Marc-Henri Wajnberg is a

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film director born in 1953. He is also a screenwriter, an actor and the co-founder and CEO o
Wajnbrosse Productions
His productions are eclectic, overall he has made 2800 very short films – including the famous collection Clapman broadcast worldwide during years. His short film, ''Le Réveil'' (The Alarm Clock) starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus was awarded in

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and received 22 awards around the world. He directed and produced numerous documentaries including ''Oscar Niemeyer, An architect committed to his century'', and ''Evgueni Khaldei, photographer under Stalin'' which were awarded in several international film festivals. He coproduced a

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'', and directed two long features; ''

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'' (2012) which premiered at the

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. His films have amassed over 70 international awards.

Filmography

* 1978: Writes, directs and produces ''Happy as a child in water'' – Documentary – 50' on the birth of violence * 1980–1981: Writes, directs, plays and produces ''Professor Adelard'' – Children's series on amusing physics, 12 episodes of 3'30" * 1983: Writes, directs and produces the collection ''CLAP'' – 1200 shorts of 8", broadcast daily for several years in 50 countries * 1984: Co-writes and co-directs with Eric Angelini ''Fume, c'est du belge'' (''The Return'') – 10' * 1985: Writes, directs, plays and produces ''Flash Back -'' 8' feature film project * 1987: Writes, directs and produces for Canal+ ''Three-cushion billiards'' – 26' documentary with

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, featuring the world champion Ludo Dielis and runner-up Richard Bitalis * 1988: ** Co-writes and co-directs with Eric Angelini ''Fume, c'est du belge (The series) -'' 4x5' ** Directs the short film ''The family Picnic -'' 7' with Eve Bonfanti, Francine Lafineuse, Patrick Walleffe * 1989: ** Writes, directs and produces the collection ''Wolinski'' – 40x20" sexy cartoon series based on the drawings of

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** Writes and directs the collection ''Les derniers philosophes'' – 50x2' live series based on the drawings of

** Writes and directs most of the films for the launching of

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Belgium : ''The first three minutes'', ''The decoders'', ''Les ricains'', ''The directors'' * 1990–1991: Writes, directs and produces the collection '' Mr Almaniak'' – 365x50" series, broadcast daily for several years in 25 countries * 1992–1993: Writes, directs and produces the feature-length film ''

'' starring

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, Ann-Gisel Glass and Sylvie Milhaud * 1996: Writes, directs and produces the short film ''The Alarm Clock (Le Réveil)'' – 7' with

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* 1997: Writes, directs and produces the documentary ''Evgueni Khaldei, photographer under Stalin'' – 59' * 1998–1999: ** Writes, directs and produces the documentary ''Around the world in 80 beers'' – 58' with

and Marc-Henri Wajnberg ** Writes and directs two commercials (30’’ and 45’’): ''Tango'' as part of the advertising campaign ''Parisienne People by famous directors'' (

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, Marc-Henri Wajnberg,

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, …) ** Writes and directs four commercials for the Swiss cigarette brand ''Sélect'' – 15" * 2000: Writes, directs and produces the documentary ''Oscar Niemeyer, an architect committed to his century -'' 59' * 2001-2002-2003: ** Co-produces the feature-length film ''

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and Joergen Leth ** Conceives and produces ''Kaleidoscope, looking at life frames -'' 33x26' documentary series ** Writes and directs ''The Cruiseliner "SS Norway," Caribbean'' #3 – Coll. Kaleidoscope, 26' ** Writes and directs ''Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert in Brussels'' #1 – Coll. Kaleidoscope, 26' ** Writes and directs ''Vite lu, bien lu'' – commercials for Swiss Newspaper "Le Matin" * 2004-2005-2006: ** Writes, directs and produces ''Bollywood-Mumbai India'' #33 – Coll. Kaleidoscope, 26' ** Writes, directs and produces ''Nanotechnologia, the movie'' – 26' fiction/documentary on the revolution of nanosciences ** Writes, directs and produces ''Denpasser market, Bali, Indonesia'' #21 – Coll. Kaleidoscope, 26' * 2007-2008-2009: ** Writes, directs and produces ''BAF!'' – 6' fiction ** Writes, directs and produces ''La ligne (The line)'' – series of 1000 shorts of 11 seconds – animation ** Screenwriting of the feature-length film ''San Mao'' * 2010-2011-2012: ** Writes, directs and produces ''

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-'' 86' feature-length film ** Writes, directs and produces ''Portrait of Kinshasa -'' Web-documentary for ARTE ** Concert captation ''Drumming, un concert de Music Fund'' * 2013-2014-2015: ** Co-writes with Eric Angelini the feature-length film ''The Perfect Movie -'' 90' ** Writes and develops the documentary series ''Fêtes folles dans un monde fou -'' 6x26' ** Writes, directs and produces the documentary ''Sorcerer children, Kinshasa'' – 52' (France Télévision) * 2016–2017: ** Writes, develops and directs the documentary series ''Stolen Childhood'' – 5x26' ** Creates and produces the essay of the VR 360° transmedia experience ''Being a Shégué'' ** Develops the ''Kinshasa Now'' platform and the VR experience ''Being a Shégué'' ** Develops the feature-length film ''The Perfect Movie'' – 90’ ** Writes and develops the TV series ''SQUAT''

Awards

Sorcerer children of Kinshasa

* Public Award – Ciné Droit Libre Festival – Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso – 2014 * Special Mention of the Jury - Ciné Droit Libre Festival – Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso – 2014

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* Human Rights Award – received in Strasbourg and given by 8 ambassadors * Public choice Award for Best Film – Bucharest Film Festival – Romania – 2013 * Special acknowledgment for « Man and his environment » - Festroia Festival – Portugal – 2013 * Award for Best Foreign Language film –

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– Yaoundé – Cameroon – 2013 * Coup de Cœur –

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– Morocco – 2013 * Prix Humanum – Union of Belgian Film Critics – Belgium – 2014 * Best Editing Award -

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– Belgium – 2014 * Nominated for best film -

– Belgium – 2014 Selected in 60 festivals (Venice, Toronto, Busan, New York, ...)

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* Best Documentary –

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– South Africa – 2004 * Gold Dok of the Year – Gulddok – Copenhagen – Denmark – 2004 * Grand Prize –

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– Denmark – 2004 * Jury Prize – FIPRESCI – Zagreb Motovun Film Festival – Hungary – 2004 Selected in 95 festivals

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* Price of Czech Ministry of education for Youth & Physical Training – Technfilm – 2003 * Silver Book – 33rd Roshd International Film Festival – 2003

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* First Prize – International Festival of Film on Architecture : « Archfilm 2004 » – Bratislava – Slovakia 2004 * People’s choice Award – Kiev Festival – Ukraine – 2004 * Best Director of Photography – Thunderbird International Film Festival – USA – 2002 * Best Professional Documentary – Thunderbird International Film Festival – USA – 2002 * Best Documentary - Los Charales Awards – Ajijic International Film Festival – Mexico – 2001 * Best Documentary – Sydney Changing Images International Film Festival – Australia – 2001 * Silver Screen – U.S. International Film and Video Festival – Elmhurst, Illinois – USA – 2001 * Grand Prize FIFA – 19th International Festival of Film on Art – Montréal – Canada – 2001 * Bronze medal – 41st Monte-Carlo Festival – France – 2001 * Gran Premio « DOCUMANIA » – Madrid – Spain – 2000 * Gran Premio – Muestra Intl De Patrimonio Arquitectonico – Alcala – Spain – 2000 * First Prize – Made in Europe Documentary Festival – Strasbourg – France – 2000 * People’s choice Award – Made in Europe Documentary Festival – Strasbourg – France – 2000

Evgueni Khaldei, photographer under Stalin

* First Prize -

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– USA – 2000 * Silver Spire - Golden Gate Awards,

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– USA – 1998 * Grand Prix -

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– Taiwan – 1998

Le Réveil (The Alarm Clock)

* Grand Prize - Potsdam Film Festival - Germany – 1996 * Best Short Film - International Festival of Comedy Film – Vevey - Switzerland – 1996 * Best Comedy Short - Palm Springs International Short Film Festival - USA - 1996 * Best Direction – Capalbio International Short Film Festival – Italy - 1996 * Public Award - Capalbio International Short Film Festival - Italy - 1996 * French Community Award - Namur International Film Festival – Belgium - 1996 * Silver Palm - Huy International Short Film Festival - Belgium - 1996 * Best Actor - Huy International Short Film Festival - Belgium - 1996 * Best Direction - Bucharest International Short Film Festival - Romania – 1996 * Youth Award - Stains Youth Short Film Festival - France - 1997 * Free Style Short Film Award - St-Ouen Train Film Festival - France - 1997 * Public Award - Beauvais International Film Festival - France - 1998 * Best Absurd Fiction – Mediawave Festival – Gyor - Hungaria - 1998 * Best International Short Film - Wine Country Film Festival - USA - 1998 * Grand Prize – Badalona International Short Film Festival – Spain – 2001 * Public Award – Badalona International Short Film Festival – Spain – 2001 * Golden Croissant – “Breakfast Cinema” Brussels – 2001 * Best Distributed Film in TVB’s FILMETS Program – FILMETS International Film Festival – Badalona – Spain – 2002

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* Belgian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at

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– USA – 1994 * André Cavens Award – Union of Belgian Film Critics – Belgium – 1993 * Best Film – La Baule Film Festival – France – 1993 * Best Actor Josse De Pauw – La Baule Film Festival – France – 1993 * Youth Award – Best Belgian Film – Belgium – 1993 * Femina Award – City of Brussels – Belgium – 1993 * Philip Morris Movie Club Award – Best screenplay – Belgium – 1993 * Best first film – Montevideo Film Festival – Uruguay – 1994 * Grand Prix – Aosta Valley Film Festival – Italy – 1994 * Joseph Plateau Award – Best Belgian Film at Gand Festival – Belgium – 1994 * Joseph Plateau Award – Best Actor at Gand Festival – Belgium – 1994 * Joseph Plateau Award – Best Director at Gand Festival – Belgium – 1994 * Gran Premio – Sorrento International Film Festival – Italy – 1994 * CD soundtrack of the month elected by ''Jazz in Time'' – December 1993

Clapman

* Gold Award – International Film and TV Festival of New York – USA – 1984 * Crystal Antanenna – Best program – Brussels – 1985 * Gold Award – Creative Club of Belgium – 1985 * Special Prize for Short Film - Mostra Internacional de Sao Paulo – 1986 * Special prize, Funny Film festival Boario – 1987 Special guest in more than 20 festivals.

Happy as a child in water

* Psychology Award – International Scientific Film Festival – Brussels – 1982

Fume, c'est du belge

* Best Editing - Super 8 International Film Festival of Brussels – Belgium – 1975

Others

Teacher

1986 and 1987 – at the ERG (School of graphic research) in Brussels – Belgium 1994 and 2013 – at the EICTV (Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV) San Antonio de Los Banos – Cuba 2013 – Acting teacher in Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo

Jury

1998 – Festival du film de Genève « Star de demain » – Switzerland 2002 – President of the jury of Festival International du Film sur L’Art – Montréal – Canada 2011 – Festival du Film Fantastique de Brussels – Belgium 2015 – President of the 48H Film Project – Brussels – Belgium

Member of commissions

2003 to 2004 – President du CFA (Centre du Film sur l’Art) – Brussels – Belgium 2002 to 2005 – Member of the Commission Cinéma – Belgium 2013 to 2015 – Member of the Commission Cinéma – Belgium Since 1997 – Member of the UPFF (Union des Producteurs de films) – Belgium Since 2007 – Honorary member of CBA (Centre de l’Audiovisuel) – Belgium 2000 to 2006 – Producer of promotional spots for the

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References

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Filmography

Awards

Sorcerer children of Kinshasa

Kinshasa Kids ''Kinshasa Kids'' is a Belgian drama film,''Kinshasa Kids'' ''

The Five Obstructions ''The Five Obstructions'' is a 2003 Danish documentary film directed by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth. The film is conceived as a documentary, but incorporates lengthy sections of experimental films produced by the filmmakers. The premise is th ...

Nanotechnologie, le film

Oscar Niemeyer, an architect committed to his century

Evgueni Khaldei, photographer under Stalin

Le Réveil (The Alarm Clock)

Just Friends ''Just Friends'' is a 2005 American Christmas comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, written by Adam 'Tex' Davis and starring Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein and Christopher Marquette. The plot focuses on a formerly obese high ...

Clapman

Happy as a child in water

Fume, c'est du belge

Others

Teacher

Jury

Member of commissions

References

External links

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