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List Of Belgian Film Directors
This is a list of Belgian film directors. A *Chantal Akerman * R. Kan Albay *Jean-Jacques Andrien B *Tom Barman *Rémy Belvaux *Alain Berliner * Bert Beyens *Jef Bruyninckx *Jean-Marie Buchet *Jan Bucquoy C * Bo & Gustavo Catilina *Stijn Coninx *Gérard Corbiau D *Jean-Pierre Dardenne *Luc Dardenne *Emile Degelin *Robbe De Hert *Charles Dekeukeleire *Eric de Kuyper *André Delvaux *E.G. de Meyst *Dominique Deruddere *Marc Didden *Pieter Dirkx *Frederik Du Chau *Fabrice Du Welz E *Adil El Arbi *Geoffrey Enthoven F *Bilall Fallah *Jacques Feyder * Anna Frijters G *Jonas Geirnaert * Delphine Girard *Noël Godin * Zeno Graton * Felix Van Groeningen J *Edward José K *Yasmine Kassari *Edith Kiel *Harry Kümel L *Patrick Lebon *Joachim Lafosse *Benoît Lamy *Bouli Lanners *Vincent Lannoo *Boris Lehman *Nicholas Lens *Roland Lethem * Matthias Lebeer M *Benoît Mariage *Thierry Michel * Ernst Moerman P *Picha R *Maurice Rabinowicz * Jo Röpke *Vincent Rouffaer * Rob Rombout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgians
Belgians ( nl, Belgen; french: Belges; german: Belgier) are people identified with the Kingdom of Belgium, a federal state in Western Europe. As Belgium is a multinational state, this connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural rather than ethnic. The majority of Belgians, however, belong to two distinct ethnic groups or ''communities'' ( nl, gemeenschap, links=no; french: communauté, links=no) native to the country, i.e. its historical regions: Flemings in Flanders, who speak Dutch; and Walloons in Wallonia, who speak French or Walloon. There is also a substantial Belgian diaspora, which has settled primarily in the United States, Canada, France, and the Netherlands. Etymology The 1830 revolution led to the establishment of an independent country under a provisional government and a national congress. The name "Belgium" was adopted for the country, the word being derived from ''Gallia Belgica'', a Roman province in the northernmost part of Gaul that, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbe De Hert
Robin François De Hert (20 September 1942 – 24 August 2020) was a Belgian film director. De Hert won the André Cavens Award for Best Film in 2000, with his film ''Lijmen/Het Been''. He died on 24 August 2020 at the age of 77 due to complications of diabetes. Movies *''Camera Sutra'' (1973) *'' De Witte van Zichem'' (1980) *''Le filet américain'' (1981) *''Maria Danneels of Het leven dat we droomden'' (1982) *''Trouble in Paradise'' (1989) *''Blueberry Hill'' (1989) *'' Brylcream Boulevard'' (1995) *''Elixir d'Anvers'' (1997) *''Gaston's War'' (1997) *''Lijmen/Het Been ''Lijmen/Het Been'' is a 2001 Belgian crime film adapted from short stories by Willem Elsschot and directed by Robbe De Hert, starring Mike Verdrengh and Koen De Bouw. The movie was coproduced by Belgian and Dutch film companies. Background ...'' (2000) *''Hollywood aan de Schelde'' (2018) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hert, Robbe De 1942 births 2020 deaths Flemish film people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Frijters
Anna Frijters (''nee'' Velders) (1889–1966) was a Belgian screenwriter, producer, director and author, known for two silent films '' Leentje van de zee'' (1928) and '' De verloofde uit Canada'' (1934) which she wrote, produced and directed with her husband François Frijters in the late 1920s. She was also known as one of the early female screenwriters, who played an important role in pioneering the development of scriptwriting in the Belgium film industry. Early life and career Before beginning their filmmaking careers, Anna and François Frijters were both diamond cutters in Antwerp and passionate about making their own films. Moving to the United States, they met with Ruth Roland, an American actress who starred in a number of silent films. Ruth Roland encouraged Anna Frijters to enter a screenplay competition arranged by Brewster Publications, where she won the second prize for her screenplay called Leentje van de zee (Peggy of the Sea). Her victory in this competition c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Feyder
Jacques Feyder (; 21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the US, Britain and Germany. He was a director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in Cinema of France, French cinema. He adopted French nationality in 1928. Career Born Jacques Léon Louis Frédérix in Ixelles, Belgium, he was educated at the École régimentaire in Nivelles, and was destined for a military career. At age twenty-five however he moved to Paris where he pursued an interest in acting, first on stage and then in film, adopting the name Jacques Feyder. He joined the Gaumont Film Company and in 1914 he became an assistant director with Gaston Ravel. He started directing films for Gaumont in 1916, but his career was interrupted by service with the Belgian army during 1917-1919. After the end of the war, he returned to filmmaking and quickly built a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilall Fallah
Adil El Arbi (born June 30, 1988) and Bilall Fallah (born January 4, 1986) are Belgian film and television directors of Moroccan descent. The duo, collectively billed as Adil & Bilall, are known for writing and directing the feature films ''Image'' (2014), ''Black'' (2015), and ''Gangsta'' (2018), as well as directing ''Bad Boys for Life'' (2020), the third installment of the ''Bad Boys'' franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Career Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah met during their film studies at the ''Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunsten'' in Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium. During their studies, the first project that they directed was a short film named ''Broeders'' (2011), which was appreciated by critics; their later films, ''Black'' (2015) and ''Patser'' (2018), also received positive reception. They directed the first two episodes in the TV series '' Snowfall'', which aired on July 5 and 12 in 2017, as well as Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike's music video "When I G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Enthoven
Geoffrey Enthoven (born 6 May 1974) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and film editor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent in 1999, he achieved several nominations and awards during his career. His first full-length film '' Children of Love'' was greeted with enthusiasm and not only won the Audience Award at the Flanders International Film Festival Ghent but also received the Special Mention at the International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg. His second film, '' The Only One'', was named best Belgian film of 2006 by the Belgian Film Critics Association The Belgian Film Critics Association (french: Union de la critique de cinéma, UCC) is an organization of film critics from publications based in Brussels, Belgium. History The Belgian Film Critics Association was founded in the early 1950s in Br ..., winning the André Cavens Award. His fifth film is '' Come as You Are'' (2011). His latest film is '' Halfway'' (2014). Filmography * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adil El Arbi
Adil (also transliterated as Adel, ar, عادل) is an Arabic masculine given name and surname. Adil is a variation of the name Adel, an Arabic male name that comes from the word Adl, meaning "fairness" and "justice". It is a common name in the Muslim world. It is not to be confused with the Germanic name Adel, which has a different pronunciation. People Adil and its variants may refer to a number of notable people: Given name Egyptian royalty * Al-Adil I of Egypt (1145–1218), Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Damascus * Al-Adil II of Egypt (–1248), Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Damascus * Al-Adil Kitbugha of Egypt (died 1297), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria Adil Shahi dynasty * Yusuf Adil Shah (1450–1511), founder of the Adil Shahi dynasty that ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur for nearly two centuries * Ismail Adil Shah (1498–1534), Sultan of Bijapur * Mallu Adil Shah (died ), Sultan of Bijapur * Ibrahim Adil Shah I (died ), Sultan of Bijapur * Ali Adil Shah I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrice Du Welz
Fabrice Du Welz (born 21 October 1972 in Belgium) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He has directed several films including '' Calvaire'' in 2004, ''Vinyan'' in 2008 and '' Message from the King'' in 2016. Career Fabrice du Welz, born 21 October 1972. Initially he was a student at a Jesuit school. Before he studied at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory of Liège (Belgium) then and then a year at the INSAS, the cinema training institute of Brussels. Starting in 1990, he directed a number of films in Super 8. After his studies, he collaborated on comedy sketches for Canal+, “La Grande Famille”, “Nulle Part Ailleurs”. In 1999, he directed the short film ''Quand On Est Amoureux C'est Merveilleux'', which won the Grand Prize of the Gerardmer Festival in 2001. In 1999, he directed the short film ''Wonderful Love'' that won the Grand Prize of the Festival of Gerardmer. Aged 25, in 2004 he directed his first feature film, '' Calvaire'' starring Laurent Lucas and Jacki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederik Du Chau
Frederik Du Chau (born 15 May 1965) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and animator. Career Du Chau attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent), Academy of Fine Arts in his hometown of Ghent, where he studied film and majored in animation under Raoul Servais. After graduation, he worked for Walt Disney Animation France and later as a freelance animator and directed several local commercials, combining live-action and animation. The selection of his student film, ''The Mystery of the Lamb'' (''Het mysterie van het lam''), for the Los Angeles Animation Celebration Conference brought him to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood where he was offered a job as an animator and later as a visual development and storyboard artist for The Walt Disney Company, Disney, Warner Bros., and Universal Studios, Universal. Du Chau's break as a director came when Sony offered him to co-direct a short film with Hoyt Yeatman for Sony Wonder. This was followed with a stint as a storyboard artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Dirkx
Pieter Dirkx (born 24 February 1984) is a Belgian film director and painter. His short film ''Bento Monogatari'' premiered in the Cinéfondation program at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Dirkx was nominated for the Cinefondation Award at the same festival that year. He is also known for his production of The Geometry of Beetles (2009). Biography Pieter Dirkx first studied painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp before starting film studies at Sint-Lukas Brussels. His first short in film school was ‘The Geometry of Beetles’, about a lonely man who considers his framed insects to be his only friends. For his graduation project, Dirkx made ‘Bento Monogatari‘. It tells the story of Yvonne, a woman whose marriage has lost its spark. She tries to win her husband's attention by trying to drag him into the world of Japanese pop culture. The film was first screened at ‘Het Grote Ongeduld!’, a showcase for Belgian film school graduates, where it won the CANVAS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Didden
Marc Didden (born 28 July 1949) is a Belgian film director. He and his family moved to Brussels when he was age 2. He grew up in Brussels and studied Film Direction and Playwriting there. Didden was rock journalist and critic for the Flemish magazine HUMO for many years, before he started directing movies in the 1980s. Filmography As director * ''Brussels By Night'' (1983) * ''Istanbul'' (1985) * '' Sailors don't cry'' (1988) * '' Mannen maken plannen'' (1993) * ''Cheb'' (short film) As actor * ''Het Sacrament'' (1989) - Gigi TV * '' Tip Toe Thru The Tulips'' (1994), with Hugo Claus Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (; 5 April 1929 – 19 March 2008) was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, and poetry; he also l ... * '' 't Bolleken'' (1988) Bibliography * '' May I Quest You an Askion'' (2000) * '' Enkele Interviews'' (1980) External links * 1949 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Deruddere
Dominique Deruddere (born 15 June 1957) is a Belgian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Career Dominique Deruddere was an actor before he became a director. Filmography * '' Crazy Love'' (1987) * ''Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' (1989) * '' Suite 16'' (1994) * ''Everybody's Famous!'' (2000) * ' (2005) * ''Flying Home "Flying Home" is a jazz and jump blues composition written by Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton with lyrics by Sid Robin. Background It was reportedly developed while Hampton was in the Benny Goodman band. A gig in 1939 required the band to fly f ...'' (2014) References External links * 1957 births Living people People from Turnhout Belgian film directors {{Belgium-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
