London, Feb 28: Oscar-winning director Ang Lee will head the jury at this year''s Venice Film Festival, organisers have announced.

The Taiwanese-born filmmaker, who made Brokeback Mountain, has won the Italian event''s main prize twice.

The festival is due to take place from 2 to 12 September, reports The BBC.

In a statement on the event''s website, Lee was praised as "one of the most highly appreciated international film makers".

Venice, Italy - Taiwanese-born Academy Award winning director, Ang Lee, will head the jury at this year's edition of the Venice Film Festival, organizers announced Friday.

The world's oldest film competition, the festival this year marks its 66th edition and runs in the lagoon city from September 2 to September 12.

London, Feb 19 : Oscar-winner Ang Lee is being lined up to adapt the novel `Life of Pi' into a Hollywood movie.

The director is in talks over the adaptation of Yann Martel''s novel.

The Man Booker prize-winning book tells the tale of a lone shipwreck survivor who shares his lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orang-utan and a tiger, reports the Telegraph.