Miami Film Festival GEMS announced that Dylan O’Brien will receive the Vanguard Award, which is presented to artists whose work reflects depth, originality, and a bold, distinctive vision for contemporary cinema. He’ll receive the award during a Q&A about his career immediately following a screening of his new film Twinless, in front of a festival audience. The event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 5p.m. at Cosford Cinema.

Dylan O’Brien’s body of work speaks to his proclivity for championing unique and personal storytelling. Earlier this year, O’Brien premiered Twinless at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and O’Brien, who is also an Executive Producer on the film, won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting. This marked his second Sundance in a row, having premiered the crime drama Ponyboi at the festival in 2024. O’Brien’s other recent film credits include his critically acclaimed performance as a young Dan Aykroyd in Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night for Sony, and his Gotham Award-nominated turn in the HBO Max streaming hit Caddo Lake. His upcoming films include the Lionsgate drama Anniversary, the Sam Raimi-directed horror-thriller Send Help from 20^th Century, and the Apple drama Being Heumann, based on the memoir of disability rights activist Judy Heumann.