George Clooney to Receive Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice Film Festival
George Clooney will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, held from September 2 to 12, 2026. The decision was made by the Board of Directors of La Biennale di Venezia, endorsing a proposal from artistic director Alberto Barbera. Clooney, an actor, director, and producer, has won two Oscars, four Golden Globes, four SAG Awards, a BAFTA, two Critics' Choice Awards, an Emmy, and the AFI Life Achievement Award. He is the most nominated person in Academy history across multiple categories. His directorial works include 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' 'The Ides of March,' and 'Suburbicon.' He recently earned a Tony nomination for his Broadway debut in 'Good Night, and Good Luck.' Clooney's humanitarian efforts include co-founding 'Not On Our Watch,' producing 'Hope for Haiti Now!,' and serving as a UN Messenger of Peace. He was arrested in 2012 for protesting outside the Sudanese embassy. Barbera praised Clooney as a complete and charismatic artist who transformed his vocation into one of the brightest arcs in contemporary cinema.
Key facts
- George Clooney receives Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at 83rd Venice Film Festival (Sept 2-12, 2026).
- Decision made by La Biennale di Venezia Board of Directors on proposal from artistic director Alberto Barbera.
- Clooney is an actor, director, and producer with two Oscars, four Golden Globes, four SAG Awards, a BAFTA, two Critics' Choice Awards, an Emmy, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
- He is the most nominated person in Academy history across multiple categories.
- Clooney directed 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' 'The Ides of March,' and 'Suburbicon.'
- He earned a Tony nomination for his Broadway debut in 'Good Night, and Good Luck.'
- Humanitarian work includes co-founding 'Not On Our Watch,' producing 'Hope for Haiti Now!,' and being a UN Messenger of Peace.
- He was arrested in 2012 for protesting outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C.
Entities
Artists
- George Clooney
- Alberto Barbera
- Grant Heslov
- Noah Baumbach
- Jon Watts
- Brad Pitt
- Adam Sandler
- Billy Crudup
- Julia Roberts
- Joel Coen
- Ethan Coen
- Alfonso Cuarón
- Alexander Payne
- Steven Soderbergh
- Joseph Heller
- Daniel James Brown
- J.R. Moehringer
- Lily Brooks-Dalton
- Tracy Letts
- Edward R. Murrow
- Nick Clooney
- Don Cheadle
- Matt Damon
- Jerry Weintraub
- Joel Gallen
- Amal Alamuddin
- Laura Dern
- Elmore Leonard
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Danny Boyle
- Rupert Murdoch
- Guy Pearce
- Robert Pattinson
- Chris Hansen
- Elon Musk
- Yuval Abraham
- Rachel Szor
- Ilya Khrzhanovsky
- Vladimir Putin
- Florian Zeller
- Javier Bardem
- Penélope Cruz
- Cédric Kahn
- Nicolas Pariser
- Melvil Poupaud
- Chiara Mastroianni
- Golshifteh Farahani
- Stéphane Brizé
- Nanni Moretti
- Louis Garrel
Institutions
- La Biennale di Venezia
- Venice International Film Festival
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Golden Globe Awards
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
- BAFTA
- Critics' Choice Awards
- Emmy Awards
- American Film Institute
- Tony Awards
- Broadway
- CNN
- Smokehouse Pictures
- MGM
- Amazon Prime
- Netflix
- Showtime
- Hulu
- Apple
- Universal Pictures
- Paramount Pictures
- TriStar Pictures
- Warner Bros.
- Sony Pictures
- Disney
- The Weinstein Company
- Fox Searchlight
- Warner Independent Pictures
- Columbia Pictures
- NBC
- HBO
- Maysville Pictures
- Section Eight
- Not On Our Watch
- United Nations
- Harvard University
- Satellite Sentinel Project
- Children's Diabetes Foundation
- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes
- Tenth Planet Productions
- Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
- National Board of Review
- New York Film Critics' Circle
- Santa Barbara Film Festival
- Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award
- Peace Summit Award
- Bob Hope Humanitarian Award
- American Cinematheque Award
- Modern Master Award
- Venice Film Festival
- Hotel Cipriani
- Bar Gabbiano
- von Furstenberg foundation
- Tesla
- SpaceX
- The Sun
- Oasis
- Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Darfur
- Africa
- Sudan
- Haiti
- Washington, D.C.
- United States
- Lake Como
- Giudecca island
- Lido
- France
- Gaza
- Israel