Two-time Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett is about to add one other prestigious honor to her illustrious profession. The San Sebastián Film Festival has simply introduced that Blanchett would be the recipient of the Donostia profession achievement award at this yr’s 72nd version of the Spanish occasion.
For many years, Blanchett has been one of many trade’s most versatile and award-winning actors, headlining impartial author-driven gems and Hollywood blockbusters alike. She is a recipient of two Venice Volpi Cups, 4 BAFTAs, and 4 Golden Globes, in addition to an honorary French Academy César Award and a Spanish Academy Goya profession achievement award.
In 1999, Blanchett acquired her first Oscar nomination for her work in Shekhar Kapur’s “Elizabeth.” She has been nominated seven extra occasions within the quarter-century since, profitable a pair of statues for performances as Katherine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator” and the titular lead of Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine.”
One method to choose an actor’s profession is to contemplate what number of A-list filmmakers they’ve labored with. Few performers as we speak can boast of a lineup of collaborators like Blanchett’s. Directors who’ve benefited from her performances embody Kapur, Scorsese and Allen, in addition to Terrence Malick, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, David Fincher, Ridley Scott, Sally Potter, Wes Anderson, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Woody Allen, Gillian Armstrong, Taika Waititi, Peter Jackson, Todd Haynes, Richard Linklater, Jim Jarmusch, Guillermo del Toro, Adam McKay and Todd Field, to identify a number of.
In addition to her authorial fare, Blanchett has additionally appeared in lots of big-budget industrial movies, together with “Thor: Ragnarok,” the “Lord of the Rings” sequence and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” She is an completed voice actor, having appeared in movies from the “How to Train Your Dragon” franchise, the English-language model of Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo” and a very enjoyable flip as a violent monkey in “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.”
In August, Blanchett will star in Eli Roth’s action-packed adaptation of the “Borderlands” online game franchise, and yesterday, it was revealed that she joined the Zellner Brothers’ upcoming alien invasion comedy, “Alpha Gang.”
Behind the digital camera, Blanchett is co-founder and principal of the manufacturing firm Dirty Films alongside companions Andrew Upton and Coco Francini. The group lately launched Proof of Concept, a program providing rising filmmakers monetary help, mentorship and exhibition alternatives.
For Dirty Films, Blanchett lately produced and appeared in Warwick Thornton’s award-winning “The New Boy” and produced Christos Nikou’s “Fingernails,” each of which screened at San Sebastián. Other producer credit embody Todd Hayne’s “Carol,” Todd Field’s “Tár,” and the 10-time Emmy-nominated sequence “”Apples,” the 10-time Emmy-nominated sequence “Mrs America.”
In 2018, San Sebastián started a brand new custom of that includes a recent performer on its poster annually. This yr, Blanchett is the face of San Sebastián and options on the poster, which was revealed with as we speak’s announcement. The poster was designed by graphic designer José Luis Lanzagorta, and it is based mostly on {a photograph} taken by Gustavo Papaleo.
72nd San Sebastian Festival Poster
Credit: San Sebastian Festival