Walter Hill Set For Laurel Award, WGA West’s Lifetime Achievement Honor

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Walter Hill, who wrote and/or directed and produced such films as 48 Hrs., The Warriors, The Getaway and many more, will receive the WGA West‘s 2024 Laurel Award.

He will be presented with the career achievement honor April 14 during the strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards‘ L.A. ceremony.

The award is presented to WGA members who have advanced the literature of motion pictures and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screenwriter, per WGAW. RELATED: 2024 Awards Season Calendar – Dates For Writers Guild, Tonys & More Hill began his screenwriting career in the early 1970s and made his directing debut with the 1975 Depression-set film Hard Times.

He went on to co-write and direct the cult 1979 pic The Warriors and pen the first two Alien sequels. He later directed and wrote or co-wrote Eddie Murphy’s breakout film 48 Hrs., sequel Another 48 Hrs., The Long Riders, Southern Comfort and Last Man Standing.