Fiennes, Branagh to receive BIFA honours
Ralph Fiennes (pictured) will receive the Richard Harris Award and Kenneth Branagh the Variety Award at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) on December 4.
The Richard Harris Award was introduced in 2003 in honour of the late actor. It recognises outstanding contribution to British film by an actor. Previous winners include John Hurt, David Thewlis, Bob Hoskins, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Day-Lewis and Helena Bonham Carter in 2010.
Ralph Fiennes made his directing debut with an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus [+see also:
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The Variety Award recognises an actor, director, writer or producer who has helped to focus the international spotlight on the UK. Past winners include Liam Neeson last year and earlier, Sir Michael Caine, JK Rowling, Dame Helen Mirren, Richard Curtis, Michael Sheen and Keira Knightley.
Kenneth Branagh recently directed the Hollywood hit Thor. He also directed and acted in Henry V, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Frankenstein, Dead Again and Peter’s Friends.
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