Mel Brooks will be the subject of a PBS special tonight, just weeks before his career will be celebrated at the American Film Institute. Director Martin Scorsese has been picked to present the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award to Brooks.
The award will be presented on June 6 at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, reports The Los Angeles Times. Scorsese himself was presented the award in 1997.
Brooks was picked back in October and the ceremony will air on TNT and Turner Classic Movies. TCM is also planning a tribute to the director, airing several of his films, including the rare 1970 comedy The Twelve Chairs.
Brooks is one of the rare members of the EGOT club, having won an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony and an Oscar. He took home an Oscar in 1969 for writing The Producers. His other film credits include Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Young Frankenstein and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
USA Today notes that PBS is also airing a biography on Brooks as part of its American Masters series tonight at 9 p.m.