Gucci Group and the 64th Venice Film Festival today announced that artists Julian Schnabel and Piotr Uklanski, photographer Anton Corbijn, novelist Lee Chang-Dong, and journalist Bhavna Talwar are nominees for the second annual Gucci Group Award to be presented on Sept 3, 2007 at Venice's Palazzo Grassi during the 64th Venice Film Festival. Danny Huston, Michelle Yeoh, and Francesco Vezzoli are among the members of the 2007 Gucci Group Award Selection Committee.
The Gucci Group Award is bestowed to an internationally-acclaimed artist who has made a remarkable contribution to a film in any capacity within the past 18 months, as a director, actor, screenwriter, set designer, or costume designer. The 2007 Gucci Group Award nominees include Lee Chang-Dong, novelist, for writing and direction of Secret Sunshine, for which Jeon Do-Yeon won Best Actress at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival; Anton Corbijn, photographer, for his directorial debut, Control, a biopic about Joy Division front man Ian Curtis; Julian Schnabel, visual artist, for direction of Le Scaphandre et le Papillion("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"), for which he won Best Director at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival; Bhavna Talwar, journalist, for her directorial debut, Dharm, which explores religious fanaticism and caste conflicts in India; and Piotr Uklanski, visual artist, for writing and direction of Summer Love, the first Polish Spaghetti Western.
"Gucci Group is committed to recognizing and honouring visionaries who transform their art into experiences which we all can embrace," said Robert Polet, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Gucci Group. "We are honoured to work with the Venice Film Festival, and together we share a mission to support artists whose talents transcend ordinary limits, who possess the courage for expression in new and untried media, and who have brought their art to life on screen."
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