Michael Kutza: founder of the Chicago International Film Festival in 1964. In 1964, film buff Michael Kutza founded the芝加哥国际电影Festival, with silent screen star Colleen Moore. The debut of the Chicago International Film Festival (now in its 54th year) was at the Carnegie Theatre at Rush and Oak Streets, on November 9, 1965.Kutza, then 22, has served as Artistic Director longer than any other film festival director in the country (55 years).
The Chicago International Film Festival is the oldest film festival in North America; it is often said to be a Director’s Festival.Kutza will be passing the torch to Mimi Plauche as Artistic Director and VivianTeng as Managing Director.
库茨（Kutza）杰出的55年职业生涯，领导了芝加哥电影节和电影院，以及他作为有远见的电影的贡献，有助于促进该行业中如此众多的职业生涯，将于7月14日庆祝。他（7月14日，星期六）以“庆祝迈克尔”的身份感到荣幸。该活动将从下午6点开始举行。在芝加哥洛斯酒店（Loews Hotel）（455 N. Park Drive) and will culminate in the presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award to Kutza.
组织者
市长拉姆·伊曼纽尔（Rahm Emanuel）和Governor Bruce RaunerareHonorary Chairmen和the活动主席是Chaz Ebert（著名评论家Roger Ebert的遗ow），Candace Jordan和Maria Pappas。Many celebrities will be in attendance, either in person or via video-taped salute, including凯瑟琳·特纳（“佩吉·苏结婚了”，“浪漫的石头”）和制片人宝拉·瓦格纳（Paula Wagner）（“任务不可能的I-III”）。
晚会拍卖项目
Exclusive items will be available for purchase at the Gala, including an autographed “Black Panther” movie poster, an autographed Special Edition “Star Wars” poster(one of only 25 in existence），签名的“教父”海报，以及由汤姆·佩蒂（Tom Petty）签名的吉他，以及前往那不勒斯，佛罗里达州的旅行，等等。
HONORS
Kutza has been a ubiquitous presence on the Chicago International Film Festival scene and he will remain affiliated with Cinema Chicago as Emeritus CEO. He has received many awards over the course of his 55-year career, including theChevalier de l’Order des Arts et des Lettres1984年在戛纳法国文化部长雅克·朗（Jacques Lang）获得了第32届威尼斯国际电影节的银狮奖，芝加哥“太阳泰晤士报”奖“芝加哥的杰出贡献”，并于2010年在2010年获得“芝加哥杂志”的安置。他们的清单Top 40 Chicago Visionaries. Also weighing in with awards have been the President of the French Republic for Kutza’s achievements as “an internationally recognized graphic designer, filmmaker and the Founder of the Chicago International Film Festival” in June of 2015. In 2017 Kutza was awarded the Onorificenza di Cavalierato, the highest honor awarded to someone in the artsm bestowed by the President of the Italian Republic.
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名人
The list of those whose careers Kutza has fostered is long.部分清单将包括马丁·斯科塞斯（Martin Scorsese），Rainer Werner Fassbinder,Krzysztof Zanussi，Claude Lelouch,Wim Wenders,玛格丽特·冯·特罗塔（Margarethe von Trotta）, Tsai Ming-liang, Mike Leigh, Michael Moore, Oliver Stone, John Carpenter, Joe Swanberg, and Taylor Hackford.
Among those who have attended the Chicago International Film Festival over the years, a partial list would include:Harold Lloyd, Bette Davis, Jack Lemmon, Vincent Minnelli, Sophia Loren, Jack Nicholson, Shirley Maclaine, Francois Truffaut, Director Spike Lee, Director Oliver Stone, Director Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Clint Eastood, Liv Ullmann, Dustin Hoffman, Will Farrell, Jodie Foster, Director Kevin Smith, Halle Berry, composer Howard Shore, Director Richard Zemeckis, Al Pacino, Clint Eastwood, Sidney Poitier, Helen Mirren, Director Claude LeLouche, Director Philip Kaufman, Jane Fonda, Chadwick Boseman, Vanessa Redgrave, John C. Reilly, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Director Guillermo del Toro, Director Danny Boyle, Director Peter Bogdanovich, Ed Burns, Viola Davis, Alan Cumming, Robert Downey, Jr., Forest Whitaker, Director Steve McQueen, Writer/Director Charlie Kaufman, Sterling K. Brown, Geraldine Chaplin, Gary Cole, Colin Farrell, Jessica Chastain, Helen Hunt,丹尼斯·法利纳（Dennis Farina），琼·艾伦（Joan Allen），莉莉（Lilly）和拉娜·瓦乔夫斯基（Lana Wachowski），马克（Mark）和杰伊·杜普拉斯（Jay Duplass），罗恩·佩尔曼（Ron Perlman）以及“ La La Land”的董事达米安·查泽尔（Damien Chazelle）。
Said Executive Board Member Byron Pollack, “Michael has had a tremendous impact on the film industry world-wide as well as on the cultural vibrancy of Chicago.”Gala联合主席Candace Jordan说：“我们正在竭尽全力使这成为有史以来最壮观的电影院/芝加哥晚会！”
For tickets to this event, call 312-683-0121, x108, or visit chicagofilmfestival.com.
Tickets start at $500.
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