Robert De Niro At Cannes
The Jury of the 2011 Competition, presided over by Robert De Niro (actor, director, producer)
Robert De Niro has had a prolific career in motion pictures, staring in such films as Michael Cimino’s “The Deer Hunter” (1978), Penny Marshall’s “Awakenings” (1990), Michael Mann’s “Heat” (1995), and the “Meet the Parents” series.
He has paired with director Martin Scorsese on eight films including, “Mean Streets” (1973), “Taxi Driver” (1976), “Raging Bull” (1980), “Goodfellas” (1990) and “Cape Fear” (1991).
In 1993 he directed his first film, “A Bronx Tale”; later he returned to directing for “The Good Shepherd” in 2006.
He has won Oscars for “The Godfather: Part II” (1974) and for his portrayal of Jake La Motta in “Raging Bull” (1980).
In the late 1980’s he co-founded Tribeca Productions and in 2002, as a response to 9/11, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival. The festival has become an annual celebration of film, music and culture that has helped bring life back to Lower Manhattan. Honored with the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, he also received BAFTA’s Stanley Kubrick Award the same year. In 2011 HFPA honored him with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his lifetime achievements in film.
Recently, he has acted in the Italian language film, Manuale d’amore 3 (2011) and Neil Burger’s Limitless (2011).
The other jury members are:
Martina GUSMAN (actress and producer, Argentina)
Nansun SHI (producer, Hong Kong/China)
Uma THURMAN (actress, scriptwriter, producer, USA)
Linn ULLMANN (writer,literary critic, Norway)
Olivier ASSAYAS (director, France)
Jude LAW (actor, producer, UK)
Mahamat Saleh HAROUN (director, Chad)
Johnnie TO (director, producer, Hong Kong/China)
The 64th Cannes Film Festval runs from: 11th May to the 22nd May 2011
