Variety to Honor John Turturro With Creative Vanguard Award — SkimNews
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- John Turturro will receive Variety's Creative Vanguard Award at the Miami Dade College Wolfson Auditorium on Monday, Nov. 2, at 7:00 p.m., during the 13th Miami Film Festival GEMS (Oct. 29–Nov. 5).
- Turturro will sit for a Q&A with Variety co-president and co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh, who noted that Turturro's acting debut was an uncredited, wordless role in Raging Bull.
- "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York", written and directed by Noah Segan, will screen at the festival on Oct. 29 ahead of its wide theatrical release on Oct. 30.
- Turturro's four-decade résumé includes Emmy-winning guest work on Monk, Golden Globe nomination for Quiz Show, and the Caméra d'Or at Cannes for his directorial debut Mac; his recent stage work includes starring as Mickey Sabbath in Ariel Levy's adaptation of Philip Roth's Sabbath's Theater (2023) and as Berenger in A.R.T.'s Rhinoceros alongside Paul Giamatti and Tatiana Maslany.
- Lauren Cohen, Miami Film Festival Director of Programming, said Turturro's work 'has inspired generations of filmmakers' and called the honor a recognition of 'his enduring impact on American cinema.'
Why it matters: The award bundles a career-retrospective honor with a built-in promotional platform for *The Only Living Pickpocket in New York*, giving the Noah Segan film a festival screening days before its wide release on Oct. 30. For Miami Dade College's GEMS festival — which draws more than 45,000 audience members annually — securing a Turturro Q&A with Variety's co-editor-in-chief elevates the event's industry profile beyond its October window.
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