14.12.02
Holly Hunter To Receive Sundance Festival Tribute |
(Salt Lake City, UT, December 2002) - The Sundance Institute has announced that Holly Hunter is this year&';s recipient of the Sundance Institute Tribute to Independent Vision Award to be presented at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, January 16 - 26, 2003. The Award honors a film artist who has made a significant and unique contribution to independent film. The Festival will host a tribute to Ms. Hunter on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, featuring retrospective film clips, an onstage interview, the presentation of the Tribute to Independent Vision Award and an awards after-party to celebrate Ms. Hunter&';s achievements.
"For us, Holly Hunter is an inspired choice to receive our 2003 award. Not only because of the risks she has taken and the range of talent she continues to display, but also because of her amazing ability to constantly transform herself," said Geoffrey Gilmore, Director, Sundance Film Festival. "It&';s no surprise she&';s so good in the festival Opening Night film LEVITY, not to mention her performance in THIRTEEN, one of our dramatic competition films. Holly&';s career moves from the broad comedy of RAISING ARIZONA to the thoughtful and introspective LIVING OUT LOUD without missing a beat. She is clearly a generous, skilled and humane artist and we&';re thrilled to have the chance to celebrate that."
Holly Hunter has garnered a worldwide cinema audience with performances in such diverse films as BROADCAST NEWS (1987), RAISING ARIZONA (1987), MISS FIRECRACKER (1989), ALWAYS (1989), THE FIRM (1993), HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995), CRASH (1996), LIVING OUT LOUD (1998) and MOONLIGHT MILE (2002).
Hunter's lead role as Ada McGrath in Jane Campion's film THE PIANO (1994) earned top Best Actress honors at the Academy Awards®, Golden Globes, Cannes Film Festival and National Society of Film Critics. She also received a Best Actress Academy Award® nomination for BROADCAST NEWS (1987) and a Best Supporting Actress nomination for THE FIRM (1993). Hunter has also made her mark in television, winning an Emmy Award for her roles in ROE VS. WADE (1989) and THE POSITIVELY TRUE ADVENTURES OF THE ALLEGED TEXAS CHEERLEADER - MURDERING MOM (1993).
Previous Tribute to Independent Vision Award recipients are Benicio Del Toro (2002), Julianne Moore (2001), Kevin Spacey (2000), Laura Dern (1999), Frances McDormand (1998), Tim Robbins (1997), Dianne Wiest (1996), Nicolas Cage (1995), Gena Rowlands (1994), Denzel Washington (1993), and John Turturro (1992).
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