The stars will be feted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California on 30 October (15).

Streep has been picked to receive this year's (15) Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film. Previous recipients include Robert Downey Jr., George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg.

Mendes will be honoured with the John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing, while Corden will be given the Britannia for British Artist of the Year accolade.

The funnyman has had quite the year - after appearing alongside Streep in movie musical Into The Woods he became the host of long-running U.S. chat show The Late Late Show in March (15).