Jaco Van Dormael

Jaco Van Dormael (born the February 9th 1957 with Ixelles) is a Belgian scenario writer. After studies of cinema (taken sights and realization) to the INSAS (Brussels) and Louis-Light (Paris), he becomes director of theater for children and clowns. Currently it belongs to the largest pillars of the Belgian cinema with the Dardenne brothers and others. It raises his two daughters, Clarence and Elise and is described like a scenario writer, realizer but especially artist.

His/her brother, Pierre Van Dormael, is a Belgian type-setter.

Starting from 1980, it launches out in the cinematographic realization. It carries out a series of short films in which one discovers the imaginary one that it will develop later in its feature-length films.

Catalog of films

  • 1980 Maedeli-The-Breach - short film - Oscar of best film of foreign student in Academy off Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Los Angeles, in 1981.
  • 1981 Stage , report devoted to the first wheelchair Olympics mental, gold Caduceus of the Festival of Rennes (1982).
  • 1982 Imitateur - course measuring - Price of the best short film and the Price of best documentary with the Festival of Brussels (1983).
  • 1983 Fire exit , report, preceded with the Festival of Nyon (Swiss).
  • 1984 E Pericoloso Sporgersi - course measuring - Grand Prix of the Festival of Clermont-Ferrand (1985).
  • 1985 Of Boot , film on a piece of music of Eva Ball, played Ghent.
  • 1991 Louse the hero - feature-length film (with Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Sandrine Blancke and Pascal Duquenne), a success which obtained the gold Camera of the Cannes festival, the price of the Public of Locarno in 1991 and César of Best Foreign film in 1992.

Currently, Jaco Van Dormael ensures the setting in scene of plays as one couldn't like a little? with Eric De Staercke in the main role. It also ensures a turning of a film with Eva (Gaëlle) Green and Jared Leto.

See too

External bond

  • Its card on IMDb

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