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Sam Neill to receive Lyell Longford Award

Actor Sam Neill will receive the top honour at the AACTA Awards.

Actor Sam Neill will receive the Longford Lyell Award at the upcoming AACTA Awards.

First presented in 1968, the Longford Lyell Award honours Australian film pioneer Raymond Longford and his partner in filmmaking and life, Lottie Lyell. The Award is the highest honour AACTA can bestow upon an individual and recognises a person who has made a truly outstanding contribution to the enrichment of Australia’s screen environment and culture.

Neill has more than 130 credits in film and television, including Jurassic Park, Evil Angels, Jessica, Why Anzac? with Sam Neill and The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook.

“It’s very nice of people to think of one at all, let alone to give you an award for hanging around long enough,” Neill told The Age. “You might want to call them and see if they’ve made a mistake, though, given I’m a New Zealander.”

Earlier this month he received the 2019 Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award.

Shane Jacobson will host the 9th AACTA Awards on Wednesday December 4 at The Star in Sydney.

TV Tonight is a partner of the 2019 AACTA Awards.

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