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Award-winning director Oliver Stone received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Savannah Film Festival 2011 Savannah Film Festival honors Oliver Stone with Lifetime Achievement Award Screening of Roman Polanski’s “Carnage” followed award tribute SAVANNAH, Georgia, November 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone (“Platoon,” “Wall Street”) was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th annual Savannah Film Festival on Thursday, Nov. 3. Hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, Stone dedicated his award to native Savannahian and well-known publicist Bobby Zarem, whom he has known for more than 30 years. “The memory of my achievement lies in Savannah, a city Bobby loves so much,” said the award-winning director. Stone ended with, “I got your back, Bobby.” Stone has won Oscars for directing “Born on the Fourth of July,” which was screened earlier in the day and featured a question-and-answer session with the...

Lily Tomlin 2011 Savannah Film Festival presents Lily Tomlin with Lifetime Achievement Award Award presentation followed by a screening of David Cronenberg’s “A Dangerous Method” SAVANNAH, Georgia, November 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The 14th annual Savannah Film Festival presented Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-nominated, Emmy Award-winning actress Lily Tomlin ("9 to 5," "All of Me") with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Wednesday, Nov. 2. “Thank you all so much, I’m delighted to be a guest of SCAD and Savannah,” said Tomlin. “I’m so thrilled to be here with these art and design students…I say to all the students do something audacious that portends to be humiliating.” Tomlin continued to thank attendees and blew kisses to the crowd as she left the stage. 2011 Savannah Film Festival honoree Lily Tomlin with SCAD Chair of Film and Television Chris Auer Throughout her career, Tomlin has received six Emmys, two Tony Awards, a Grammy, two Peabody Awards and numerous ...