US filmmaker Tim Burton will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 14th Lumiere Film Festival (October 15 - 23) in Lyon, France.
The auteur, who will be at the festival to recieve his award on October 21, is known for Gothic horror films Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Cannes’ director Thierry Fremaux set up the festival in 2009, through his role as head of Lyon’s Institut Lumiere. The event is held in Lyon, on the former home of cinema-pioneering brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
The Lumiere award aims to honour the work of a prominent figure in the industry. Previous recipients include Francis Ford Coopla, Jane Campion, Ken Loach and Martin Scorcese.
This year’s festival will also feature Eastwood Symphonic, a musical tribute to US actor-filmmaker Clint Eastwood, orchestrated by his son Kyle Eastwood.
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