is based on true events, and follows a group of teenagers who take us on a thrilling and disturbing crimespree in the Hollywood Hills, with an ensemble cast starring Emma Watson, Leslie Mann, Taissa Farmiga, Claire Julien, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Georgia Rock, and Gavin Rossdale. The Bling Ring, written and directed by Sofia Coppola, will be the opening film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section and will be released in June 2014.
George Lucas / Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award®
George Lucas’s devotion to timeless storytelling and cutting-edge innovation has resulted in some of the most successful and beloved films of all time. In 1971, Lucas transformed an award-winning student film into his first feature, THX-1138. Lucas’ second feature film, the low-budget American Graffiti (1973), became the most successful film of its time. Pushing the boundaries of storytelling, American Graffiti was the first film of its kind to tell multiple stories through interweaving narratives backed by a soundtrack of contemporary music.
But it was Lucas’ third film, 1977’s Star Wars that changed everything, breaking all box-office records and setting new standards for sophistication in film visuals and sound. The film garnered eight Academy Awards, and inspired a generation of young people to follow their imagination and dreams. The success of Star Wars allowed Lucas to remain independent and continue operating in Marin County, Calif.
Lucas has been the storywriter and executive producer of a series of box-office hits beginning with the continuation of the Star Wars Saga: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Return of the Jedi in 1983. In 1981, he created the classic adventurer 'Indiana Jones', and co-wrote and executive-produced the successful series consisting of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), a franchise that has won eight Academy Awards. Later, a television series, "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", was honored with 12 Emmy Awards.
Over the years, Lucas has received some of the entertainment industry’s highest honors, including the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award; and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Visual Effects Society. He also received an honorary doctorate in fine arts from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and most recently the prestigious NAACP Vanguard Award, given to the person whose groundbreaking work increases understanding and awareness of racial and social issues. Lucas was honored with the nation’s highest award for technological achievement, the National Medal of Technology, presented by the President of the United States for 30 years of innovation at Industrial Light & Magic.
Lucas has also taken a philanthropic leadership role in applying his technical and storytelling expertise to the classroom, engaging students through interactive multimedia environments. In 1991, he founded the George Lucas Educational Foundation and Edutopia to pursue and promote best practices in education – highlighting proven strategies, tools and resources for creating lifelong learners. He also serves on the board of The Film Foundation and is a member of the USC School of Cinematic Arts Advisory Board.
Most recently, Lucas announced plans to build the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum, which will emphasize illustrative, digital, cinematic and animation art as an avenue for the exploration of the great storytelling history, populist works and artistic innovation of the past 150 years. Lucas also re-affirmed his ongoing commitment to philanthropy by taking the Giving Pledge to donate at least 50 percent of his wealth to charitable causes.
Rachel Morrison / Kodak Vision Award
Cinematographer Rachel Morrison has emerged as a refreshing young talent at the forefront of independent cinema, channeling each story’s core emotion into arresting imagery. Her work has a haunting quality at times and a beautiful elegance at others.
Morrison recently lensed Fruitvale Station, winner of both the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The Weinstein Company will release the film theatrically on July 26.
In March, South by Southwest premiered her latest drama Some Girl(s), directed by Daisy von Mayer and starring Emily Watson, Zoe Kazan, Kristin Bell, Mia Maestro, Jennifer Morrison and Adam Brody. Her upcoming work includes thriller The Harvest starring Michael Shannon, Samantha Morton and Peter Fonda, with director John McNaughton.
Morrison lensed three Sundance premieres in the past three years; Fruitvale Station, Sound of My Voice and Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie. In 2012, she also saw Any Day Now bow at Tribeca Film Festival, starring Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt. The film won eight Audience Awards, including Tribeca.
After completing a Masters degree in cinematography at the American Film Institute, Morrison honed her craft lensing for television. Her work has been featured on most major TV networks including HBO, ABC, MTV, IFC, Biography, Comedy Central, E!, CBS and OWN. She received an Emmy nomination for Showtime’s Riker’s High, a documentary about a high school within the Riker’s Island prison system.
A mixture of heady and hip, Morrison uses her own life experiences to inform her cinematography. She cites an early loss as the inspiration to preserve time through frozen imagery and is grateful to have discovered a passion and talent for cinematography. Morrison is based in Los Angeles, but travels frequently around the planet to tell stories through extraordinary images.
About Women In Film and the Awards
Women In Film (WIF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women achieve their highest potential within the global entertainment, communication and media industries. WIF’s fundamental belief is that entertainment created by and for women should represent 50% of all content worldwide, in sync with the voice of the population itself. WIF’s mandate is to ensure gender parity for women in management positions as well as in front of and behind the camera, and to preserve the legacies of all women within the media industries. Founded in 1973, WIF and its Women In Film Foundation provide for members camaraderie, networking opportunities, educational programs, scholarships, grants, film finishing funds, access to employment opportunities and mentorships, as well as enabling members who exhibit advanced and innovative skills numerous practical services, as well as participation in the organization’s film and television shadowing programs and its award-winning PSA program. For more information visit www.wif.org
The Crystal Awards were established in 1977 to honor outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry. Past recipients include: Viola Davis, Annette Bening, Donna Langley, Jennifer Aniston, Diane English and the cast of The Women, Renée Zellweger, Jennifer Lopez, Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow, Diane Lane, Halle Berry, Laura Ziskin, Jessica Lange, Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Angela Bassett, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alfre Woodard, Polly Platt, Lauren Shuler Donner, Diane Warren, Amy Heckerling, Paula Weinstein, Martha Coolidge, Buffy Shutt and Kathy Jones, Gale Anne Hurd, Nancy Malone, Maya Angelou, Lily Tomlin, Ruby Dee, Penny Marshall, Jessica Tandy, Barbara Boyle, Nikki Rocco, Jean Firstenberg, Lee Remick, Lina Wertmuller, Bette Davis, Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Sherry Lansing, Nora Ephron, Dawn Steel, Fay Kanin, Lillian Gish, Whoopi Goldberg, Glenn Close and Amy Pascal.
The Lucy Awards were founded in 1994 by Joanna Kerns, Bonny Dore and Loreen Arbus and are presented in association with the Lucille Ball Estate. They were named for Lucille Ball, who was not only a legendary actress and comedienne, but also a producer, studio owner, creator and director. They are given to recognize women and men and their creative works that exemplify the extraordinary accomplishments she embodied; whose excellence and innovation have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television. Past recipients include: Bonnie Hammer, Nina Tassler, Courteney Cox, Holly Hunter, Salma Hayek, Shonda Rhimes and the women of "Grey’s Anatomy", Geena Davis, Debra Messing and Megan Mullally, Blythe Danner, Lily Tomlin, Rosie O’Donnell, Amy Brenneman, Tyne Daley, Phyllis Diller, Marcy Carsey, Carol Burnett, Barbara Walters, Shari Lewis, Garry Marshall, Angela Lansbury, Marlo Thomas, Gary David Goldberg, Diahann Carroll, Tracey Ullman, Fred Silverman, Imogene Coca, Camryn Manheim, Norman Lear, Bud Yorkin and the casts of "Sex and the City", "If These Walls Could Talk" and "If These Walls Could Talk 2".
The Women In Film Max Mara Face of the Future Award®, inaugurated at Women In Film’s 2006 Crystal + Lucy Awards®, is given to an actress who is experiencing a turning point in her career through her work in the film and television industries and through her contributions to the community at large, in recognition of her outstanding achievements and her embodiment of style and grace. Past recipients include: Chloë Grace Moretz, Katie Holmes, Zoë Saldana, Elizabeth Banks, Ginnifer Goodwin, Emily Blunt and Maria Bello.
Dorothy Arzner was the first female member of the Directors Guild of America. In her honor, the Dorothy Arzner Directors Award® was established to recognize the important role women directors play in the film and television industries. Past recipients include: Pamela Fryman, Lisa Cholodenko, Catherine Hardwicke, Nancy Meyers, Barbra Streisand, Mimi Leder, Barbara Kopple, Gillian Armstrong, Lian Lunson, Joey Lauren Adams and Nicole Holofcener.
Norma Zarky was a founding member of Women In Film. A renowned entertainment attorney and the first woman President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, she was a tireless advocate of human rights and women’s issues. The Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award® was established in 1979 and is presented to individuals who, like Ms. Zarky herself, have demonstrated enlightened support for the advancement of equal opportunity and devotion to the improvement of the human condition. Past recipients have included: Christina Applegate, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ted Turner, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Quincy Jones and Elizabeth Taylor (posthumously).
The Kodak Vision Award was initiated in 1996 to acknowledge the accomplishments of female cinematographers with outstanding achievements in feature films and television, who also collaborate with and assist women in the entertainment industry. Past honorees include: Nancy Schreiber, Anette Haellmigk, Reed Morano, Cynthia Pusheck, Uta Briesewitz, Maryse Alberti, Tami Reiker, Pauline Heaton, Carolyn Chen, Amy Vincent, Lisa Rinzler, Joan Churchill, Mandy Walker and Petra Korner.
About the Sponsors
Women In Film welcomes returning Presenting Sponsor Max Mara, Premier Sponsor Swarovski and Benefactor Sponsor Kodak to the 2013 Crystal + Lucy Awards.
Max Mara, the premiere collection of the Max Mara Fashion Group, is the epitome of Italian style and luxury; a confident and contemporary collection of tailored silhouettes, sumptuous fabrications and couture details applied to ready-to-wear. Known for stylish coats, form-skimming separates, sharp suits and elegant accessories, Max Mara, was founded by the late visionary Achille Maramotti in 1951. The collection is now available in 2,279 locations in 100 countries and was the first of 19 collections under the Max Mara umbrella. The company remains privately held and managed by the Maramotti family.
In 1895, Daniel Swarovski, a Bohemian inventor and visionary, moved to the village of Wattens, Tyrol in Austria, with his newly-invented machine for cutting and polishing crystal jewelry stones. From this beginning that revolutionised the fashion world, Swarovski has grown to be the world’s leading producer of precision-cut crystal for fashion, jewelry and more recently lighting, architecture and interiors. Today, the company, still family-owned and run by 4th and 5th generation family members, has a global reach with some 23,000 employees, a presence in over 120 countries and a turnover in 2010 of 2.06 billion Euros. Swarovski comprises two major businesses, one producing and selling loose elements to the industry and the other creating design-driven finished products. Swarovski crystals have become an essential ingredient of international design. Since 1965 the company has also catered to the fine jewelry industry with precision-cut genuine and created gemstones. Showing the creativity that lies at the heart of the company, Swarovski’s own brand lines of accessories, jewelry and home décor items are sold through more than 1,900 retail outlets worldwide. The Swarovski Crystal Society has close to 325,000 members across the world, keen collectors of the celebrated crystal figurines. And in Wattens, Swarovski Kristallwelten, the multi-media crystal museum, was opened in 1995 as a celebration of Swarovski’s universe of innovation and inspiration.
Kodak’s Entertainment Imaging division is dedicated to providing the tools that the creative community needs to tell remarkable tales that entertain and impress audiences worldwide, as well as to preserving those stories for future delivery platforms. As the market leader, Kodak manufactures billions of feet of film per year. From pre-production to post, distribution and archiving, Kodak motion picture films, technology, accessories and services support the needs of the entertainment industry. For more information, visit www.kodak.com/go/motion.
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