Super producer Jennifer Fox, whose films include “Michael Clayton,” “The Last Duel” and “The Bourne Legacy,” will return for the fourth time to produce the Film Academy Governors Awards, scheduled for November 19 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, newly appointed Academy president Janet Yang said Wednesday.
Michael J. Fox will be honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, won by the likes of Geena Davis and Tyler Perry in recent years, and Honorary Awards will be presented to directors Euzhan Palcy (“A Dry White Season”) and Peter Weir (“ Witness”), as well as veteran songwriter Diane Warren, who just last year received her 13th Academy Award nomination. None of this year’s winners have ever won a competitive Oscar.
“We are thrilled to have Jennifer back at the helm to help us kick off Oscar season with a worthy tribute from these four extraordinary people. Her contribution over the past few years has only elevated this truly special and joyous event,” said Yang.
Fox said of her return, “I couldn’t be more delighted to produce the Academy Governors Awards again and look forward to honoring the remarkable achievements of Michael J. Fox, Euzhan Palcy, Diane Warren and Peter Weir.”
According to the Academy, the Honorary Award 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 given in the form of an Oscar statuette, is presented “to an individual in the motion picture arts and sciences whose humanitarian efforts have given credit to the industry.”
The Governors Awards will be held at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on November 19; The Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on March 12, 2023.
