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Greta Gerwig Toasts a Hollywood Where Creatives 'Look Out for Each Other' at Annual Will Rogers Dinner

The "Barbie" director was honored with the Pioneer of the Year Award by Warner Bros. film chiefs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy.

Now run by the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, the dinner has honored leading Hollywood figures such as Bob Hope, Donna Langley, Alan Horn, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson and most recently, the late MGM distribution veteran Erik Lomis. Its simultaneous release date with Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” captured the imaginations of millions around the world, who showed up to see both films as a double feature and gave movie theaters a much-needed boost to their business. Gerwig made her directorial debut with the 2017 teen drama “Lady Bird” and followed it up with an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” both of which starred Saoirse Ronan and earned Best Picture Oscar nominations.

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