Steven Spielberg will soon have a special night at the museum.
The icon has been chosen as the honoree for the Museum of Modern Art‘s Film Benefit presented by Chanel. The gala will take place at the New York institution on Nov. 12. As part of the honoree spotlight, MoMA will present a screening series toasting Spielberg in the Roy and Niuta Titus theaters. Eight Spielberg films are in MoMA’s collection: 1974’s The Sugarland Express, 1975’s Jaws, 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1982’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1985’s The Color Purple and 1987’s Empire of the Sun.
News of the honor comes on the heels of the EGOT winner’s most recent film, Disclosure Day, starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Eve Hewson and Wyatt Russell. He comes to the shine after receiving a dozens of accolades like a Kennedy Center honor, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, a National Medal of Arts from President Joe Biden, and three Oscars from a record nine nominations for best director and the most best picture nominations as a producer with 14.
