ROLEX MENTOR AND PROTEGE ARTS INITIATIVE

The brand has established an “artistic mentoring” programme, which gives promising young artists access to the guidance and expertise of the world’s most acclaimed artists. With Rolex’s support, the initiative has, over the span of two years, developed creative collaborations that often outlast the duration of the programme. Since 2002, eight of the 58 Mentor and Protege duos have been in film. Each protege is a young talent whose work has been scouted widely, from festivals to the Oscars® shortlist, while the mentors have all received at least one Oscar® nomination. They are Mira Nair, Stephen Frears, Martin Scorsese, Walter Murch, Zhang Yimou, Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro G. Inarritu, and Spike Lee.