PALM SPRINGS, CA — Academy Award-winning writer and director Martin McDonagh will receive the Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award for his work on the film "Wild Horse Nine" at next year's Palm Springs International Film Awards, the city announced Thursday.
The 2026 film stars John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as two CIA agents traveling from Santiago, Chile, to Easter Island on a mission shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
McDonagh is known for directing and writing films including "In Bruges," "Seven Psychopaths," "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and "The Banshees of Inisherin."
His accolades include three Golden Globe Awards, six British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards and an Academy Award for best live-action short film for "Six Shooter."
Previous recipients of the Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award include Jane Campion, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Greta Gerwig, Steve McQueen, Sarah Polley, David O. Russell, Quentin Tarantino and Chloé Zhao.
The Palm Springs International Film Awards will take place Jan. 7 at the Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N. Avenida Caballeros. The accompanying Palm Springs International Film Festival will run Jan. 7 through Jan. 18.
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