Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957) is a Belgian film director.

Career

He studied film directing at HRITCS (currently Ritcs, at

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). Baron Coninx is best known for his film '' Daens'', which was nominated for an

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in 1992. He was made a

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Baudouin Baudouin (;, ; nl, Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Maria Gustaaf, ; german: Balduin Albrecht Karl Leopold Axel Maria Gustav. 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993), Dutch name Boudewijn, was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his dea ...

Honours

* 1993 : Created Baron Coninx by King

* member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.

Filmography

Director

* ''

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'' (1980), his university finals film. * ''

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'' (1982), short film. * '' Hector'' (1987) * ''

Koko Flanel ''Koko Flanel'' is a Belgium, Belgian comedy movie directed by Stijn Coninx starring Urbanus, Bea Van Der Maat, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Herbert Flack and Ann Petersen. The movie was released in 1990 and was until 18 February 2009 the most successf ...

'' (1990) * '' Daens'' (1992) (nominated for an Academy Award) * '' When the Light Comes (Licht)'' (1998) * '' Further Than the Moon (Verder dan de maan)'' (2003) * '' To Walk Again'' (2007), documentary * '' Sister Smile'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Ay Ramon!'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2018)

Assistant director

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(1982) * '' Zaman'' (1983) (credited as Stijn Coninckx) * '' Wildschut'' (1985) (''Stronghold'' in the United States) * '' De Leeuw van Vlaanderen'' (1985) * '' Skin'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1989)

Television work

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'' (1999) TV series * '' Nefast voor de feestvreugde'' (2001, 2002, 2003) TV series

References

External links

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Stijn Coninx
- Film information from the Belgium government site belgium.be People from Neerpelt Barons of Belgium Belgian film directors 1957 births Living people Members of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts {{Belgium-film-director-stub