Film director Tim Burton was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday.
London, September 6 : Film director Tim Burton was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday.
The organisers of the event dubbed him "one of America's bravest, most visionary and innovative film-makers".
Burton collected the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award from Johnny Depp, his long-time collaborator.
"I'm very honoured. It means a lot to me. Hopefully it just inspires me to keep going," the BBC quoted him as saying.
The 49-year-old jokily said that the award was better than an Oscar.
"It's actually a lot more beautiful-looking thing than a bald, naked man," he said.
Burton's 1993 stop-motion animation A Nightmare Before Christmas was shown after the award ceremony.
The acclaimed filmmaker began his film career with the 1985 movie Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, starring comedian Pee-Wee Herman. His subsequent movies include Batman, Ed Wood and Mars Attacks.
He has unveiled his latest film at the festival, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
The film is based on the acclaimed Stephen Sondheim musical, and it stars Johnny Depp as the eponymous serial killer barber. The flick also features Burton's partner, Helena Bonham Carter.
"The amazing thing is that they are not professional singers, and it's quite a demanding (musical)," Burton said.
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