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Elizabeth Banks became the first female director honored as Pioneer of the Year in the 78-year history of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation. The feeling in the room for an industry run largely by white men was that it seemed just the right choice in 2019 to honor a woman who does it all: produce…

The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation announced today that actress, director, and producer Elizabeth Banks will receive the 2019 Pioneer of the Year Award on September 25, 2019 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Banks is the first female director to receive the honor. The Pioneer of the Year Award is…

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs will be honored with the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation’s annual Pioneer Of The Year award, to be bestowed at CinemaCon in March. "We are delighted that Cheryl has accepted the 2017 Pioneer of the Year Award and will be receiving…

The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation will honor Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley with its 2016 Pioneer of the Year award at CinemaCon April 13 in Las Vegas. Under Langley’s stewardship, Universal had the highest-grossing year ever in 2015 for a studio in industry history. The year marked the…

At the annual Pioneer Of The Year award dinner held each year during the CinemaCon convention, this year honoring 20th Century Fox Chairman Jim Gianopulos,  it was quite the Fox family affair as the President of the Board Of Directors of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers  Foundation is also a Fox employee…

Jim Gianopulos, Chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox, will receive the 2015 Pioneer of the Year award, the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation said today. He will be honored at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on April 22. Fox has seen its most profitable years ever under Gianopulos’ stewardship. This year, Twentieth…