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The George Eastman Award was established at George Eastman House in 1955 as the first retrospective film award to honor artistic work of enduring value.
It is being presented this year to actor Richard Gere, who will be in Rochester Feb. 16 to accept the honor.
“Richard Gere’s continued commitment to the art of screen acting has made him one of America’s most popular actors with the skill and star power equal to the greatest headliners of Hollywood’s golden age,” said Dr. Anthony Bannon, Ron and Donna Fielding Director at Eastman House. “The breadth and strength of his roles mirror his deep, personal commitments in the causes he champions.”
Three event highlights
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Actor Richard Gere is being honored next week with the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film’s highest recognition, the George Eastman Award, which has previously been won by the likes of director Martin Scorsese, actress Meryl Streep, actor Gregory Peck, and film producer Cecil B. DeMille.
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The award recognizes Gere’s distinguished contribution to the art of film as well as his global humanitarian leadership.
Besides acting, for more than 25 years, he has worked to draw attention to humanitarian crises rooted in injustice, inequality, and intolerance. Since the early 1980s, he has been at the forefront of the fight against HIV/AIDS, and in 2002, launched the Heroes Project in partnership with the Avahan AIDS Initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
In 1991, he founded the Gere Foundation, a private grant-giving organization focused on advocacy and cultural preservation in the Tibetan community, education, public health, and emergency relief.
He is also a longtime photographer and collector of photography. His photographs have traveled to 11 countries with the exhibition “Pilgrim.”
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Gere is an internationally renowned actor who has starred in more than 40 films. With early performances in “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” in 1977 and his breakout 1980 film “American Gigolo,” Gere quickly ascended the ranks of leading men.
He earned an Emmy nomination for the HBO film “And the Band Played On” and Golden Globe nominations for “Officer and a Gentleman” and “Pretty Woman.”
For his celebrated role in the movie musical “Chicago,” he earned both Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards.
The George Eastman Award was established at George Eastman House in 1955 as the first retrospective film award to honor artistic work of enduring value.
It is being presented this year to actor Richard Gere, who will be in Rochester Feb. 16 to accept the honor.
“Richard Gere’s continued commitment to the art of screen acting has made him one of America’s most popular actors with the skill and star power equal to the greatest headliners of Hollywood’s golden age,” said Dr. Anthony Bannon, Ron and Donna Fielding Director at Eastman House. “The breadth and strength of his roles mirror his deep, personal commitments in the causes he champions.”
Three event highlights
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Actor Richard Gere is being honored next week with the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film’s highest recognition, the George Eastman Award, which has previously been won by the likes of director Martin Scorsese, actress Meryl Streep, actor Gregory Peck, and film producer Cecil B. DeMille.
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The award recognizes Gere’s distinguished contribution to the art of film as well as his global humanitarian leadership.
Besides acting, for more than 25 years, he has worked to draw attention to humanitarian crises rooted in injustice, inequality, and intolerance. Since the early 1980s, he has been at the forefront of the fight against HIV/AIDS, and in 2002, launched the Heroes Project in partnership with the Avahan AIDS Initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
In 1991, he founded the Gere Foundation, a private grant-giving organization focused on advocacy and cultural preservation in the Tibetan community, education, public health, and emergency relief.
He is also a longtime photographer and collector of photography. His photographs have traveled to 11 countries with the exhibition “Pilgrim.”
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Gere is an internationally renowned actor who has starred in more than 40 films. With early performances in “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” in 1977 and his breakout 1980 film “American Gigolo,” Gere quickly ascended the ranks of leading men.
He earned an Emmy nomination for the HBO film “And the Band Played On” and Golden Globe nominations for “Officer and a Gentleman” and “Pretty Woman.”
For his celebrated role in the movie musical “Chicago,” he earned both Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards.
