Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve will receive the Harold Lloyd Award 2022 at the 12e edition of the Lumiere Awards gala, which will take place on 1er February at Warner Bros. Studios. in California.
The gala, not to be confused with the Lumière Prize of the Festival de Lyon, is organized by the American company Advanced Imaging which, as its name suggests, is interested in the most recent advances in the field of immersive image technologies. and storytelling.
This is the case, believes the leaders of the organization, with the feature film Dune that Denis Villeneuve directed and which has stood out since its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2021. The film is a great critical and public success and accumulates nominations at the dawn of the galas season.
Dune was in fact a finalist in three categories at the recent People’s Choice Awards gala. It is also a finalist in three categories at the Golden Globes (best dramatic film, best music and best direction) and in no less than ten at the Critics Choice Awards gala. These two events will take place on the evening of January 9, 2022.
In the past, filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, James Cameron have received this award, among others.