Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards: 2012 Info and 2011 Photos

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Texas Film Hall of Fame 2011

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards event is just around the corner -- Thursday, March 8, the night before SXSW begins. Austin Film Society has recently announced some of the 2012 recipients as well as new innovations to the gala.

Three honorees have been named so far: actor Barry Corbin, orignally from Lamesa (between Midland and Lubbock); filmmaker Douglas McGrath (Infamous, Emma), who was born in Midland; and actor/musician Marvin Lee Aday, a native of Dallas. Wait, you don't know who Aday is? You've probably heard of him as Meat Loaf.

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards event moves downtown to the ACL Live Theater at the Moody Center this year, away from its traditional Austin Studios venue. The evening will include more live music than in previous years, with a lineup including Grupo Fantasma, Nakia, and Suzanna Choffel. Actor/comedian Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show, Medicine for Melancholy) returns to emcee the evening.

If the gala event's tickets have always been out of your budget, this year AFS is offering tickets as affordable as $75, which put you in the balcony section of the theater and get you admission into a pre-party before the awards and live music. Tickets for the orchestra and mezzanine area, singly and in tables, are available as well ... those tickets also include a pre-awards cocktail party and dinner, as in previous years.

Proceeds from the evening will benefit artistic and educational programs at Austin Film Society -- this is an important fundraiser for the organization. We'll have photos from the red carpet and awards for you. Here are a few of my favorites from the 2011 gala from the AFS Flickr set.

Texas Film Hall of Fame 2011

Texas Film Hall of Fame 2011

Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards 2011

Texas Film Hall of Fame 2011

[Photo credit: Rip Torn, Joey Lauren Adams, John Hawkes with Robert Rodriguez, and Renee Zellweger with Richard Linklater by Gary Miller; Wyatt Cenac by RosyLea Photography. Used with permission from AFS.]