2015 Catalina Island Film Festival

Billy Zane (Titanic, The Phantom, Twin Peaks) received the Maverick Award and Director F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton, The Italian Job, Friday) received the Stanley Kramer Social Artist Award attending the 2015 Catalina Island Film Festival on Friday, September 25th at the Avalon Theater.

Additional honorees included:
Mena Suvari (American Beauty, American Pie) with the Avalon Award.
Inaugural recipient of the Soundtrack of Our Lives Award, legendary songwriter Diane Warren.
Lucas Till (X-Men: Apocalypse, Bravetown) with the Crest Award.
A special tribute to Wes Craven featuring Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street).
Kristin Davis (Sex & the City, Couples Retreat) received the Conservation Activist Award.

About Catalina Film Festival
Catalina Film Festival is an annual celebration of film on the only West Coast resort island, where blue water and coastal breezes provide the perfect backdrop for films, parties, panels and networking just 26 miles off the coast of Los Angeles. CFF’s beneficiary is the Catalina Island Conservatory. For additional information, visit www.CatalinaFilm.org.