Dallas Star Awards

The DALLAS international Film Festival Star Award honors individuals who have made important contributions to modern cinema and the advancement of the art of film.

2012 Star Award Recipients

Laura Linney Actress THE TRUMAN SHOW, THE SAVAGES, MYSTIC RIVER	Glen Keane Animator, Texas Avery Award THE LITTLE MERMAID, POCAHONTAS, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Bernie Pollack Costume Designer RAIN MAN, TOOTSIE, ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN	Gabourey Sidibe Actress PRECIOUS, TOWER HEIST, The Big C
Eric Pleskow Special Honoree United Artists and Orion Pictures

 

2011 Star Award Recipients

Ann-Margret Actress BYE BYE BIRDIE, STATE FAIR, TOMMY	Steve James Documentary filmmaker AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOOR, NO CROSSOVER: THE TRIAL OF ALLEN IVERSON, THE INTERRUPTERS
Scott Z. Burns Writer/director/producer CONTAGION, THE INFORMANT!, BOURNE ULTIMATUM	Horton Foote (posthumously) Dramatist and screenwriter The Young Man From Atlanta, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, TENDER MERCIES
Chris Sanders Director, screenwriter, animator MULAN, LILO & STITCH, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON	Dean DeBlois Director, screenwriter, animator LILO & STITCH, HEIMA, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
John Lithgow 2011 Art of Film Honoree Actor: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP

 

2010 Star Award Recipients

Guillermo Arriaga Screenwriter, Director and Producer BABEL, 21 GRAMS, THE BURNING PLAIN	Frank Darabont Director, Screenwriter and Producer THE SHAWKSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GREEN MILE
John Lee Hancock Screenwriter and Director THE BLIND SIDE, THE ROOKIE, THE ALAMO	Amber Heard Actress THE JONESES, ZOMBIELAND, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Pedro Infante (posthumously) Actor TIZOC, NOSOTROS LOS POBRES	Wally Pfister Cinematographer MEMENTO, THE DARK KNIGHT, INCEPTION
Pete Docter TEXAS AVERY ANIMATION AWARD PRESENTED BY REEL FX ENTERTAINMENT Director: MONSTER’S INC, UP	Robert Duvall 2010 Art of Film Honoree Actor TENDER MERCIES, THE GODFATHER, APOCALYPSE NOW

 

2009 Star Award Recipients

Kathryn Bigelow Director THE HURT LOCKER, POINT BREAK	Peter Bogdanovich Director, Actor and Author THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, MASK
Adrien Brody Actor THE BROTHERS BLOOM, THE PIANIST	Rita Hayworth Actor GILDA, COVER GIRL
Henry Selick Director, Production Designer, Screenwriter TEXAS AVERY ANIMATION AWARD PRESENTED BY REEL FX ENTERTAINMENT CORALINE, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS	Robert Towne Screenwriter and Director CHINATOWN, THE FIRM, TEQUILA SUNRISE

 

2008 Star Award Recipients

Helen Hunt Actor, Director THEN SHE FOUND ME, AS GOOD AS IT GETS	Mickey Rooney Actor NATIONAL VELVET, BOYS TOWN
Jack Lemmon (posthumously) Actor SOME LIKE IT HOT, THE ODD COUPLE	Todd Wagner Founder, Todd Wagner Foundation, CEO 2929 Entertainment Producer AKEELAH AND THE BEE, GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
Charlize Theron Actor MONSTER, BATTLE IN SEATTLE	Chris Wedge TEXAS AVERY ANIMATION AWARD PRESENTED BY REEL FX ENTERTAINMENT Director: ICE AGE, ROBOTS

 

2007 Star Award Recipients

Lauren Bacall Actor TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, DARK PASSAGE	Alan & Marilyn Bergman Lyricists/Composer YENTL, TOOTSIE
David Lynch Director, Producer, Screenwriter INLAND EMPIRE, BLUE VELVET	Sarah Polley Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor AWAY FROM HER, THE SWEET HEREAFTER
Sydney Pollack Director, Producer, Actor OUT OF AFRICA, TOOTSIE	Jack Valenti (posthumously) Former president and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America
Francis Ford Coppola Director, Producer, Screenwriter THE GODFATHER: I, II & III, APOCALYPSE NOW	Gregory Peck (posthumously) Actor TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, ROMAN HOLIDAY
Marvin Hamlish Composer A CHORUS LINE, THE STING	L to R Owen Wilson Actor BOTTLE ROCKET, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS Andrew Wilson Actor, Director THE WENDELL BAKER STORY Luke Wilson Actor BOTTLE ROCKET, RUSHMORE