BFI to celebrate Tom Cruise

The BFI today announces that it is celebrating actor and producer Tom Cruise with its highest honour, a BFI Fellowship. The Fellowship recognises Cruise’s achievements as an extraordinary, versatile actor whose career has spanned everything from critically acclaimed dramas and romances to dark thrillers and high-octane action films.

It also recognises Cruise’s huge contribution to the UK film industry as a producer who is intricately involved in every part of the movie-making process, and has chosen to shoot numerous films, including many Mission: Impossible films on location in London, Birmingham, North Yorkshire, the Lake District, the Peak District, and more, supporting significant growth of our film industry and infrastructure, showcasing and investing in British craft expertise and bringing a huge influx of jobs, skills, and training to people across the UK. In addition, such productions support next generation UK talent, with BFI Film Academy and BFI Future Skills programme alumni having worked on the last two Mission: Impossible films….