The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles has announced it will honour actor, director and producer Jodie Foster with the Britannia Stanley Kubrick Award for Excellence in Film at this year's British Academy Britannia Awards, October 28.

Prior recipients include Meryl Streep, Robert Downey Jr., George Clooney, Steven Spielberg and Denzel Washington. Kieran Breen, Chairman of BAFTA Los Angeles commented 'It seems fitting that in this 40th anniversary year of both Taxi Driver and Bugsy Malone, we are honouring Jodie’s remarkable trail-blazing career at the Britannia Awards. It takes a rare and special talent to launch an international career with two amazingly different performances, and Jodie's choices as an actor and director have continued to earn a deserved reputation as one of the most versatile professionals of our time'.