The Producers Guild of America has announced Martin Scorsese as the recipient of the David O. Selznick Achievement Award for his six decades of producing. Scorsese will accept the honor at the PGA Awards on Feb. 25.
The David O. Selznick Achievement Awards recognizes producers for their outstanding body of work in motion pictures, with previous honorees including Steven Spielberg, Barbara Broccoli, Mary Parent, Tom Cruise, Brian Grazer, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and George Lucas.
“Marty’s trailblazing career as a producer, marked by decades of bold, breakthrough projects, demands to be celebrated,”said PGA Presidents Donald De Line and Stephanie Allain in a statement. “His mastery and unwavering commitment to the craft are truly unparalleled. We are proud to honor him and his many filmmaking achievements this year at the PGA Awards.”
Scorsese said, “In March 1965, I was flown out to Los Angeles by the PGA to receive an award for my student film ‘It’s Not Just You, Murray!’ I was 22 at the time. At the same event, a much older filmmaker was also being honored. His name was Alfred Hitchcock.”
“58 years later, I’m proud to say that I am now the much older filmmaker. And I’m touched and extremely honored to be receiving an award named after a true legend among producers, David O. Selznick. It makes me feel like I’ve come full circle.”
Over his six-decade career, Scorsese has produced more than 50 films including this year’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
His has earned three PGA nominations and won one for his work on “Boardwalk Empire,” as well as 14 Academy Award nominations and the best director win for “The Departed.”
Among his other credits as a producer are “The Irishman,” “Silence,” “Shutter Island,” “Hugo,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Personality Crisis: One Night Only” and “George Harrison: Living in the Material World.”
