MUMBAI: Matt Damon will receive the 24th American Cinematheque Award on 27 March. The ceremony is to be aired on broadcast TV by ABC as a special dubbed ‘Hollywood Salutes Matt Damon: An American Cineamatheque Tribute‘.

Earlier, the award was aired on cable outlets like TNT and AMC.

The annual fundraiser recognizes an artist -- actor, director or writer -- who is in the midst of a career "making a significant contribution to the art of the motion picture."

Damon who got an Oscar in 1998 for writing Good Will Hunting with Ben Affleck and was also nominated as best actor for that film. He‘s appeared in the Ocean‘s and Bourne franchises and is lending his voice to the upcoming, animated Happy Feet sequel.

He is currently shooting for Clint Eastwood‘s Invictus and will be seen in the director‘s next film Hereafter also.

Damon‘s other upcoming films include Green Zone, Margaret, The Adjustment Bureau and True Grit.