The Pulp Fiction director will lead a selected panel of industry experts to choose the festival’s honourees, including the coveted Golden Lion trophy, which is often seen as a key indicator of a movie’s potential at other prizegiving ceremonies.
Tarantino, whose films have won him a string of honours including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and the Cannes Film Festival’s revered Palme d’Or, has been hailed as “one of the major creative figures in contemporary cinema” by festival organisers.
A spokesperson for the event says, “(Tarantino is) perhaps the only American auteur to be adored worldwide like a rock star.”
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Last year’s (09) jury was helmed by Brokeback Mountain moviemaker Ang Lee.
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