Ron Howard to receive top filmmaking honour
By IANSWednesday, July 15, 2009
LONDON - Veteran director Ron Howard will be honoured for his long-running filmmaking career at this year’s Austin Film Festival.
Howard will receive the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award at the annual event in October, reports express.co.uk.
In a career spanning 50 years, the star has become one of the most successful moviemakers of all time, creating mega-hits such as Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind and Frost/Nixon and seeing his work pull in nine Oscars.
Howard will be on hand throughout the festival to host a series of panels for other filmmakers.
Previous recipients of the award include Oliver Stone, Sydney Pollack and Danny Boyle.
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