Coolidge Award

The Coolidge Award is an annual celebration honoring a film artist whose body of work is recognized as consistently original and challenging. 

The category from which the recipient is chosen each year rotates to reflect the broad range of film arts championed by the Coolidge Corner Theatre throughout its history.

Previous honorees are listed below. The 10th Annual Coolidge Award recipient will be announced in spring 2013.

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    Viggo Mortensen

    2012 - English Language Actor

    Viggo Mortensen's work includes The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Eastern Promises, A History of Violence, and A Dangerous Method

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    Film Preservation

    2011 - Film Preservation

    Margaret Bodde, Executive Director of Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation, was on hand to accept this year's award.

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    Jonathan Demme

    2010 - English Language Director

    Demme's directing credits include The Silence of the Lambs, Stop Making Sense, Philadelphia, and Rachel Getting Married.

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    The Quay Brothers

    2009 - Animation

    The Quay Brothers' film credits include animation masterpieces The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes and Street of Crocodiles.

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    Jeremy Thomas

    2008 - Producer

    Risk-taking producer Thomas' films include The Last Emperor, Sexy Beast, and The Dreamers.

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    Thelma Schoonmaker

    2007 - Film Editor

    Martin Scorsese's longtime editor, whose credits include Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and The Departed.

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    Meryl Streep

    2006 - English Language Actress

    Internationally-acclaimed actress Meryl Streep's film credits include Sophie's Choice, Out of Africa, Adaptation, and The Devil Wears Prada.

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    Vittorio Storaro

    2005 - Cinematographer

    Storaro's evocative film lighting and stunning camera direction can be seen in Apocalypse Now, Reds, and The Last Emperor.

     

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    Zhang Yimou

    2004 - Foreign Language Director

    Chinese director Zhang Yimou's credits include Hero, The House of Flying Daggers, and Raise the Red Lantern.