1 of 3 | George Clooney will be honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award at the Venice International Film Festival in September. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Actor, producer and director George Clooney will be honored at this year’s Venice International Film Festival.
Clooney, 65, will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award at the 83rd annual festival in September.
“I’ve had so many extraordinary moments in Venice,” the actor said. “This Festival is without question my favorite and to be given the Golden Lion is a tremendous honor. It also probably means I’m old, but I’ll take it.”
Clooney is a two-time Oscar winner whose acting credits include Ocean’s Eleven, Good Night, and Good Luck, Syriana, Michael Clayton, The Descendants, Gravity, Hail, Caesar! and Jay Kelly.
As a director, Clooney is also known for The Monuments Men, The Tender Bar and The Boys in the Boat.
“In his triple capacity as actor, director, and producer, George Clooney is a complete and charismatic artist, impassioned and original, who has transformed a deep vocation into the one of the most luminous parabolas of contemporary film,” festival director Alberto Barbera said.
The Venice International Film Festival will run Sept. 2 to 12.
Award-winning actor George Clooney turns 65
Cast member George Clooney (L), and then-girlfriend Celine Balitran arrive for the premiere of “The Peacemaker” in Los Angeles, on September 24, 1997. Clooney rose to fame for his role in the TV series, “ER,” that ran from 1994 to 2009. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
