Woody Allen Will Be Honoured At Golden Globes With Lifetime Achievement Award

Woody Allen is to be awarded the Golden Globes' Cecil B. De Mille Award at next years awards show, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced on Friday, 13 September. The prolific writer, director, producer and actor will be bestowed with the award at the 71st Annual Golden Globes ceremony taking place on 12 January 2014.

Beginning with Marx Brothers-influenced, often slapstick comedies such as Bananas and Sleeper, Allen gradually developed his writing style and in doing so, changed the face of comedy movies for good with his moving and still-hilarious tales of love and life with such titles as Manhattan and Annie Hall. To this day Allen remains active and regularly turns his vivid ideas into award-winning movies, with some of his most recent films including the Oscar-winning Vicky Christina Barcelona and most recently Blue Jasmine.

In winning the award, Allen joins the likes of Walt Disney, Sidney Poitier, Robert De Niro, Paul Newman, Steven Spielberg and last year' winner Jodie Foster, not to mention the award's first recipient and namesake Cecil B. De Mille.

He is a worthy winner of the lifetime achievement gong