BERLIN – Martin Scorsese will probably be venerated for his lifetime achievement on the Berlin International Film Festival in February, organizers stated Thursday.
The 81-year-old director, whose in depth paintings levels from decades-old classics reminiscent of “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull” to this 12 months’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” will probably be given an honorary Golden Bear — the festival’s most sensible award — on Feb. 20.
“For anyone who considers cinema as the art of shaping a story in such a way that is both completely personal and universal, Martin Scorsese is an unmatched role model,” festival directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian said in a statement. They described Scorsese as “a good friend of the festival.”
The festival noted that he “is also very committed to historical film heritage,” pointing to his support of extensive restoration work with the Film Foundation.
Scorsese won the best director Oscar in 2007 for “The Departed.”
The “Berlinale,” the first of the year’s major European film festivals, will run from Feb. 15-25. Actor Lupita Nyong’o will head the festival jury.
It would be the remaining version of the festival beneath the duo of Rissenbeek and Chatrian. Germany’s tradition minister introduced remaining week that Tricia Tuttle, a former director of the London Film Festival, will take over as the brand new director in April.