CINEMATIC MERIT
Jaeger-lecoultre presents Stephen Frears, masterful maker of moving biopics, with the 2017 Glory to the Filmmaker Award
Some horologists seek to set new records in racing while others ascend to new heights via aviation, but Jaeger-lecoultre takes pride in presiding over prestigious film festivals. The luxury watch company has long linked arms with luminaries in The Seventh Art and bestowed filmmakers with the Glory to the Filmmaker Award for eleven uninterrupted years. English director Stephen Frears, whose repertoire includes My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Dangerous Liasons (1988), High Fidelity (2000) and The Queen (2006), has been deigned 2017’s awardee—just in time for the world premiere of Victoria & Abdul, a biopic detailing the unlikely friendship fostered between Queen Victoria and her personal attendant Abdul Karim, where Judi Dench stars as Her Highness while Ali Fazal assumes the role of Abdul. Being awarded the Glory to the Filmmaker Award is yet another feather in the 76-year-old director’s already well-adorned cap.
Each year’s recognised filmmaker receives an engraved award plaque and a Jaeger-lecoultre Reverso watch