Acclaimed Producer and Director Ridley Scott to be Honored with the "Hollywood Producer Award" For "The Martian" at the "19th Annual Hollywood Film Awards®"

Awards Ceremony to Take Place Sunday, November 1, 2015 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

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Oct 14, 2015, 11:21 ET

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- dick clark productions announced today that Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated director and producer Ridley Scott will be honored with the "Hollywood Producer Award" for the film The Martian. The "19^th Annual Hollywood Film Awards" will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, on November 1, 2015. The Hollywood Film Awards, the official launch of the awards season®, has recognized excellence in the art of cinema and filmmaking for 18 years, honoring some of the world's biggest stars. More than one hundred honorees have gone on to garner Oscar nominations and wins.

This year, the multi-nominated Ridley Scott shows once again he is the master of all film genres as he produces and directs the story of astronaut Mark Watney, who is presumed dead after a firestorm and left behind by his crew. The film stars Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels and Kate Mara.

"Ridley Scott is one of the most prolific, talented and respected members of the film community," said Allen Shapiro, CEO of dick clark productions. "We are honored to have him as part of this year's show."

Previously announced honorees for this year's show include:

Robert De Niro – "Hollywood Career Achievement Award"
Furious 7 – "Hollywood Blockbuster Award"
Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth – "Hollywood Song Award" for their hit "See You Again" from the Furious 7 soundtrack
Asif Kapadia – "Hollywood Documentary Award" for Amy
Tom Hooper – "Hollywood Director Award" for The Danish Girl
Benicio Del Toro – "Hollywood Supporting Actor Award" for Sicario
Saoirse Ronan – "New Hollywood Award" for Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander – "Hollywood Breakout Actress Award" for The Danish Girl
Cast of Straight Outta Compton: Corey Hawkins, O'Shea Jackson Jr. & Jason Mitchell – "Hollywood Breakout Ensemble Award"
Amy Schumer – "Hollywood Comedy Award" for Trainwreck
Carey Mulligan – "Hollywood Actress Award" for Suffragette
Joel Edgerton – "Hollywood Breakout Actor Award" for Black Mass
Adam McKay – "Hollywood Breakthrough Director Award" for The Big Short
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – "Hollywood Screenwriter Award" for Spotlight
"Inside Out" directed by Pete Docter – "Hollywood Animation Award"
Janusz Kaminski – "Hollywood Cinematography Award," for Bridge of Spies
Alexandre Desplat – "Hollywood Film Composer Award" for The Danish Girl and Suffragette
David Rosenbloom – "Hollywood Editor Award" for Black Mass
Tim Alexander – "Hollywood Visual Effects Award" for Jurassic World
Gary Rydstrom – "Hollywood Sound Award" for Bridge of Spies
Sandy Powell – "Hollywood Costume Design Award" for Cinderella
Lesley Vanderwalt – "Hollywood Make-Up & Hair Styling Award" for Mad Max: Fury Road
Colin Gibson – "Hollywood Production Design Award" for Mad Max: Fury Road

Additional honorees are set to be announced at a later date.

ABOUT RIDLEY SCOTT

Director/Producer RIDLEY SCOTT has been honored with Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his work on Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, and Thelma & Louise. All three films also earned him DGA Award nominations. Scott's most recent directorial credits include the recently released Exodus: Gods and Kings starring Christian Bale, Prometheus starring Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace and Charlize Theron and The Counselor, written by Cormac McCarthy and starring Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and Javier Bardem.

Scott has garnered multiple award nominations over his illustrious career. In addition to his Academy Award and DGA nominations, he also earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director for American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. He also served as a producer on the true-life drama receiving a BAFTA nomination for Best Film. Scott also received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for Best Director for his epic Gladiator. The film won the Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA awards for Best Picture.

In 1977, Scott made his feature film directorial debut with The Duellists, for which he won the Best First Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival. He followed with the blockbuster science-fiction thriller Alien, which catapulted Sigourney Weaver to stardom and launched a successful franchise. In 1982, Scott directed the landmark film Blade Runner, starring Harrison Ford. Considered a science-fiction classic, the futuristic thriller was added to the U.S. Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 1993, and a director's cut of Blade Runner was released to renewed acclaim in 1993 and in 2007.

Scott's additional film directing credits include Legend, starring Tom Cruise; Someone to Watch Over Me; Black Rain, starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia; 1492: Conquest of Paradise; White Squall, starring Jeff Bridges; G.I. Jane, starring Demi Moore and Viggo Mortensen; Hannibal, starring Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore; Body of Lies, starring Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio; A Good Year, starring Russell Crowe and Albert Finney; the epic Kingdom of Heaven, with Orlando Bloom and Jeremy Irons; and Matchstick Men, starring Nicolas Cage and Sam Rockwell. Scott's hit version of the timeless tale of Robin Hood marked his fifth collaboration with star Russell Crowe, also starring Cate Blanchett.

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ABOUT DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS

dick clark productions (dcp) is the world's largest producer and proprietor of televised live event entertainment programming with the "Academy of Country Music Awards," "American Country Countdown Awards," "American Music Awards," "Billboard Music Awards," "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest," "Golden Globe Awards," "Hollywood Film Awards" and the "Streamy Awards." Weekly television programming includes "So You Think You Can Dance" from 19 Entertainment, a division of CORE Media Group and dcp; "World's Funniest" from Jukin Media and dcp; as well as "BOOM!" from Keshet DCP, the joint venture between Keshet International (KI), the global distribution and production arm of Keshet Media Group and DC Media, the parent company of dcp. dcp also owns one of the world's most unique and extensive entertainment archive libraries with more than 55 years of award-winning shows, historic programs, specials, performances and legendary programming. For additional information, visit www.dickclark.com.

ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS®

The Hollywood Film Awards®, founded in 1997, were created to celebrate Hollywood and launch the awards season. The recipients of the awards are selected by an Advisory Team for their body of work and/or a film(s) that is to be released during the calendar year. For additional information, visit www.hollywoodawards.com.

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