Christina Hendricks and John Slattery will present Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner with an International Emmy Award this month.

The writer will receive the coveted Founders Award at a ceremony on Monday, November 24 in New York.

Weiner follows in the footsteps of previous recipients Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams.

AMC's Mad Men has won 15 Primetime Emmy Awards, including four Outstanding Drama Series gongs.

The show will air its final seven episodes in spring 2015.