28/04/2024
In a career that's still very much in full flight, tonight the American Film Institute will honor my wife as the newest member in this extraordinary fraternity.
Babygirl – I’m so proud of you, and as much as I could come off sounding like the biased husband, I’ll let the list of previous honorees do all of the talking for me. What a list !
AFI Life Achievement Award Recipients:
1973 — John Ford
1974 — James Cagney
1975 — Orson Welles
1976 — William Wyler
1977 — Bette Davis
1978 — Henry Fonda
1979 — Alfred Hitchcock
1980 — James Stewart
1981 — Fred Astaire
1982 — Frank Capra
1983 — John Huston
1984 — Lillian Gish
1985 — Gene Kelly
1986 — Billy Wilder
1987 — Barbara Stanwyck
1988 — Jack Lemmon
1989 — Gregory Peck
1990 — David Lean
1991 — Kirk Douglas
1992 — Sydney Poitier
1993 — Elizabeth Taylor
1994 — Jack Nicholson
1995 — Steven Spielberg
1996 — Clint Eastwood
1997 — Martin Scorsese
1998 — Robert Wise
1999 — Dustin Hoffman
2000 — Harrison Ford
2001 — Barbra Streisand
2002 — Tom Hanks
2003 — Robert De Niro
2004 — Meryl Streep
2005 — George Lucas
2006 — Sean Connery
2007 — Al Pacino
2008 — Warren Beatty
2009 — Michael Douglas
2010 — Mike Nichols
2011 — Morgan Freeman
2012 — Shirley MacLaine
2013 — Mel Brooks
2014 — Jane Fonda
2015 — Steve Martin
2016 — John Williams
2017 — Diane Keaton
2018 — George Clooney
2019 — Denzel Washington
2022 — Julie Andrews
2024 — Nicole Kidman ❤️