“American Artist and Director Julian Schnabel (at Eternity’s Gate, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, Basquiat) Will Be Honored With The Carter Glory to the Filmmaker Award. And the Venice Festival Announced Wednesday. The Annual Prize Recognizes A Personality Who Has”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Schnabel Will Be Honored at An Award Ceremony On Wednesday, September 3, at the Sala Grande, Ahead of the Out-of-Competition Screening of His New Film In the hand of dante.
The Crime Drama Follows a Handwritten Manuscript of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, WHICH MAKES ITS WAY FROM The Vatican Library to a Mob Boss Verify It Authenticity. Schnabel and Louise Kugelberg Adapted the Film from Tosches’ Novel. Oscar Issac, Playing Tosches and Dante, Leads An Enesemble Cast That Includes Gadot, Gerard Butler, Al Pacino, John Malkovich, Martin Scorsese, Jason Momoa, Louis Cancen Cancer. Produced by Dreamcrew Entertainment, Memo Films, Twin Productions and ARTOFIFICAL PRESCATIONS, In the hand of dante Is Being Sold Internationally by Wme Independent.
“I First Stepped Foot in Venice in November of 1976,“ SAID SCHNABEL, ACCEPTING The HONOR. “At the time, i went to padua to see the scrovegni chapel of giotto and to see the paintings in venice. I Never Dreamed that I would and come Many filmakers i admire, because in fact i am a painter. The World Premiere of My New Film In the hand of dante Means So Much to Me, As Tracing Dante and Nick’s Tradery in this Film Has Somehow Mirrored My Own Life. Thank you. I couldn’t be happier about this. ”
Festival Director Alberto Barbera Praized Schnabel’s Originality and Artistic Vision: “Each of Julian Schnabel’s Films i World of It Own. Coinciddence that most of them are Portraits of Artists and Passionate Departments of the Artistic Process. A Wholly Original Language. In the hand of danteis his most ambitious Project to Date. As martin Scorssesesesesesesesesesesesesesesese There is Always More in the Frame to See, to Experience, and to Feel. ‘
Born in New York City in 1951 and Raised in Brownsville, Texas, Schnabel First Achieved Acclaim As A Painter in New York Durying The Late 1970s. He have exhbited at the venice biennale art exhibition financial times (1980, 1982, 1993, 1997 and 2003). His Directorial Debut BasquiatAbout the renowned New York Street Artist, Premiered in Competition at Venice in 1996. Follow Up Before Night Falls (2000), Starring Javier Bardem as Cuban Poet and Novelist, Reinaldo Arenas, Won The Venice Grand Jury Jury Prize. The Diving Bell and The Butterflythe story of Elle Editor Jean-dominique Bauby and the stroke that almost totally paralyzed him; Won Best Director in Cannes in 2007 and Picked Up The Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film. His 2018 Feature AT ETERNITY’S GATEStarring Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh, Won Dafoe Venice’s Best Actor Honor.
The 2025 Venice Film Festival Runs Aug. 27-Sept. 6.