Damien Chazelle to Receive the Gene Kelly Visionary Award at the Advanced Imaging Society’s 13th Annual Lumiere Awards
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Wednesday, January 4, 2023
The Advanced Imaging Society announced today that Academy Award®-winning director and producer Damien Chazelle will be honored with the annual Gene Kelly Visionary Award at the 2023 AIS Lumiere Awards.
Key Points:
- The Advanced Imaging Society announced today that Academy Award®-winning director and producer Damien Chazelle will be honored with the annual Gene Kelly Visionary Award at the 2023 AIS Lumiere Awards.
- The inaugural Gene Kelly Visionary Award went to Academy Award®-nominated Writer/Director Guillermo del Toro in 2022.
- “We are thrilled to have this opportunity to honor him this year.”
Presenting the award to Chazelle will be Kelly’s widow and biographer Patricia Ward Kelly. - Ms. Kelly said of Mr. Chazelle, “Damien’s passion about movies and music certainly links him with Gene [Kelly].