James Cameron to Receive Harold Lloyd Award

1 Feb, 2011 By: Chris Tribbey

Director James Cameron will be honored with the first-ever Harold Lloyd Award at the Feb. 9 International 3D Society Creative Arts Awards, the International 3D Society said Feb. 1.

“James Cameron has embodied Harold Lloyd's vision and passion for dazzling audiences across the globe,” said Suzanne Lloyd, Lloyd’s granddaughter and chair of Harold Lloyd Entertainment. “With Avatar and his commitment to 3D storytelling, it is appropriate that he is the first recipient of this most prestigious annual award.”

Harold Lloyd wrote, directed, produced and acted in more than 200 films, formed Hollywood’s first 3D Society and served as its first president. During the 1920s he was an early advocate for 3D technology, noted Jim Chabin, International 3D Society president. Lloyd told the Los Angeles Times in a 1923 interview that the filmmaker who “produces perfect stereo motion pictures will have accomplished the greatest achievement since the first motion picture.”

“Jim has been gifted with both tenacity and vision in his quest to make stereoscopic capability part of filmmaking's vocabulary,” said Lenny Lipton, International 3D Society Awards Committee chairman. “No other person has contributed more, both technically and creatively.”

The International 3D Society's second annual Creative Arts Awards will be held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., and the ceremony will be recorded and shown in 3D on 3Net as a two-hour special.