Date 28/08/2015 - News People
It was announced Friday by La Biennale di Venezia and Persol that Jonathan Demme will receive the Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award at the 72nd Venice Film Festival. The Oscar-winning director, who is serving as President of the Orizzonti Jury at the festival, will receive the honor at a ceremony on the second afternoon of the festival in the Sale Darsena. Said Alberto Barbera, Director of the Venice Film Festival, ? Jonathan Demme is part of that generation of cinephile auteurs who revolutionized Hollywood in the ?70s."