Swank Gets Hollywood Honor

Hilary Swank in a scene from "Amelia." Image courtesy of Fox Searchlight.

Hilary Swank has become the latest announced honoree of the 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards.  The actress will be honored with the “Hollywood Actress Award” at the festival’s Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony for her work in Mira Nair’s “Amelia.”

Swank joins a growing list of honorees for the ceremony, which will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 26, 2009. An up-to-date list of announced winners is below.

Hollywood Actor Award: Robert De Niro, “Everybody’s Fine”
Hollywood Actress Award: Hilary Swank, “Amelia”
Hollywood Supporting Actress Award: Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”
Hollywood Director Award: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Hollywood Producer Award: Ryan Kavanaugh, “Brothers,” “Nine”
Hollywood Screenwriter Award: Nora Ephron, “Julie & Julia”
New Hollywood Award: Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
Hollywood Breakthrough Actor Award: Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”
Hollywood Breakthrough Actress Award: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Hollywood Comedy Award: Bradley Cooper, “The Hangover”
Hollywood Breakthrough Screenwriter Award: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, “(500) Days of Summer”
Hollywood Animation Award: “Up”
Hollywood Cinematographer Award: Roger Deakins, “A Serious Man”
Hollywood Composer Award: Alexandre Desplat, “Cheri,” “Coco Before Chanel,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “Julie & Julia,” “A Prophet”
Hollywood Costume Designer Award: Colleen Atwood, “Nine”
Hollywood Editor Award: Dana Glauberman, “Up in the Air”
Hollywood Production Designer Award: Rick Carter, “Avatar”
Hollywood Visual Effects Award: Scott Farrar, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

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