Reitman, Renner, And Burnett To Be Honored At Film Fest

PALM SPRINGS – Three of Hollywood’s elite will be honored at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in January.

Jason Reitman, director of “Up In The Air,” will receive the Director of the Year Award from the PSIFF.

Jeremy Renner, an actor who appeared in “The Hurt Locker,” will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award.

T-Bone Burnett will receive the Film Composing Award for his work in “Crazy Heart.”

“We’re delighted to have the opportunity to honor three of this year’s most accomplished film talents with our presentations,” saidFestival Executive Director Harold Matzner.”Each of them has distinguished themselves this year in ways that set them apart from the pack — Reitman with his emotionally resonant and very timely new directorial triumph Up in the Air, Burnett with his soulful, masterful soundtrack for Crazy Heart and Renner with his riveting turn as a hell-bent young bomb-squad officer in The Hurt Locker. We congratulate them all.”

The Palm Springs International Film Festival kicks off January 5.