Bill Collins to receive ASTRA Lifetime Achievement Award

“Mr Movies” Bill Collins will receive the ASTRA (Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association) Award for Lifetime Achievement in honour of his 50 year television career at the annual award ceremony at the Sydney Theatre in Walsh Bay tonight.

The announcement:

Known to Australia as “Mr Movies”, Bill Collins – who is celebrating 50 years of television in 2013 – will receive the inaugural ASTRA Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th annual ASTRA Awards tonight.

“Bill Collins has introduced generations of Australians to the greatest films ever made, so we could think of no better tribute than to award him the inaugural ASTRA Lifetime Achievement Award,” ASTRA CEO, Andrew Maiden, said today.