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Actor Jackie Chan will receive the career achievement honour at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, the organisers announced on Tuesday. Jackie, who was Asia’s highest-grossing action star during the 1990's has also directed a number of films, including The Fearless Hyena (1979), Who Am I (1998) and Police Story (1985). (Also Read | Shah Rukh Khan sings Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with crowd at Locarno Film Festival.
Watch ) Giona A Nazzaro, artistic director of the festival said Jackie's influence has "rewritten the rules of Hollywood cinema". "Director, producer, actor, screenwriter, choreographer, singer, athlete, and daredevil stuntman, Jackie Chan is both a key figure in contemporary Asian cinema and one whose influence has rewritten the rules of Hollywood cinema," he said in a statement. "From his years at the China Drama Academy under Master Yu Jim-Yuen, working at a very young age as a stuntman in King Hu’s masterpiece A Touch of Zen, Chan has continually reinvented martial arts cinema and much beyond it.
" The festival will take place between August 6 and August 16. Last year, actor Shah Rukh Khan became the first Indian personality to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award, also called Pardo alla Carriera, or Career Leopard, at the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival..
