The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Annual Tribute Gala
The 2009 Gala Tribute honored two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks.
The Film Society’s Annual Gala Tribute began in 1972 and honored Charles Chaplin – who returned to the US from exile to accept the commendation. Since then, the award has honored many of film’s visionary talents, including Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Laurence Olivier, Federico Fellini, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, James Stewart, Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Diane Keaton and, most recently, Meryl Streep.
Under the leadership of Mara Manus, Executive Director, and Richard Peña, Program Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center offers the best in international, classic and cutting-edge independent cinema. The Film Society presents two film festivals that attract global attention: the New York Film Festival, now in its 47th year, and New Directors/New Films which, since its founding in 1972, has been produced in collaboration with MoMA. The Film Society also presents the Latinbeat Film Festival (now showing), publishes the award-winning Film Comment Magazine, and for over three decades has given an annual award – now named “The Chaplin Award” – to a major figure in world cinema. Past recipients of this award include Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.
The Film Society receives generous, year-round support from 42 Below, The New York Times, Stella Artois, Illy Caffé, The New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Gala Tribute is sponsored by 42 Below, Stella Artois, American Airlines, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Dolby, and The Francis Coppola Winery.
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