Career award to James Franco at Venice

 

It was officially announced today that the great actor James Franco will be awarded during the next Venice Film Festival with the Glory to the Filmmaker Award.

 

This award is dedicated to personalities which made innovations or gave very original contributions to the contemporary cinema. To understand the importance of this, just think that in 2013 the prize went to Ettore Scola.

 

Venice chief Alberto Barbera said:

 

“Franco is one of the most versatile and multi-talented authors on the current American scene, as an actor in cinema and theater, director, screenwriter, producer, soap-opera star, video-artist and much more – indeed, a relentless ‘manufacturer’ of cultural imagery. His creative approach is characterized by boldness, lucidity, courage and self-confidence”.

 

The latest Franco effort The Sound and the Fury will receive a screening on September 5 along with the prize ceremony, while the festival runs from August 27 to September 6.