Tim Burton to chair Cannes 2010 jury
Tim Burton to chair Cannes 2010 jury
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Innovative filmmaker Tim Burton is to head the jury for this year's Cannes Film Festival, it has been announced.
The Alice in Wonderland director will preside over a panel to decide which film will succeed Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon as the recipient of the prestigious Palme d'Or at the May event.
The 51-year-old said the appointment was "a great honour".
"When you think of Cannes, you think of world cinema. And, as films have always been like dreams to me, this is a dream come true," he said.
"After spending my early life watching triple features and 48-hour horror movie marathons, I'm finally ready for this."
Gilles Jacob, president of the Provencal festival, said Burton was a "magician".
"We hope his sweet madness and gothic humour will pervade the Croisette," he added, referring to the seaside boulevard in the south of France town.
Burton will be joined by eight other panellists, whose names will be revealed in May, along with the films in competition for the 2010 Palme d'Or.
Burton released his first film, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, in 1985 and has since brought imagination and edge to the screen with the likes of Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sweeney Todd.
The director reunites with his frequent collaborator Johnny Depp in March for a 3D adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.