LOS ANGELES, CA – Producers Julie Lynn and Bonnie Curtis will produce
the 7th Annual Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced today.
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award will be presented to Debbie
Reynolds, and Honorary Awards will be presented to Spike Lee and Gena
Rowlands, on
Saturday, November 14, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center®.
“Julie and Bonnie are incredibly talented producers – the perfect
team to help us celebrate the accomplishments of our honorees,” said
Boone Isaacs.
"We are honored and thrilled by this opportunity, as we have such
deep respect for The Academy,” said Lynn and Curtis. “With masterful
artists like Ms. Reynolds, Ms. Rowlands, and Mr. Lee to celebrate, the
evening might just produce itself!”
Lynn formed Mockingbird Pictures in 1999, with Curtis joining as a
partner in 2011. Together they have produced five films, including
“Last Days in the Desert,” “5 to 7,” “The Face of Love,” “Albert Nobbs,”
which received three Oscar®
nominations, and the upcoming “The Sweet Life.”
Lynn’s other credits include “Mother and Child” and “The Jane
Austen Book Club.” For the past two years, Lynn has served as producer
of the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation
& Live Read with director Rodrigo Garcia.
Prior to joining Mockingbird, Curtis spent 15 years with Steven
Spielberg at Amblin and DreamWorks, producing such films as “Minority
Report” and “AI,” as well as co-producing “Saving Private Ryan.”
The Honorary Award, an Oscar statuette, is given “to honor
extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional
contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for
outstanding service to the Academy.”
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, also an Oscar statuette, is
given “to an individual in the motion picture arts and sciences whose
humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry.”