Tom Hanks to Be Honored with Outfest's 'Trailblazer Award'

Outfest has announced that Oscar winning actor Tom Hanks will be honored with its Trailblazer Award at the 2015 Legacy Awards, a dinner in support of the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project. The honor is in recognition for his Oscar-winning performance in 1993's "Philadelphia." In addition, Lisa Cholodenko will receive the Visionary Award which recognizes artistic and creative contributions to LGBT media visibility, for her works which include "The Kids Are All Right." The event will take place on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at LA's Vibiana.

The Legacy Awards serves as a fundraiser to support the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The Outfest UCLA Legacy Project is the largest archive of LGBT moving images in the world, with over 35,000 pieces of material. A partnership between Outfest and the UCLA Film and Television Archive, it is the only program in the world exclusively dedicated to saving and preserving LGBT moving images.

ABOUT THE OUTFEST UCLA LEGACY PROJECT

The Outfest UCLA Legacy Project, a partnership between Outfest and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, is the only program in the world dedicated to saving and protecting LGBT moving images.

With over 30,000 selections in the archive, The Legacy Project is expanding by developing curriculum to be used in classrooms that make LGBT history visible for our youth.

For more information about the Legacy Project, please visit: www.outfest.org/legacy

Tom Hanks' upcoming big screen projects include A Hologram for the King and The Lost Symbol. Recent films include Saving Mr. Banks, Captain Phillips, Cloud Atlas, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and Toy Story 3. He won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for his roles in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. Hanks made his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy.

Source: Outfest.org