Ang Lee and James Schamus received The National Arts Club's Medal of Honor for Film at a dinner held in their honor on Wednesday, November 18th at The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South (at 20th Street).
The NAC's Film Committee had chosen to honor the duo for their achievement in groundbreaking films such as Brokeback Mountain (2005), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Sense and Sensibility (1995) and many more.
Ang Lee and James Schamus received the award from O. Aldon James Jr., President of The National Arts Club. Speakers included, Academy Award-Nominated Actress Sigourney Weaver (Avatar, Alien, Working Girl); Golden Globe-Nominated Actress Christina Ricci (The Opposite of Sex, Monster); Professor Annette Insdorf, Columbia University's Graduate Film Program; Leonard Lopate, host of WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show.
Special guests Actress Carroll Baker and Playwright Christopher Durang also joined the evening.Lee and Schamus have received much praise from critics and their peers for their work as an internationally- recognized creative team. Their films Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Ice Storm, Eat Drink Man Woman, Sense and Sensibility and Taking Woodstock has enabled them to work with a group of outstanding actors including Anne Hathaway, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Heath Ledger, Michelle Yeaoh, Ziyi Zhang, Yun-Fat Chow, Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams and Christina Ricci among others.
Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
Carroll Baker and guest
James Schamus
James Schamus
James Schamus
James Schamus
James Schamus and Ang Lee
James Schamus and Ang Lee
Carroll Baker and Ang Lee
Carroll Baker and Ang Lee
James Schamus, Sigourney Weaver, Ang Lee, O. Aldon James Jr. and Christina Ricci
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