Gérard Corbiau (; born 19 September 1941) is a Belgian

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. Corbiau was born in

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. He is best known for his costume dramas about music, '' Le maître de musique'' (1988), ''

Farinelli Farinelli (; 24 January 1705 – 16 September 1782) was the stage name of Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi (), a celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of the greatest singers in the history of opera. Farinelli ...

'' (1994) and '' Le roi danse'' (2000). Two of them (''Le maître de musique'' and ''Farinelli'') were 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 lives in Belgium and is working on several projects.

Select Filmography

* Le maître de musique (1988) * L'année de l'éveil (1991) * Farinelli (1994) * Versailles, la visite (1999) * Le roi danse (2000) * Saint-Germain ou La négociation (2003) * Augustin Dumay, Laisser une trace dans le coeur (2009) * Abdel Rahman El Bacha: Un piano entre Orient et Occident (2015) * Saving Mozart (forthcoming)

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* 1941 births Living people Belgian film directors {{Belgium-film-director-stub