Oscar-winning filmmaker George Lucas will be honored at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Lucas, a writer, director and producer who created the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, will be feted at the festival's closing ceremony May 25.
His 1971 debut feature, THX-1138, was his first film to screen at Cannes as part of the Directors' Fortnight program.
"The Festival de Cannes has always held a special place in my heart. I was surprised and elated when my first film, THX-1138, was selected to be shown in a new program for first time directors called the Directors' Fortnight. Since then, I have returned to the festival on many occasions in a variety of capacities as a writer, director and producer. I am truly honored by this special recognition which means a great deal to me," Lucas said in a statement.
Lucas is also known for directing the 1973 film American Graffiti.Cannes lauded the filmmaker as "one of the greatest figures of contemporary cinema, a man with an extraordinary career, who brings together great entertainment and innovation, mythology and modernity and cinephilia and technology."
The 77th Cannes Film Festival will run May 14 to 25.
