Ethan Hawke will be the Donostia award at the San Sebastián Film Festival this year 2016. The actor, co-star of the 'remake' of 'The Magnificent Seven', will receive the award on September 17.
The award will be awarded in tribute to his professional career, in the 64th edition of the Festival from San Sebastián and after the screening of his latest film, the 'remake' of "The Magnificent Seven", which will be in theaters on September 30.
Let us remember that it is not the first time that this actor attends the San Sebastian festival. Last year he was already in the well-known contest for the presentation of Regression, a film by the Spanish Alejandro Amenábar starring opposite Emma Watson.
Throughout his career, Ethan Hawke has had four Oscar nominations. In addition to being an actor, he has done many projects behind the cameras, and even taking care of the scripts. This prolific actor has collaborated on many films alongside Richard Linklater. Among all of them stands out «Boyhood».
In San Sebastian it will also be recognized his excellent performance in the film "Born to the Blue" by Robert Budreau. Also throughout this year 2016 will appear in "The Phenom" and "In a Valley of Violence."
This North American born in 1970 in Austin, in the State of Texas, at the age of 14, in 1985, makes his film debut in the film 'Explorers' by Joe Dante. Four years later, in 1989, he will take huge popularity thanks to his role in the Robin Williams film 'The Dead Poets Club'.
That would be its release and it will become a young promise of American cinema, collaborating in many well-known films such as 'White Fang' (1991), 'On the Line of Attack' (1992), 'They Live!' (1993), 'Before Dawn' (1995), 'Gatacca' (1997), 'Great Expectations' (1998),' Hamlet '(2000),' Before Sunset '(2004),' The Lord of War '(2005) or' Daybreakers' (2009).