George Clooney to get AFI Life Achievement award
George Clooney will be the 46th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award, the American Film Institute board of trustees announced Thursday, Hollywood Reporter wrote.
The honor will be presented during a gala tribute on June 7 in Los Angeles and will be subsequently broadcast by Turner Broadcasting on TNT, followed by encore presentations on sister network Turner Classic Movies, the source said.
"George Clooney is America's leading man," said Sir Howard Stringer, chairman of the AFI board of trustees. "Director, producer, writer and actor — a modern-day screen icon who combines the glamour of a time gone by with a ferocious passion for ensuring art's impact echoes beyond the screen."
The source reminds that in 2010, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honored Clooney with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in recognition of his humanitarian efforts.
To add, Clooney was the Co-Chair of the Selection Committee of Aurora Prize and visited Armenia in April 2016 to attend a weekend long events of the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity.