Alan Rickman to Receive Carmerimage Festival's Kieslowski Award

Variety reports that Alan Rickman will receive the Camerimage film festival's Krzysztof Kieslowski Award.

The actor and director's newest film "Little Chaos" will be presented at this year's festival. The film is set in the court of Louis XIV, and follows the struggle of women in a patriarchal society. Kate Winslet stars.

In a statement, the festival said: "Alan Rickman has always been a wonderful partner for all sorts of filmmakers, using his greatest actor's attributes - voice, physicality, movement - to help them in creating brave new cinematic worlds."

Rickman studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked with various British repertory and experimental theatre groups in the UK. In 1987, he earned a Tony Award nomination for his performance on Broadway as the Vicomte de Valmont, in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses. His extensive theater credits include Private Lives(Tony nomination), John Gabriel Borkman, Hamlet, Seminar, and he directed The Winter Guest both on stage in London and as a feature film adaptation starring Emma Thompson on screen. He recently appeared on Broadway in 'Seminar.'

Rickman made his feature film debut in Die Hard. His film credits, ranging from drama to comedy to musical, include Truly, Madly, Deeply, Sense and Sensibility(BAFTA nomination), Love Actually, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, for which he won a BAFTA Award, Galaxy Quest, both Sweeney Todd and Alice in Wonderland for director Tim Burton, The Hitchhiiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and most recently Lee Daniels' The Butler.

Rickman won an Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award for his performance in the title role of HBO's Rasputin. His television credits include the BBC's The Barchester Chronicles and HBO's Emmy Award-winning Something the Lord Made.