Gene Kelly

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.

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  • 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].

Advanced Imaging Society Announces Winners of 12th Annual Lumiere Awards

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Friday, March 4, 2022

The Advanced Imaging Societys Lumiere Awards, presented by Epic Games, awarded 21 statuettes for distinguished creative and technical achievement during its twelfth annual awards ceremony today at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

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  • The Advanced Imaging Societys Lumiere Awards, presented by Epic Games, awarded 21 statuettes for distinguished creative and technical achievement during its twelfth annual awards ceremony today at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
  • The awards are voted by members of the Hollywood creative and technology community working in motion pictures, television and emerging media.
  • Dune for Best Live Action Feature Film calling it the definitive immersive theatrical experience of the year.
  • Voters commented that the camera became a part of the choreography, and the visuals were dazzlinga tour de force of storytelling through images.

Guillermo del Toro to Receive 1st Ever Gene Kelly Visionary Award

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

The Advanced Imaging Society announced today that Academy Award-winning director and producer Guillermo del Toro will be honored with the first ever Gene Kelly Visionary Award at the 2022 AIS Lumiere Awards.

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  • The Advanced Imaging Society announced today that Academy Award-winning director and producer Guillermo del Toro will be honored with the first ever Gene Kelly Visionary Award at the 2022 AIS Lumiere Awards.
  • Guillermo del Toro fully embodies this same pioneering spirit, and we are thrilled he will be our first recipient.
  • Presenting the award to del Toro will be Kellys widow and biographer Patricia Ward Kelly.
  • I am deeply honored that he will be the first to receive the Gene Kelly Visionary Award.