Michaël R. Roskam (; born 1972, in Sint-Truiden) 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 ...

Career

Roskam attended St. Lucas Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he studied painting and contemporary art, and the Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam where he graduated in 2005 with a master's degree in script writing and development. After several jobs as a journalist for Flemish newspaper '' De Morgen'' and a copywriter, he wrote a script for a short film titled ''Haun'' in 2002. This was followed by ''Carlo'' (2004), another short film which won the Audience Award at Leuven International Short Film Festival. In 2005, he made ''The One Thing To Do'' and in 2007 ''Today is Friday'', based on an Ernest Hemingway book, that was filmed in Los Angeles. Roskam made his feature film debut with '' Bullhead'' which was released in 2011. On 24 January 2012, the film was nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

. He was named by '' Variety'' as one of the "10 directors to watch". He received the

Magritte Award for Best Screenplay The Magritte Award for Best Screenplay ( French: Magritte du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellen ...

and the

André Cavens Award The André Cavens Award (french: Prix André-Cavens) is an accolade presented annually by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC), an organization of film critics from publications based in Brussels. The André Cavens Award was introduced in 197 ...

for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC). In June 2012, Roskam was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences along with 175 other individuals.. His film '' The Drop'', starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Matthias Schoenaerts and James Gandolfini premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September 2014. ''The Drop'' was Gandolfini's last on-screen performance before his death in June 2013 and received positive reviews from critics. Roskam returned to Belgian cinema six years after ''Bullhead'' with ''

The Racer and the Jailbird ''Racer and the Jailbird'' (french: Le Fidèle) is a 2017 drama film directed by Michaël R. Roskam, starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos. A gangster and a racing car driver fall in love, set against the background of a bruta ...

'', starring Matthias Schoenaerts which was released in 2017.

Filmography

Short films

* ''

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'' (2002) * '' Carlo'' (2004) * ''

The One Thing to Do ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...

'' (2005) * ''

Today is Friday Today (archaically to-day) may refer to: * Day of the present, the time that is perceived directly, often called ''now'' * Current era, present * The current calendar date Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Today'' (1930 film), a 1930 A ...

'' (2007)

Feature films

* '' Bullhead'' (2011) * '' The Drop'' (2014) * '' Racer and the Jailbird'' (2017) * '' The Tiger'' (upcoming)

Television

* '' Berlin Station'' (2016) (Episodes 1, 2) * '' Black Bird'' (2022) (Episodes 1, 2, 3)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roskam, Michael R. 1972 births Living people Belgian film directors Place of birth missing (living people) Magritte Award winners