Actor, Writer & Director Kristen Stewart will be jury member for 2008 Chair rd Berlin International Film Festival in February.
“We are delighted to have Kristen Stewart undertake this outstanding Mission,” festival directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian said Friday. “She is one of the most talented and versatile actors of her generation. From Bella Swan to the Princess of Wales, she brings timeless characters to life. Impressive production, the perfect bridge between America and Europe.”
The festival also said that Stewart is “considered one of Hollywood’s leading young talents”. “At 73, at the age of 9, she celebrated her screen debut. Just three years later, she starred in the big David Finch Horror Room and wider public recognition. Her international breakthrough came in five parts Twilight saga (2008–2010).At 2008, she participated in the Berlinale with independent filmmakers
Welcome to The Riley Family (directed by Jack Scott). That same year, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer Orange Rising Star.”
The Berlinale also mentioned her collaboration with Juliette Binoche in
Clouds of Sils Maria (2012), directed by French director Olivier Assayas, who became the first American film to receive the César for a French film for her role in 2010 for his role in . “She continued her work with Assayas in 2015 2020 Personal Shopper2020 , in which she plays the lead,” the organizer added. “The following year, she celebrated her directorial and screenwriting debut with short films Swimming and 2018, she was a member of the international jury at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2018, she was in Charlie’s Angels (directed by Elizabeth Banks) foray into action movies) and in the biopic Seberg (directed by Benedict Andrews directed), which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. In 2020, she presents her next project as a director, a short film Crickets. Most recently, she played the role of Spencer in Pablo Larraín’s film Princess Diana, who wowed audiences with an Academy Award nomination and a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress”
Stewart also just finished
Love Me, starring opposite Steven Yeun, and just finished making Love Lies Bleeding, by Rose Glass directs.
“Kristen Stewart has thrilled audiences and critics alike by becoming one of the most outstanding international actors,” concluded the Berlinale. “She is currently making her feature-length directorial debut, a film adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s bestselling The Chronology of Water.”
