Jaco Van Dormael
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Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His films especially focus on a respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities.
Van Dormael spent his childhood travelling around Europe, before going on to study filmmaking at the INSAS in Brussels, where he wrote and directed his first short film, Maedeli la brèche (1981), which received the Honorary Foreign Film Award at the Student Academy Awards. Van Dormael's feature debut, Toto le héros (1991), won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Five years later, Le huitième jour (1996) played at Cannes, where his two leading actors, Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne, were jointly awarded the prize for Best Actor. His third feature film, Mr. Nobody (2009), won six Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.
Filmography
Feature films
| Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | |||
| 1991 | Toto the Hero | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ||
| 1992 | Between Heaven and Earth | Template:Yes | |||
| 1996 | The Eighth Day | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ||
| 2007 | La face cachée | Template:Yes | |||
| 2009 | Mr. Nobody | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Co-producer |
| 2014 | Nicholas on Holiday | Template:Yes | Collaborating writer | ||
| 2015 | The Brand New Testament | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | |
Short films
- Maedeli la brèche (1980)
- Stade 81 (1981)
- Les voisins (1981)
- L'imitateur (1982)
- Sortie de secours (1983)
- È pericoloso sporgersi (1984)
- De boot (1985)
- The Kiss (1995)
- Eole (2010)
