“Receiving this award is a privilege that I share with all the filmmakers and collaborators I have worked with over the years. “I proudly accept this award in celebration of everyone who has helped bring these films to life,” said Weaver.
Venice director Alberto Barbera, whose mandate has just been renewed, said: “An actress of Sigourney Weaver's caliber has few rivals.
"Reinforced by her important theatrical training, she won over the general movie-going public with 'Alien', directed by Ridley Scott, soon becoming an emblematic figure of the 80s."
“During that decade, she forged the image of an unprecedented heroine in the action film genre, capable of victoriously rivaling the male models who, until then, had dominated epic and adventure films,” Barbera said.
“Not satisfied with having paved the way for powerful actresses, the actress relentlessly continued her search for a personal identity.”
The artistic director also shared Weaver's collaboration with filmmakers such as James Cameron, Roman Polanski, Paul Schrader, Peter Weir, Michael Apted, Ivan Reitman, Mike Nichols and Ang Lee, Variety.com reports.
"The Golden Lion for lifetime achievement is simply recognition for a star who has built bridges between the most sophisticated auteur cinema and films that interact with the public in a frank and original way, while remaining true to herself," Barbera said. .
Over the years, Weaver has appeared in the fourth season of the International Emmy-winning French series “Call My Agent!”
She has roles in Philippe Falardeau's “My Salinger Year,” which premiered in Berlin in 2020; Phyllis Nagy's drama film “Call Jane,” Wallace Wolodarsky's “The Good House”; “Avatar: The Way of Water” by James Cameron; "Master Gardener" by Paul Schrader.
She was also in the miniseries “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.”
Speaking of her upcoming slate of works, Weaver will star in the dark comedy “Dust Bunny” alongside Mads Mikkelsen and “The Gorge” with Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy.
Venice director Alberto Barbera, whose mandate has just been renewed, said: “An actress of Sigourney Weaver's caliber has few rivals.
"Reinforced by her important theatrical training, she won over the general movie-going public with 'Alien', directed by Ridley Scott, soon becoming an emblematic figure of the 80s."
“During that decade, she forged the image of an unprecedented heroine in the action film genre, capable of victoriously rivaling the male models who, until then, had dominated epic and adventure films,” Barbera said.
“Not satisfied with having paved the way for powerful actresses, the actress relentlessly continued her search for a personal identity.”
The artistic director also shared Weaver's collaboration with filmmakers such as James Cameron, Roman Polanski, Paul Schrader, Peter Weir, Michael Apted, Ivan Reitman, Mike Nichols and Ang Lee, Variety.com reports.
"The Golden Lion for lifetime achievement is simply recognition for a star who has built bridges between the most sophisticated auteur cinema and films that interact with the public in a frank and original way, while remaining true to herself," Barbera said. .
Over the years, Weaver has appeared in the fourth season of the International Emmy-winning French series “Call My Agent!”
She has roles in Philippe Falardeau's “My Salinger Year,” which premiered in Berlin in 2020; Phyllis Nagy's drama film “Call Jane,” Wallace Wolodarsky's “The Good House”; “Avatar: The Way of Water” by James Cameron; "Master Gardener" by Paul Schrader.
She was also in the miniseries “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.”
Speaking of her upcoming slate of works, Weaver will star in the dark comedy “Dust Bunny” alongside Mads Mikkelsen and “The Gorge” with Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy.
