Previous honorees include Steven Spielberg, Yōji Yamada, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Koji Fukada, Xiaogang ...

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Spike Lee's new film "Highest 2 Lowest" stars Denzel Washington as a record mogul whose life is upended by a kidnapping.

Actor Denzel Washington as David King, looking straight ahead in a room illuminated in blue and red, in Highest 2 Lowest.

Yes, Akira Kurosawa is basically synonymous with his most famous work, Seven Samurai, and though the man himself would probably be fine with that, a lot of Kurosawa's fans are not.

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The award is presented to filmmakers who have "made waves in cinema and are expected to help guide the industry's future".