Sir Michael Balcon’s chair

I was at BAFTA this evening (yeah, I know, get me) and, as I took my seat in their cinema, what should I see a couple of seats to my right?

It was a bit dark in there, so in case you can’t read it, it says:

Endowed by DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in memory of SIR MICHAEL BALCON

If you’re not sure of who Sir Michael was, then here’s his Wikipedia entry and here’s a good profile in the Birmingham Post by Roger Shannon.