AWARDS

awardsomething: Edward Zwick will receive a special American Film Institute alumni award for directors during Thursday night’s tribute to Sidney Poitier at the Beverly Hilton. Zwick, co-creator of the TV series “thirtysomething” and director of the film “Glory,” is a 1978 graduate of AFI. Gregory Peck will present him with the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, named for the late member of AFI’s board of trustees. Zwick’s next film, “Leaving Normal,” opens in May.