Paris: Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg may head this year's Cannes Film Festival Jury, the organizers declared Thursday.
Spielberg, 66, will head up the Cannes Jury that run between May 15 to 26. He has presented many films in the festival.His work cuts across an extensive spectrum "between amusement films as well as serious reflections on historical past, racism along with the human situation, " Cannes organizers Announced.
Thierry Fremaux, of the festival's setting up committee, claimed of Spielberg that "his films, but also his wide-ranging dedication make him, year after year, the equal with the greatest Hollywood filmmakers.
"We tend to be proud to be able to welcome him. "
Although the majority of the films Spielberg has presented with Cannes just weren't in competition, his 1974 video "Sugarland Express" acquired the ideal screenplay award.
