John Turturro to Receive Zurich Golden Eye Award — SkimNews
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- John Turturro will receive the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival on September 26, accepting the honor in person.
- The Only Living Pickpocket in New York stars Turturro as Harry, a seasoned pickpocket whose failed job triggers a tense 36-hour chain of events.
- Zurich Film Festival will host Turturro in a Masters session on September 27 following his Golden Eye presentation.
- Turturro’s four-decade career includes breakthrough roles in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing and Jungle Fever, plus frequent collaborations with the Coen brothers.
- Turturro won Cannes’ Best Actor Award for Barton Fink and the Camera D’Or for his directorial debut Mac, while earning an Emmy for Monk and two Primetime Emmy nominations for Severance.
Why it matters: Turturro gains a Zurich platform for his new leading performance and a September 27 Masters conversation, while ZFF adds an Emmy-winning actor-writer-director to its 22nd festival program. The pickpocket thriller connects his current work to a four-decade career spanning major American and international filmmakers.
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