John Williams will receive the 44th AFI Lifetime Achievement Award next year, making him the first composer to get the honor.
- Oct 9, 2015
AceShowbiz - The American Film Institute has picked John Williams, the composer of "Star Wars", "E.T.", "Jaws", and "Indiana Jones", as a recipient of the next Lifetime Achievement Award. The five-time Oscar winner is scheduled to be feted in an event on June 9, 2016.
"John Williams has written the soundtrack to our lives," says Howard Stringer, chairman of AFI's board of trustees. "Note by note, through chord and chorus, his genius for marrying music with movies has elevated the art form to symphonic levels and inspired generations of audiences to be enriched by the magic of the movies."
Williams will be the first composer to receive AFI's highest honor. Past honorees include such actors and directors as Meryl Streep, Elizabeth Taylor, Martin Scorcese, Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, and Alfred Hitchcock. The organization most recently feted Steve Martin.
