Greta Gerwig, the filmmaker of ‘Barbie,’ has been honoured as the 2024 Pioneer of the Year. The prestigious award will be presented at a ceremony on 25th September at the Beverly Hilton by the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation (WRMPPF).
The Pioneer of the Year Award is given to distinguished members of the motion picture industry who have shown exceptional leadership, community service, and philanthropic commitment. Proceeds collected from the event will benefit WRMPPF’s Pioneers Assistance Fund, which provides financial aid and supportive counselling to individuals in the motion picture distribution and exhibition community in times of need.
“Greta Gerwig is a dynamic filmmaker with extraordinary vision who entertains and inspires audiences everywhere,” said Jeff Goldstein, President of Warner Bros. Domestic Distribution and Co-Chairman of the Pioneer of the Year Dinner.
“The Will Rogers Pioneers Assistance Fund is proud to celebrate Greta’s achievements and present her with the 2024 Pioneer of the Year Award,” added Kyle Davies, President of Distribution at Bleecker Street Media and Chairman of the Pioneers Assistance Fund Committee.
Gerwig’s directorial works, including “Lady Bird,” “Little Women,” and “Barbie,” have all earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture. She received Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for “Lady Bird” and for Best Adapted Screenplay for “Little Women.” “Barbie,” co-written with Noah Baumbach, became the first film by a solo female director to gross over $1 billion worldwide, and earned Gerwig another Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film is also Warner Bros.’ highest-grossing movie ever, with over $1.44 billion.
Gerwig first gained recognition as an actress in Noah Baumbach’s “Greenberg” opposite Ben Stiller, earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead. She continued her collaboration with Baumbach by co-writing and starring in the critically acclaimed “Frances Ha,” which garnered her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, and by co-writing and starring in “Mistress America.” Most recently, she starred in Baumbach’s “White Noise” and will soon appear in his untitled film alongside George Clooney and Adam Sandler. Additionally, she is currently writing an adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia” series for Netflix.
Past recipients of the Pioneer of the Year Award include Erik Lomis, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, Tom Cruise, Donna Langley, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Elizabeth Banks, Jim Gianopulos, Dick Cook, Michael D. Eisner, Alan Horn, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Sherry Lansing, Frank G. Mancuso, Sumner Redstone, Terry Semel, Tom Sherak, Jack Valenti, Jack Warner, Darryl F. Zanuck, and Cecil B. DeMille.
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