Beatty to get Lifetime Achievement Award from AFI (Wizbang Pop!)

Warren Beatty will be honored by the American Film Institute for his career accomplishments in front of and behind the camera.

Beatty has been chosen to receive the AFI's Lifetime Achievement Award, officials said Thursday. He will be feted at a gala set for June 12 in Los Angeles.

Beatty began his career with a role on the CBS sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" in 1959. His Broadway debut came in 1960, appearing in "A Loss of Roses," and a year he later appeared in his first movie, Elia Kazan's "Splendor in the Grass."

In 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde," Beatty earned his first producer credit in addition to co-starring with Faye Dunaway in the Arthur Penn film classic. Other glossy acting performances included 1971's "McCabe and Mrs. Miller," directed by Robert Altman, and 1978's "Heaven Can Wait," which Beatty co-directed with Buck Henry and co-wrote with Elaine May.

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