Hill will screen his new film, the Western Dead for a Dollar, starring Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan and Benjamin Bratt, out of competition in Venice this year.

Two-time Oscar winner Waltz plays bounty hunter Max Borlund, who is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens (Dafoe), his sworn enemy, whom Max sent to prison years before. Borlund is on a mission to find and return Rachel Kidd (Brosnahan), the hostage wife of a wealthy Santa Fe businessman. When Max discovers Kidd has actually fled an abusive marriage, he has to choose between finishing the job or standing aside while ruthless mercenary outlaws and his longtime rival close in.

Glory to the Filmmaker Award

The honor, backed by jeweler Cartier, is dedicated to a personality “who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.”

Hill also co-produced Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking science fiction horror blockbuster Alien and served as producer or executive producer on the franchise’s three sequels. He is widely acknowledged as one of the premiere action filmmakers of the 1980s, with other directing credits including Southern Comfort, Extreme Prejudice and Johnny Handsome.

He had late-career hit with the prohibition-era Western action film Last Man Standing, starring Bruce Willis, in 1996.

The award ceremony for Hill will take place September 6 at Sala Grande ahead of the Dead for a Dollar screening.

Quiver Distribution will release the film in the U.S. and Canada this fall.

Myriad Pictures handled all sales for Dead for a Dollar outside of North America. Universal Pictures Content Group has picked up several international territories, including the U.K., Latin America, Scandinavia, Benelux, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Italy. Splendid has the rights in Germany, SND in France, and A Contracorriente in Spain.

The 79th Venice Film Fest runs August 31–September 10.