WASHINGTON, D.C.— AARP announced that actor, producer and Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman will receive the 2016 Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award. The Movies for Grownups multimedia franchise was established in 2002 to celebrate and encourage films with unique appeal to mature audiences and to recognize the inspiring artists 50-plus who make them.
Freeman will receive Movies for Grownups’ highest honor on Monday, Feb. 6, , at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. AARP The Magazine will host the 16th annual Movies for Grownups Awards, where many other awards, including best actor, best actress and best director, will be presented. Event proceeds benefit AARP Foundation, which helps struggling people 50-plus in Los Angeles and around the country transform their lives through programs, services and vigorous legal advocacy.
“We are proud to announce that Morgan Freeman is our AARP Movies for Grownups Career Achievement winner,” said Bob Love, editor in chief of AARP The Magazine. “Morgan is a consummate artist and an actor whose unforgettable performances year after year disrupt the conventional wisdom about aging in Hollywood. We couldn’t be more pleased.”
“At a certain point in life, if you’ve had some success, awards start to fall from the sky. But this one really means something,” said Morgan Freeman to AARP The Magazine. “I started my movie career at 50 and some of the best years happened since then. I get a lot of pats on the back—they’re all over the place—but this one’s more than fun, it’s priceless.”
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