Michael York will be awarded at the Romanian Film Festival, TIFF

Newsroom 10/05/2011 | 12:36

British actor Michael York will receive an award for his entire career at this year’s edition of the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF). Now in its tenth year, TIFF has awarded Claudia Cardinale, Catherine Deneuve or Franco Nero with the same award throughout its history.

One of the emblematic Anglo-Saxon figures of the last half of the century, British actor Michael York, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award offered to a personality from the European cinema at the 10th edition of Transilvania International Film Festival.

Performances such as the ones from Cabaret (d. Bob Fosse, 1972); D’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (d. Richard Lester, 1973); Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (d. Sidney Lumet, 1974) have propelled him on the European film scene and endeared him to generations of viewers.

Owner of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame since 2002, nominated for the Emmy Awards in 2001 for an Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (The Lot) and for the Saturn Award for Best Actor in 1978 (The Island of Doctor Moreau), Michael York’s career comprises of more than 131 feature films, series and TV movies, including guest appearances in some of the most popular recent TV productions, such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, Justice League or Gilmore Girls.

The tenth edition of TIFF will take place between June 3 and 12 in Cluj Napoca, with a traditional TIFF selection occurring in Sibiu on June 15-19. A selection of 220 titles – 184 features, 5 medium-length films and 31 short films, from 45 countries will be showcased at this year’s edition of TIFF. More information about the festival is available on this address.