“The Academy's Board of Governors is honored to recognize four individuals who have made indelible contributions to cinema and the world at large,'' Academy President David Rubin said in a statement.'s tireless advocacy of research on Parkinson's disease alongside his boundless optimism exemplifies the impact of one person in changing the future for millions.
Fox announced in 1991 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, when he was just 29 years old. He later created the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, and he has continued performing and written four best-selling books, including his most recent memoir, “No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality.”He will also be profiled in an upcoming documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim.
Born in the French West Indies, Palcy's first film"Sugar Cane Alley'' won the Silver Lion at the 1983 Venice Film Festival, the first time a Black director has won the honor. She later directed Marlon Brando in 1989's “A Dry White Season,'' which earned Brando a supporting-actor Oscar nomination. Warren has written songs for more than 100 films in her career, earning 13 original-song Oscar nominations, for tunes including “Because You Loved Me,'' “I Don't Want to Miss a Thing,” “Stand Up for Something'' and “How Do I Live.''
Weir scored directing Oscar nominations for his work on the films “Witness,” "Dead Poets Society,'' “The Truman Show'' and “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” which also received a best-picture nomination. He was also nominated for a screenwriting Oscar for"Green Card."
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