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LVFCS Sierra Award winners: Best Picture Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Director Best Screenplay (original or adapted for the screen) Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Best Score Best Song Best Foreign Film Best Family Film Best Animated Film Best Documentary Best Costume Design Best Visual Effects Youth in Film Award Best DVD (packaging, content and transfer) Special Achievement - Film Restoration and Preservation Special Achievement - Make-Up Design William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award Born Jerome Silberman in Depression-era Wisconsin, Gene Wilder made his first splash on Broadway with credits including "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." In 1963, Wilder appeared in a stage production with Anne Bancroft. The actress introduced Wilder to Mel Brooks, which led to a hilariously productive relationship. That relationship led to both of Wilder's Oscar(R) nominations; one for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the frantic Leo Bloom in "The Producers" and a screenwriting nomination for "Young Frankenstein." Wilder is also widely regarded for his role as the enigmatic candyman Willy Wonka and for his pairings with Richard Pryor("Silver Streak," "Stir Crazy"). He has also founded 'Gilda's Club,' a charitable organization dedicated to raising awareness of ovarian cancer, the disease that claimed Wilder's wife, comedienne Gilda Radner. It is for all these remarkable accomplishments that we honor Gene Wilder with this year's William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award. To learn more about Gilda's Club, visit www.gildasclub.com |
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