Christopher McQuarrie will likely be honored with the 2025 Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award on the Austin Movie Competition.
The acclaimed author, director and producer, 57, is ready to attend the competition’s Awards Luncheon on Saturday, 25 October, the place he’ll obtain the accolade alongside screenwriting awardee Rian Johnson, producing awardee Christine Vachon, and tv author awardee Yvette Lee Bowser.
He was quoted by Selection saying concerning the upcoming honour: “I’ve at all times held the AFF within the highest esteem. It’s a honest privilege to return to Austin after a lot time away and for such a distinguished honor.”
The competition, happening from 23 to 30 October, additionally contains the world’s largest screenwriters convention, championing the artwork and craft of storytelling for greater than three many years.
As a part of the occasion, Chris will be a part of a panel dialogue exploring his artistic course of and celebrated profession in the course of the Writers Convention from 23–26 October, which can spotlight the work of critically acclaimed titles reminiscent of Depraved, The Studio, Abbott Elementary, Huge Mouth and Previous Lives.
Chris first achieved acclaim together with his 1995 screenplay for The Ordinary Suspects, which the Writers Guild of America named one of many best screenplays of all time.
He went on to co-write and produce Valkyrie in 2008, starring Tom Cruise, initiating a long-term collaboration with the actor.
Chris’ directorial debut, Jack Reacher in 2012 was adopted by his work on the final 4 installments within the Mission: Not possible franchise – Rogue Nation, Fallout, Lifeless Reckoning and The Last Reckoning.
As well as, Chris has contributed as author and producer to initiatives together with Fringe of Tomorrow and High Gun: Maverick, and is understood throughout the {industry} for uncredited roles as author, editor, second-unit director and manufacturing advisor.
The Austin Movie Competition Awards Luncheon may even recognise Script and Movie competitors winners and recipients of industry-sponsored fellowships.
Earlier recipients of the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award embrace Ron Howard, Danny Boyle, Frank Darabont and Jonathan Demme.
The Writers Convention will characteristic greater than 150 panels on storytelling in movie, tv and new media, with contributors together with WGA nominees Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, the screenwriters of Common Footage’ Academy Award-nominated Depraved and its upcoming conclusion Depraved: For Good.