Jude Law has joined a panel of Hollywood stars to judge the winner of an Australian film scholarship which was created as a tribute to late actor Heath Ledger.
The inaugural Australians in Film Scholarship was set up by Ledger's ex-fiancee Michelle Williams, and is supported by the Ledger family, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and Baz Luhrmann.
Actress Rachel Griffiths and moviemaker Gregor Jordan fronted this year's (09) panel, which saw Australian performer Oliver Ackland pick up the $10,000 bursary in January.
And Law, who was one of three stars to replace Ledger in his film The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, is happy to have been given the chance to pay tribute to the late actor, who died last year (08).
He says, "I am delighted and honoured to do what I can to keep Heath's legacy alive. He was a brilliant actor and a wonderful man and it is only fitting that this scholarship has been developed in his name."
The winner of the next scholarship will be announced in February (10).
Ledger’s final movies have enjoyed major success; he picked up the Best Supporting Actor Oscar last year for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight.
His final onscreen performance came earlier this year in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which was met well critically.
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