Stan Lee Receives the First-Ever IMDb STARmeter Award for Lifetime Achievement Aboard the IMDboat at Comic-Con 2017
July 21 2017 - 3:38PM
Business Wire
Previous IMDb STARmeter Award recipients in
the “fan favorite” category include Brie Larson, Felicity Jones,
Peter Dinklage and Olivia Wilde
Legend Stan Lee (Spider Man, Iron Man, The Avengers) received
the first-ever “IMDb STARmeter Award for Lifetime Achievement”
today. IMDb STARmeter Awards recognize entertainment industry
luminaries who are fan favorites on IMDbPro’s STARmeter chart,
which is determined by the actual search behavior of IMDb’s more
than 250 million unique monthly visitors worldwide.
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Col Needham (IMDb Founder & CEO) and
Kevin Smith present Stan Lee with the first-ever IMDb STARmeter
Award for Lifetime Achievement aboard the #IMDboat at Comic-Con
2017. (Photo: Business Wire)
Col Needham (IMDb’s founder and CEO) and writer/director Kevin
Smith presented the IMDb award to Stan Lee today aboard the IMDboat
(#IMDboat) at San Diego Comic-Con. Previous IMDb STARmeter Award
recipients in the “fan favorite” category include Brie Larson,
Felicity Jones, Peter Dinklage, Olivia Wilde, Bryce Dallas Howard
and Miles Teller.
“It was my honor to bestow the first-ever IMDb STARmeter Award
for Lifetime Achievement upon Stan Lee, whose creative genius is
responsible for many of the characters and franchises that dominate
the comic book and film industry landscapes,” said Col Needham,
IMDb’s founder and CEO.
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About Stan Lee
Stan Lee is known to millions as the man whose Super Heroes
propelled Marvel to its preeminent position in the comic book
industry. His co-creations include Spider-Man™, The Avengers™,
X-Men™, Iron Man™, The Incredible Hulk™, The Fantastic Four™, as
well as hundreds of others. Stan currently remains Chairman
Emeritus of Marvel, as well as a member of the Editorial Board of
Marvel Comics. Stan is currently the Chairman & Chief Creative
Officer of POW! Entertainment, a multimedia entertainment company
based in Beverly Hills, CA, which he founded with production
partner Gill Champion. POW! has debuted several titles in the
publishing sphere, including Stan's graphic memoir Amazing
Fantastic Incredible with Simon & Schuster; three books of the
Zodiac trilogy with Disney Publishing; Solider Zero, Traveler, and
Starborn with Boom Comics; Romeo and Juliet: The War with 1821
Comics; and Cosmic Crusaders with Genius Brands International. Stan
has also been involved in developing feature film projects,
including Annihilator, Prodigal, Realm, and Replicator &
Antilight, as well as TV projects such as Stan Lee's Lucky Man,
which just completed its second season, and The Reflection. He
released his first-ever Indian superhero, Chakra: The Invincible,
which debuted on Cartoon Network in India and can be watched on the
Rovio ToonsTV app, and is currently working on a number of
potential superhero franchises, including one for the Latin
American market. *All trademarks are owned by Marvel Entertainment,
LLC.
About Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith first came to attention as the writer/director of a
film called Clerks. It's been all downhill ever since.
About IMDb
IMDb is the world’s most popular and authoritative source for
movie, TV and celebrity content. The IMDb consumer site
(www.imdb.com) is the #1 movie website in the world with a combined
web and mobile audience of more than 250 million unique monthly
visitors. IMDb offers a searchable database of more than 185
million data items including more than 4 million movies, TV and
entertainment programs and more than 6 million cast and crew
members. Consumers rely on the information IMDb provides --
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passionate entertainment fans. IMDbPro (http://www.imdbpro.com) is
the essential resource for entertainment industry professionals.
This membership-based service includes comprehensive information
and tools that are designed to help entertainment industry
professionals achieve success throughout all stages of their
career. IMDbPro offers members the following: detailed contact and
representation information; IMDb profile management tools;
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IMDb; a casting service to post breakdowns and apply to roles, a
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