Alexander Payne has been introduced as Jury President for the 82nd Venice Movie Competition, working from August 27 to September 6.
The director follows within the footsteps of current jury presidents Isabelle Huppert (2024), Damien Chazelle (2023), Julianne Moore (2022), Bong Joon-ho (2021) and Cate Blanchett (2020).
The choice was made by the Board of Administrators of La Biennale di Venezia, who confirmed the advice of the Director of the Venice Movie Competition, Alberto Barbera.
In accepting the proposal, Alexander Payne mentioned: “It’s an infinite honor and pleasure to serve on the jury at Venice. Though I share a filmmaker’s ambivalence about evaluating movies towards each other, I revere the Venice Movie Competition’s almost 100-year historical past of loudly celebrating movie as an artwork kind. I couldn’t be extra excited.”
Payne’s movies have been nominated for a complete of 24 Oscars, together with 4 occasions for Finest Image and thrice for Finest Director.
He has gained twice for Finest Tailored Screenplay – for Sideways (2004) and The Descendants (2011) — and his newest, The Holdovers (2023), gained Finest Supporting Actress simply final 12 months. A lifelong movie buff and ardent supporter of movie preservation, he serves of the boards of The Movie Basis and the Telluride Movie Competition. He’s at present making ready a brand new movie to be shot in rural Denmark, and his dream is to make a Western.
Barbera commented: “Alexander Payne belongs to the small circle of filmmakers-cinephiles whose ardour for cinema is fueled by data of movies of the previous and curiosity about up to date cinema, with out boundaries or obstacles of any variety. These qualities – alongside along with his expertise as a screenwriter – make him an excellent candidate to preside over the work of the Venice Jury, which is named upon to judge movies from around the globe. I’m grateful to Alexander for accepting my invitation, which seals an acquaintance that goes again to the times of his commencement quick movie at UCLA.”
The Jury will resolve the Golden Lion for Finest Movie; Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize; Silver Lion – Award for Finest Director; Coppa Volpi for Finest Actress;; Coppa Volpi for Finest Actor; Award for Finest Screenplay; Particular Jury Prize and Marcello Mastroianni Award for Finest New Younger Actor or Actress.
