Shigeru Miyamoto is receiving the Fellowship at this year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards. BAFTA has been covered here at PPG before (links below), the basics are that BAFTA is an awards show for outstanding works in moving picture-they cover TV too (we have a few of these in the US, most are associated with a TV channel though and are just for games).
On being invited to receive the Fellowship, Miyamoto said “I am very grateful to be able to receive such an honourable award from the British Academy. Our video games cannot be created by one person; since Donkey Kong until the most recent New Super Mario Bros. Wii, I have been working closely with a number of friends for three decades in order to develop fun and enjoyable games. I would like to receive this honourable award on behalf of all of these dependable colleagues.”
David Parfitt, Chairman of the Academy said “The Fellowship is the highest accolade the Academy can bestow on an individual for their creative work and we are honoured to have Miyamoto with us to accept his award. With previous honourees including Hitchcock, Kubrick and Pinter, it is only fitting that Miyamoto be recognized alongside these other pioneers for his groundbreaking work. He helped to develop an entire creative industry and is still a major force in its continuing success.”
The awards ceremony will be held on Friday 19 March at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
For more information please visit the BAFTA Home Page
Previous coverage of BAFTA:
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