Richard Linklater, director of “Boyhood”; Ava Duvernay, director of “Selma”; Harold Matzner, Palm Springs International Film Festival chairman; honoree Chris Rock; and honoree Steve Carell share some time together at the Variety Creative Impact Awards brunch at the Parker Palm Springs in 2015. VIVIAN BEST/SPECIAL TO THE DESERT SUN

Palm Springs International Film Festival Chairman Harold Matzner and director Spike Lee at the Film Awards Gala Jason Merritt

From left: Harold Matzner, Megan Hilty, Barry Manilow, Annette Bloch, and Brian Gallagher. Lani Garfield/Special To The Desert Sun

Harold Matzner became one of 11 recipients of the 2017 Horatio Alger Award, inducted by Judge Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. Horatio Alger Association

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