{"id":143097,"date":"2026-01-29T20:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/143097\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:51:10","slug":"julian-schnabel-spy-kids-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/143097\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Schnabel, ‘Spy Kids’ and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJulian Schnabel<\/a>, Sydney Chandler<\/a>, Sonny Carl Davis<\/a> and the beloved film \u2018Spy Kids<\/a>\u2019 will be honored at the 2026 Texas Film Awards and inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame, the Austin Film Society announced Thursday. Dedicated to recognizing those who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of the Texas film and media industry, the awards will take place on March 5 at Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSchnabel will be honored for his contributions to cinema, including his bold paintings and acclaimed art films \u201cBasquiat\u201d and \u201cBefore Night Falls.\u201d The artist and filmmaker spent his formative years in Brownsville, Texas and studied at the University of Houston. Since, he\u2019s won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director and the Golden Globe Award for Best Director.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBorn and raised in Austin, Chandler will receive the Rising Star Award for her work in films including \u201cAlien: Earth,\u201d \u201cPistol,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Worry Darling\u201d and \u201cSugar.\u201d The actress is deeply connected to the Austin community, where she is involved with organizations including the Austin Farm Sanctuary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHaving appeared in more than 50 film and television productions over his decades-long career, Texas native Davis\u2019 credits include \u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High,\u201d \u201cThelma & Louise\u201d and \u201cThe \u2019Burbs.\u201d But Davis first became cemented in Texas independent film history after his turn in the Texas-set 1983 film \u201cLast Night at the Alamo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn celebration of the 25th anniversary of \u201cSpy Kids,\u201d the film will receive the Star of Texas Award, which is awarded to iconic Texas film and television shows. Shot across Austin and San Antonio, \u201cthe 2001 film \u2018Spy Kids\u2019 has become a landmark Texas-made film, having helped establish Austin as a major production hub for director, writer, and producer Robert Rodriguez and producer Elizabeth Avell\u00e1n\u2019s Troublemaker Studios,\u201d the festival said in a statement. Rodriguez, Avell\u00e1n and members of the principal cast will be in attendance at the awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMusician Adrian Quesada and AFS Board member Celeste Quesada are the evening\u2019s chairs, and Noah and Kyle Hawley, co-founders of 26 Keys Productions, will serve as the event\u2019s honorary hosts.\u00a0 The awards will benefit the Austin Film Society\u2019s artistic and educational programs as well as grants, which have awarded nearly $3 million to more than 700 independent film projects since 1996.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tPrevious inductees to the Texas Film Hall of Fame include Carol Burnett, Matthew McConaughey, Willie Nelson, Ethan Hawke, Ren\u00e9e Zellweger, Luke Wilson, Sissy Spacek, Glen Powell, Shirley MacLaine, Forest Whitaker, Paul Thomas Anderson, Michelle Rodriguez, Noah Hawley, Farrah Fawcett, Guillermo del Toro and Margo Martindale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Julian Schnabel, Sydney Chandler, Sonny Carl Davis and the beloved film \u2018Spy Kids\u2019 will be honored at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,60025,60026,60027,60028],"class_list":["post-143097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-julian-schnabel","tag-sonny-carl-davis","tag-spy-kids","tag-sydney-chandler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}