Nabil Ben Yadir is a
Belgian
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actor, film director, and screenwriter.
Career
Ben Yadir made his feature-length directorial debut in 2009 with ''
The Barons
''The Barons'' (french: Les barons) is a 2009 Belgian comedy film directed by Nabil Ben Yadir. It was written by Yadir, Laurent Brandenbourger and Sébastien Fernandez. It premiered on 2 September 2009 at the Festival International du Film Franco ...
'', which he also co-wrote with
Laurent Brandenbourger
Laurent Brandenbourger is a Belgian screenwriter and film director. In 2009, he co-wrote with Nabil Ben Yadir and Sébastien Fernandez the comedy film ''The Barons'', for which he received a nomination for the Magritte Award for Best Screenplay.
R ...
and Sébastien Fernandez. The film was nominated for six
Magritte Awards
A Magritte Award (french: ) is an accolade presented by the Académie André Delvaux of Belgium to recognize cinematic achievement in the film industry. Modelled after the French César Award, the formal ceremony at which the awards are presente ...
, including
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and
Best Screenplay.
His second feature, ''
The Marchers
''The Marchers'' (french: La Marche) is a 2013 French comedy-drama film by Nabil Ben Yadir. It is loosely based on the events surrounding the 1983 March for Equality and Against Racism.
The film's release in November 2013 coincided with the 30th ...
'', was screened in Official Competition at
Cannes
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. Filming for a political thriller, ''
Blind Spot'' (''Dode Hoek''), set against
Belgium's Flemish-French divide, is scheduled to commence in the Spring of 2014.
[
Before becoming a filmmaker, Ben Yadir worked on an ]assembly line
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for Volkswagen
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. He spent "months on end doing exactly the same thing". This influenced his choice to select a different genre
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for each of his films: "now I make sure that I always take new challenges and adopt new approaches".[
Ben Yadir has a film production company called L'Antilope Joyeuse.][
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Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
Belgian male actors
Belgian film directors
Belgian screenwriters
Belgian people of Moroccan descent
Moroccan film directors
Moroccan screenwriters
Year of birth missing (living people)
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