Fabrice Du Welz (born 21 October 1972 in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
) is a Belgian
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
and
screenwriter
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...
. He has directed several films including ''
Calvaire'' in 2004, ''
Vinyan
''Vinyan'' is a 2008 British-French-Belgian-Australian drama horror film directed and co-written by Fabrice du Welz and starring Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, and Julie Dreyfus. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 30 August 2008. ...
'' 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
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
(
Belgium
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) then and then a year at the
INSAS
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, 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+
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, “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
Laurent Lucas (born 20 July 1965) is a French actor.
Life and career
A student of the Charles Dullin school, Lucas soon became one of the most admired young performers in the Strasbourg National Theatre. He first emerged on the scene with his r ...
and Jackie Berroyer
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Filmography
References
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*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berroyer, Jackie
1946 births
Living people
French male film actors
French male television actors
20th-c ...
which was selected in Critics' Week of the Cannes Film Festival 2005. In 2007, he directed ''Vinyan
''Vinyan'' is a 2008 British-French-Belgian-Australian drama horror film directed and co-written by Fabrice du Welz and starring Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, and Julie Dreyfus. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 30 August 2008. ...
'' with Emmanuelle Béart and Rufus Sewell in Thailand and selected in official competition at the Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
in 2008.
In 2012, he directed '' Colt 45'', from a screenplay by Fathi Beddiar starring Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin (; born 21 June 1950) is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in ''Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine'' in 1977 on an offer from the actor Coluche. He ...
and Joeystarr, produced by Thomas Langmann that ultimately failed to deliver in the budget, forcing the director to delete important scenes that were too expensive. Moreover, the two stars refused to come back on the set as Du Welz would be there too. He stated "It almost ruined me" and that the set became "a toxic environment". Fabrice du Welz and Fathi Beddiar, later decided not to support the film when it was released in August 2014.
In 2013, he directed ''Alleluia
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'', a free adaptation of the news story immortalized in 1970 by the film ''The Honeymoon Killers
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'' starring Laurent Lucas and Lola Dueñas
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Born in Madrid, she is the daughter of Nicolás Dueñas and studied in the Teatro de La Abadía of Madrid. She decided to relocate to Par ...
.[ The film was selected for the 'Directors' Fortnight' in Cannes in 2014.
In 2015, he directed '' Message from the King'' produced by David Lancaster (''Drive'', ''Whiplash'', ''Nightcrawler'') and Stephen Cornwell (''A Most Wanted Man'') in Los Angeles starring ]Chadwick Boseman
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, Luke Evans
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, Teresa Palmer
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, Alfred Molina
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and Natalie Martinez. The film premiered on September 8, 2016 at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. His next film, '' Adoration'', was released in 2019 to critical acclaim. It received the André Cavens Award for Best Film
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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 ...
(UCC). At the 11th Magritte Awards, ''Adoration'' was nominated for six awards, including Best Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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and Best Screenplay for Du Welz.
Filmography
* ''Folles aventures de Thierry Van Hoost'' (1997)
* ''Quand on est amoureux c'est merveilleux'' (''A Wonderful Love'', 1999)
* '' Calvaire'' (''The Ordeal'', 2004)
* ''Vinyan
''Vinyan'' is a 2008 British-French-Belgian-Australian drama horror film directed and co-written by Fabrice du Welz and starring Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, and Julie Dreyfus. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 30 August 2008. ...
'' (2008)
* ''Alleluia
Alleluia (derived from the Hebrew ''Hallelujah'', meaning "Praise Yahweh") is a Latin phrase in Christianity used to give praise to God. In Christian worship, Alleluia is used as a liturgical chant in which that word is combined with verses of ...
'' (2014)
* '' Colt 45'' (2014)
* '' Message from the King'' (2016)
* '' Adoration'' (2019)
* '' Inexorable'' (2021)
References
External links
*
Fabrice du Welz
Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Du Welz, Fabrice
1972 births
Living people
Belgian film directors
Horror film directors