Actor and filmmaker is set to be feted at a ceremony in June televised on TNT.
George Clooney has more to celebrate than just twins and a new movie this fall.
The actor and filmmaker has been tapped to receive the 46th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award at a gala tribute June 7,2018. TNT will televise the ceremony taking place in Los Angeles.
« George Clooney is America’s leading man, » said Sir Howard Stringer, chairman of the AFI Board of Trustees. « Director, producer, writer and actor — a modern-day screen icon who combines the glamour of a time gone by with a ferocious passion for ensuring art’s impact echoes beyond the screen. »
Clooney, whose newest directorial effort Suburbicon is in theaters Oct. 27, joins an impressive slate of honorees who’ve been given the AFI honor since 1973. The list includes Orson Welles
, Bette Davis
, Alfred Hitchcock
, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson
, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks
, Meryl Streep and last year’s recipient Diane Keaton.
