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Dustin Hoffman, Special Donostia Award 60 Anniversary

This year’s San Sebastian Festival closed with a Special 60th Anniversary Donostia Award to Dustin Hoffman, a tribute to one of Hollywood’s greatest actors, winner of two Academy Awards and with a brilliant career behind him.

Hoffman also was chosen to close the Festival with his directorial debut: Quartet, on which the actor steps behind the camera to direct a splendid cast headlining Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Sheridan Smith, Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay, Trevor Peacock, David Ryall and Luke Newberry.

he became an overnight star thanks to his leading part in one of modern American cinema’s most emblematic movies, The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols. His part earned him an Academy Award nomination for best actor and opened the doors to Hollywood for him. He was once again nominated for the statuette for another unforgettable performance as Ratso Rizzo in John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy (1969). In the following years he played the leading part in popular films like Arthur Penn’s Little Big Man (1970), Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs (1971), Franklin J. Schaffner’s Papillon (1973), Bob Fosse’s Lenny (1974) – for which he landed yet another Academy Award nomination)– Alan J. Pakula’s All the President’s Men (1976) and John Schlesinger’s Marathon Man (1976).



Hoffman won his first Academy Award in 1980 for his work in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), going on to receive another nomination for one of his best remembered and surprising film parts in Sidney Pollack’s Tootsie (1982). In 1989 he collected his second Oscar for another of the great successes in his career, Rain Man (1988), directed by Barry Levinson. He was to receive yet another nomination to the statuette for another of Levinson’s films, Wag the Dog (1997), in which he starred alongside Robert De Niro.

Hoffman has also won an Emmy Award for his embodiment of one of American theatre’s greats, Willy Loman, in the TV movie Death of a Salesman (1985), directed by Volker Schlondorff. He has also won five Golden Globes, for The Graduate, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, Death of a Salesman and Rain Man, in addition to a Cecil B. De Mille Award for life achievement. Added to the numerous awards he has obtained for his different performances, are the honorary life achievement awards obtained, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Festival, the Golden Lion at the Venice Festival, the César Award and the Life Achievement Awards of the Hollywood Film Festival and the American Film Institute.

Hoffman’s long filmography includes collaborations with important directors like Steven Spielberg in Hook (1991), Robert Benton in Billy Bathgate (1991), Stephen Frears in Hero (1992), Wolfgang Petersen in Outbreak (1995), Costa-Gavras in Mad City (1997) and, once again, with Barry Levinson in Sleepers (1996) and Sphere (1998). His latest works for cinema include Finding Neverland (2004), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Meet the Fockers (2004), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007) and Little Fockers (2010). He has also put his voice to several animated films like Kung Fu Panda (2008) – which earned him an Annie Award for best performance – The Tale of Despereaux (2008) and Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011).

 

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