Superstar Bill Duke is the official 2007 AOF Lifetime Achievement Award Winner and will be present to receive his award at the 2007 AOF Fest Black Tie Award Show which will be held at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Centers' Grand Ballroom on Saturday July 28, 2007.

With a wide range of credits to his name in almost every film discipline, including directing, producing, acting and writing, Bill Duke is a powerful force in the entertainment industry. Mr. Duke recently appeared in the blockbuster sequel, "X-Men 3." He also co-starred in "Never Again" with Jill Clayburgh, "Exit Wounds" with DMX, "The Limey" with Peter Fonda, "Fever" with Henry Thomas, "Payback" with Mel Gibson, and John Landis' "Susan's Plan" with Dan Akroyd, Nastassja Kinski and Billy Zane. Duke has been seen in memorable roles in films such as "American Gigolo," "Predator," "Commando" and "Bird on a Wire." He received an NAACP Image Award nomination for his role in "Action Jackson."

Duke made an auspicious directorial debut with "The Killing Floor," starring Damian Leak and the late Moses Gunn. He followed with "A Rage in Harlem," based on Chester Himes' celebrated novel, starring Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Danny Glover and Robin Givens. He went on to direct the emotionally harrowing action drama "Deep Cover," starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum; the romantic comedy "The Cemetery Club," starring Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis and Diane Ladd; and the hit sequel "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit," starring Whoopi Goldberg and Lauryn Hill.

Bill Duke has also directed several award-winning, high-profile dramas and two teleplays for PBS, which received an NAACP Image Award nomination: "The Meeting" and "A Raisin in the Sun," which also earned Duke an Emmy nomination. His direction of "The Killing Floor" for American Playhouse garnered a total of 10 awards from film festivals across the globe and was chosen to compete in the Critic’s Week of Judging (Director’s Fortnight) at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.

For three years, Mr. Duke served as the Time Warner Endowed Chair in the Department of Radio Television and Film at Howard University in Washington, DC. He was then appointed to the National Endowment of the Humanities by former president Bill Clinton. Mr. Duke has also been appointed to the California State Film Commission Board by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mr. Duke now serves on the Board of Trustees at the American Film Institute.

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