HIFF32: A Conversation with Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber was honored with the 2024 Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award at the 32nd Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, in a conversation which was moderated by Alec Baldwin on October 5, 2024.

Created in 2017 by HamptonsFilm Chair Emeritus and Board Member Alec Baldwin, this award honors those in the creative arts who not only excel in their field, but who also support the arts andartists in other fields, such as humanitarianism, education, related media, and other arts disciplines.

Heralded as “the finest American theater actor of his generation” by 'The New York Times,' Liev Schreiber’s repertoire of resonant, humanistic, and often gritty performances have garnered him praise in film, theater, and television.

In film, Schreiber is known for his roles in ASTEROID CITY; GOLDA; ISLE OF DOGS; THE FRENCH DISPATCH; SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDERVERSE; CHUCK, which he also co-produced and co-wrote; and SPOTLIGHT, which won the Oscar® for Best Picture, the Golden Globe® for Best Motion Picture Drama, and the Independent Spirit Award® for Best Picture.

On television, Schreiber starred in Showtime’s critically-acclaimed hit series Ray Donovan for seven seasons, garnering him five Golden Globe® Award nominations and three Primetime Emmy® nominations.

On the stage, Schreiber’s performance as Ricky Roma in the 2005 Broadway revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross earned him his first Tony Award®. Schreiber’s performances in the Broadway revivals of A View from the Bridge; Talk Radio; and Doubt: A Parable each earned hima nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.

Schreiber can currently be seen opposite Nicole Kidman in Netflix’s The Perfect Couple; and will next be seen in the war drama ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES, alongside Josh Hutcherson, Matilda De Angelis and Danny Huston.

Schreiber has long supported cross-cultural ties through his work. His directorial debut EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, which he adapted from Jonathon Safran Foer’s novel, follows a young American Jewish man to western Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather during the Holocaust.

Schreiber is the co-founder of BlueCheck Ukraine, an organization that identifies, vets, and administers urgent financial support to the people of Ukraine since the Russian invasion of the country in 2022. Schreiber also works closely with President Volodymyr Zelensky as an ambassador for United24, an initiative the president launched to raise funds for Ukraine.

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