Steven Spielberg will receive a
lifetime achievement award at the 62nd annual David di Donatello
Awards in Rome on March 21, organisers said Thursday.
"We are deeply thrilled and honoured to award the career
David to Steven Spielberg, one of the few who have really left
their mark on the history of cinema, shaping it and rewriting it
according to new canons," said the president of the Italian film
academy, Piera Detassis.
On the occasion, Spielberg will present his latest film Ready
Player One, a sci-fi adventure from the novel by Ernest Cline,
opening in Italy on march 28.
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