Homage and Honorary Bear for Maurice Jarre
The Berlin International Film Festival will pay homage to 84-year-old Lyon-born film score composer, Maurice Jarre, who is set to receive an Honorary Bear for Lifetime Achievement on February 12.
Jarre began his career as a theatre music director before making his debut in film with shorts by Georges Franju, Alain Resnais and Jacques Demy.
He gained international renown after his first collaboration with David Lean on Lawrence of Arabia, which earned him an Oscar in 1963. This was followed by two more Oscars, for Lean’s Doctor Zhivago (1965) and A Passage to India (1984), and numerous nominations.
Jarre has also worked with Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston, Luchino Visconti, Peter Weir and Germany’s Volker Schlöndorff (on The Tin Drum), among others. As festival director Dieter Kosslick pointed out, whereas "composers often remain in the shadow of directors and film stars, this is not the case with Jarre", who has penned music that is "unforgettable and known throughout the world".
The festival will pay tribute to the composer’s great and varied career.
(Translated from French)
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