The 'Batman' and 'Beetlejuice' director will be feted in Lyon in October.
, will be honored with the 2022 Lumiere Award, a lifetime achievement prize, at this year’s Lumière Film Festival.
Burton will attend the Lumière festival in Lyon, France from Oct. 20 until Oct. 23 and will receive his gong on Friday, Oct. 21. The American director joins such previous Lumière award winners as Jane Campion, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Wong Kar-wai and Quentin Tarantino. Unveiling Burton’s award on Wednesday, the Lumière festival called him “an artist who has given world cinema a universe of rare coherence with an unprecedented impact on popular culture.”
Burton’s particular mix of gothic horror and baroque comedy, combined with his inimitable visual style, informs his entire career as a director, from his 1984 breakout short
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