Star Wars creator George Lucas will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Visual Effects Society at the second annual VES awards ceremony, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The award is the first of its kind to be given by VES and represents, for the visual-effects industry, the equivalent to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, given to feature film producers whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality, the trade paper reported.
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The board of directors of the 850-member effects society selected Lucas for its highest honor in recognition of the contribution that Willow, his five Star Wars films and three Indiana Jones movies have made to the art and science of visual effects, the trade paper reported. The second annual VES awards are scheduled to take place in Los Angeles on Feb. 18.
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