Frank Marshall to Receive ACE Filmmaker of the Year Award

Prolific filmmaker Frank Marshall has been selected by the Board of Directors of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) to be honored with the organization's prestigious ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award. The award will be presented at the 65th Annual ACE Eddie Awards black-tie ceremony on Friday, January 30, 2015 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

"Frank Marshall has helped shape American film, treating audiences to some of the most well-loved, successful and enduring films in cinematic history," stated the ACE Board of Directors. "From "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Sixth Sense" and the "Back to the Future" trilogy, among so many others, Mr. Marshall has made - and continues to make - a profound and indelible contribution to the cinematic landscape. We are honored to recognize him for his extraordinary accomplishments."

Starting as a location manager on Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show, by 1981 Marshall was working as a producer on Raiders of the Lost Ark with Steven Spielberg and future wife Kathleen Kennedy. Shortly thereafter, the trio formed industry powerhouse Amblin Entertainment, and together produced movies such as Gremlins, the Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Hook, Empire of the Sun, and the Indiana Jones trilogy. In 1991, Marshall and Kennedy left Amblin to form their own production company, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, where they produced The Sixth Sense, Signs, Seabiscuit, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, War Horse, and all four films in the Bourne series.

In 2012, Marshall took over as sole principal of the company when partner Kathleen Kennedy became Chairman of Lucasfilm. Currently, he is producing Jurassic World, which opens on June 12, 2015. Marshall has 5 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Color Purple, The Sixth Sense, Seabiscuit, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. In addition to his prolific producing career, Marshall is also an acclaimed director, having helmed Arachnophobia, Eight Below, Alive, Congo, an episode from the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon," and the award-winning ESPN documentary Right to Play. A Los Angeles native and son of composer Jack Marshall, he ran cross-country and track as a student at UCLA and was a three-year varsity letterman in soccer.

Combining his love for music and sports, Marshall and America's premiere miler, Steve Scott, founded the Rock 'N' Roll marathon, which debuted in 1998 in San Diego as the largest first time marathon in history. For over a decade, Marshall was a Vice President and member of the United States Olympic Committee. In 2005 he was awarded the Olympic Shield, and in 2008, inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame for his service to the Olympic movement. He serves on the Board of Athletes for Hope and the USA Track & Field Foundation.

In addition to his service to sports organizations, Marshall is also involved in the educational arena, serving as co-chair of LA's Promise, and trustee of The Archer School for Girls. He is a recipient of UCLA's Alumni Professional Achievement Award, the 2008 Producers Guild of America's David O. Selznick Award for Career Achievement, as well as the 2009 Visual Effects Society's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Marshall joins a distinguished group of past ACE Golden Eddie honorees including Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Norman Jewison, Alexander Payne, James Cameron, Clint Eastwood, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Saul Zaentz, Paul Greengrass and Stanley Donen, among others. ACE, the entertainment industry's honorary society of film editors, is comprised of over 700 accomplished editors working in film and television.

The ACE Eddie Awards recognize outstanding editing in ten categories of film, television and documentaries. Nominees for the 65th Annual ACE Eddie Awards were announced on January 2nd.

Source & Image: americancinemaeditors.org

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