McGregor to be honored at Sundance

NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is to be honored with the 7th annual Ray-Ban Visionary Award at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, it was announced.

McGregor's film credits include "Shallow Grave," "Trainspotting," three "Star Wars" films, "Emma," "Velvet Goldmine," "Moulin Rouge!," "Black Hawk Down," "Big Fish," "Down with Love" and "Cassandra's Dream."

He is to be honored with the 2009 Ray-Ban Visionary Award, presented by Ray-Ban and The Creative Coalition, on Jan. 18 in Park City, Utah, at the ASCAP Music Cafe.

McGregor was chosen to receive the prize because of his "unprecedented accomplishments as an actor, writer, singer, director, and producer," organizers said in a release.

Previous Ray-Ban award winners include Quentin Tarantino, Aaron Eckhart, Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon and President of HBO Films Colin Callender.