Director Paul Greengrass is to be awarded with the BFI Fellowship later this year.
Greengrass, who brought his distinctive style to mainstream with The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, will receive the BFI Fellowship at this year’s 61st BFI London Film Festival.
The BAFTA winning director will be presented with the honour at the festival’s opening ceremony on October 14.
The BFI Fellowship is awarded in recognition of a person’s outstanding contribution to film and television.
Josh Berger, chair of the BFI, said Greengrass was “a director, writer and producer whose skill for storytelling is as powerful and courageous as the stories and figures he brings to life in the cinema and on the small screen.”
“As a filmmaker, Paul has been a true pioneer, bringing his instinct and experience from making hard-hitting programs into the world of cinema,” said Berger in a statement. “His distinct ability to combine the visceral with the cerebral and offer a nuanced picture of heroism has injected a bold new realism into action thriller movies, leaving audiences around the world transfixed and eager for more.”
Greengrass has been nominated for an Academy Award for United 93, and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Captain Phillips.
Most recently Greengrass re-teamed with Matt Damon for Jason Bourne.
Originally published August 30, 2017. Updated April 17, 2018.
