Carl Reiner Has Done It All — and Now, the Backlot Film Festival

Named for the pioneer producer of early filmmaking, Mr. Ince introduced production procedures and quality of standards that set the model
and helped mold the distinct image of Hollywood films to this day.

The Tribute and Awards Ceremony will be held Saturday, April 5, at the historic
Vets Auditorium in Culver City.

A program of Mr. Reiner’s
classic comedies, both film and television, will highlight the festival.

Mr. Reiner’s illustrious career in comedy spans seven decades. He made his
directorial film debut in 1967 with “Enter Laughing.”

Based on the stage play by Jules Stein, it was adapted from his own semi-autobiographical book
of the same title.

Time to Team up Again

In 1969, Mr. Reiner re-teamed with Dick Van Dyke, (star of the perennial television sitcom he created, “The Dick Van Dyke Show,”) for “The Comic.”

He also served as producer for both of these features. He went on to direct “Where’s Poppa?, starring George Segal and Ruth Gordon, “Oh, God!,” starring George Burns and John Denver, and “The One And
Only,” starring Henry Winkler.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Mr. Reiner was instrumental in the career of Steve Martin, co-writing and directing “The Jerk,” “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid,” “The Man With Two Brains” and “All Of Me.”

In the mid ‘80s, he directed
“Summer Rental,” starring John Candy and “Summer School,” starring Mark
Harmon and Kirstie Alley.

And for the Next Decade

In the 1990s he directed “Sibling Rivalry,” again with Alley and Bill Pullman, “Fatal Instinct,” with Armand Assante, and “That Old Feeling,” starring Bette Midler and Dennis Farina.

As an actor, Mr. Reiner’s recent film appearances include the blockbuster hits “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Ocean’s Twelve” and “Ocean’s Thirteen,” opposite George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon.

His early film appearancess include the classic comedies “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming,” “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” and “Slums of Beverly Hills.”

The Great White Way

In the 1950s, Mr. Reiner’s Broadway career was established when he landed the lead role in “Call Me Mister.” He was then asked by producer Max Leibman to
join “Your Shows Of Shows,” the Saturday night smash starring Sid Caesar.

Working closely with the writers Mel Brooks and Neil Simon, he went on to work on “Caesar’s Hour,” again with Brooks, Simon, Larry Gelbart and Woody Allen. He was rewarded for his work by winning two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

A Staple from the ‘60s

In 1960, Mr. Reiner created “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” writing and directing many episodes, and sporadically appearing as its difficult television show host Alan Brady. Additional awards include a Grammy for “The 2000-Year Old-Man in 2000” and being elected into the Emmy Award Hall of Fame.

Previous Ince award honorees include journalist/producer Daniel M. Selznick
(“Gone With the Wind: The Making Of A Legend) and writer/producer Budd
Schulberg (“On The Waterfront” and “A Face In The Crowd”).

More Winners

Additional highlights for the April festival include the Arthur Freed Award
(producer of “An American In Paris” and “Gigi”) for Best Student Film, to
be presented by Steven A. Saltzman, president of Arthur Freed Productions,
along with a special documentary category for long and short form
documentaries on The History of the Entertainment Business in Southern
California.

The festival is open to fiction features and documentaries, fiction shorts and
documentaries, music videos and student films.

www.backlotfilmfestival.com or call
310.204/6920.