ROME: American film director Quentin Tarantino received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rome Film Festival on Tuesday (19 OCT. 2021). He was awarded by Italian horror filmmaker Dario Argento, behind such titles as "Suspiria" and "Deep Red."

In his 30-year career, Tarantino wrote and directed nine hit including "Reservoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction," "Kill Bill," "Inglorious Bastards" and most recently "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."

He won two Oscars for the Best Original Screenplay, for "Pulp Fiction" in 1995 and for "Django Unchained" in 2013. 

Before the award ceremony, Tarantino walked the red carpet with his wife Daniella Pick. The couple has a child, Leo, who was born in 2020, an event that marked the filmmaker's life. 

"There is kind of a reason that I had him now and I didn't have a child fifteen years ago, twenty years ago or nine years ago. Coming to the end of my film career, all my priorities have changed to quite a degree", he said during the press conference.

The Rome Film Festival opened Oct. 14 with "The Eyes of Tammy Faye", starring Jessica Chastain, and runs through Oct. 24. Fellow director Tim Burton will also receive a Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday. 

The official selection of the Festival includes 23 films ranging from different genres and different forms of expression. Twenty-three countries participate, including Saudi Arabia, Dominican Republic and Kosovo. 

"Eternals" by Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao will be the festival's closing film.