Legendary film critic David Stratton AM (At the Movies, The Movie Show) is to be honoured by the Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers.
Stratton will be named the 2024 National Cinema Pioneer of the Year in recognition of his lengthy achievements and contribution to the Australian cinema industry including as a writer, reviewer, and former director of the Sydney Film Festival (1966-1983).
Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers president, Lori Flekser, said Stratton had made an “extraordinary contribution to our industry” and is “the epitome of all this Award stands for”.
He was feature film programmer for SBS, host of Movie of the Week and Cinema Classics on SBS (1981-2003), co-host with Margaret Pomeranz of The Movie Show on SBS (1986-2003) and At The Movies on ABC (2003-2014). He also presented David Stratton’s Story of Australian Cinema.
He also reviewed films for Variety (1983-2003) and The Australian (1990-2023), as well as contributed articles to The Age, The Bulletin, The Sydney Morning Herald, Cinema Papers and International Film Guide (UK).
He will be honoured at a presentation in Sydney on November 29.
Source: IF
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