LOS ANGELES — As Hollywood continues reeling from the growing sexual harassment scandal, the first Oscars of awards season were presented to four film-industry veterans.
The film academy’s ninth annual Governors Awards ceremony Saturday celebrates the careers of writer-director Charles Burnett, cinematographer Owen Roizman, actor Donald Sutherland and director Agnes Varda.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president John Bailey called the honorary award recipients “very representative of the breadth of filmmaking.” None has won an Oscar before, though Roizman was nominated five times.
Governors Awards honorees are chosen by the organization’s 54-member leadership board.
