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Vic Armstrong Honored With 'Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award'

Los Angeles: Vic Armstrong will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Stunt Choreography at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Presenting the award to Vic Armstrong will be long-time associate and actor friend Harrison Ford.

Isaia Mustafa will host the annual Hamilton Awards honouring:

Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, Cannes winner "The Tree of Life"

Chris Weitz, Director "A Better Life"

Agustin Almodovar, Producer "The Skin I Live In"

Yasmina Reeza, Screenwriter "Carnage"

Mark Ricker, Production Design "The Help"

MaryAnn Brandon and Mary Jo Markey, Film Editors "Super 8"

Janie Bryant, Costume Design "Mad Men"

Scott Farra, Visual effects Supervisor "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"

Russell Bobbitt, Property master "Cowboys & Aliens"

Evelina De Gaudenzi, Short Film Competition Winner.

Honorees have been chosen for creative excellence from movies and television series, from Cannes, Toronto and Venice Film Festivals and the American Film Institute.

Vic Armstrong said, "It only seems like 30 weeks since Harrison and I were running all over Tunisia on Raiders, not 30 years." Vic Armstrong and Harrison Ford go back as far as the first production of the "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" film when Vic Armstrong stood in as Harrison Ford's stuntman for the production. Vic added, "It is always gratifying to be recognised for what we do in this industry."

The Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards will be held in The Conga Room, West Boulevard, Los Angeles on 6th November 2011.