U.Okay. nationwide treasure Louis Theroux is to be awarded the Nationwide Movie and Tv Faculty (NFTS)’s annual Honorary Fellowship.
The British broadcaster has lengthy been the face of documentary-making within the U.Okay. and abroad together with his Bizarre Weekends, When Louis Met…, My Scientology Film and Surviving America’s Most Hated Household reveals.
Now, the distinguished London movie college will acknowledge Theroux’s contribution to and affect on the medium because the NFTS Board of Governors names him the recipient of 2025’s fellowship prize.
“I’m massively grateful to be supplied this Honorary Fellowship by the Nationwide Movie and Tv Faculty,” mentioned Theroux. “I got here into the business greater than thirty years in the past, feeling like a trespasser, an imposter, in a task meant for another person, worrying that I’d be discovered, hoping I might preserve going for just a few extra months, since I used to be having fun with it a lot. All these years later, I’ve realized that ‘retaining going’ could also be the very best definition of success.”
He continued: “My hope is that this fellowship will probably be an opportunity to attach with youthful people who find themselves beginning out, individuals who, like me, are nonetheless figuring issues out — sharing the few issues I’ve realized, and extra importantly studying from them.”
The Fellowship, awarded yearly to people who’ve made an impressive contribution to the business, will probably be offered to Theroux by Sophie Turner Laing, Chair of the NFTS Board of Governors in the course of the Faculty’s Class of 2025 commencement ceremony, resulting from happen on Mar. 7 in London.
Laing added: “Louis Theroux’s work has had an simple affect on the documentary style, inspiring numerous filmmakers to push boundaries and discover untold tales. We’re thrilled to current him with this 12 months’s Honorary Fellowship and to rejoice his immense contribution to the world of factual filmmaking. His means to attach with audiences and uncover highly effective human tales makes him a real icon within the business.”
Earlier recipients of the Honorary Fellowship embrace Barbara Broccoli, Jack Thorne, Sally Wainwright, Nick Park, Lynn Ramsay, Sam Mendes and Malorie Blackman.