07/02/2012
A Post From Jack Gill
To all Stuntpeople on the PLANET, and all of your friends,
This concerns Hal Needham and is urgent.
I want to nominate him for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the next Oscar presentation and I think we have a good chance at getting it. The vote happens in two months and we need to get as many emails in to the Academy as possible in favor of Hal. The Board decides on the recipient by looking at the person’s contributions and the number of letters received, so we need the emails to go in ASAP.
Please write a short email to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at [email protected] and/or [email protected] asking them to consider Hal Needham for the Lifetime Achievement Award which will give him an Oscar for his overall contributions in the Entertainment industry.
You can mail letters to: AMPAS/President - 8949 Wilshire Blvd. -- Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Most of you know that Hal won a technical Academy Award in 1987 for his invention of the Shotmaker, a camera/crane vehicle that is still in use today, but this award will be the same Oscar that Yakima Canutt won back in 1967, which is for his lifetime contributions over the years, to the movies. Hal worked his way up through the ranks starting as a stuntman, then to stunt coordinator, then to Writer/Director and then invented the Shotmaker. Hal contributions to movies have affected hundreds of millions of people and this is the time to honor him for his efforts.
Thank you,
Jack Gill