Louis J. Horvitz to Direct
80th Annual Academy Awards®

Louis J. Horvitz

Beverly Hills, CA –– Director Louis J. Horvitz will return to helm the 80th Academy Awards telecast, producer Gil Cates has announced.

This will be Horvitz’s 12th time directing the Academy Awards show. He has received a total of eight Emmy® nominations and four Emmy Awards for his Oscar® telecast work.

Horvitz has directed 12 “Primetime Emmy Awards” and recently completed his 16th stint directing both “The Kennedy Center Honors” and “The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award.” This year, he also completed his 12th year as executive producer-director of “An Evening of Stars.”

In a career that has spanned over three decades, Horvitz has helmed numerous other high-profile programs, including the “Daytime Emmy Awards,” “American Music Awards,” “Academy of Country Music Awards,” “Fashion Rocks,” “MTV Video Music Awards,” “VH1 Hip Hop Honors,” VH1 “Divas,” “VH1 Concert for New York City” benefiting survivors of 9/11, “U2 Halftime at the Superbowl XXXVI,” “Paul Simon’s Concert in Central Park,” the Rolling Stones’ “Steel Wheels Tour,” “Live Aid,” and the ‘80s dance phenomenon “Solid Gold.”

The 80th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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