Jaco VAN DORMAEL

Director

Country: BELGIUM

Biography

Born February 9, 1957, in Brussels, Belgium. Childhood in Germany. Film studies at INSAS (Brussels) and Louis Lumière (Paris). Former stage director for children, ex- clown. FILMOGRAPHY: 1980 : MAEDELI LA BRECHE Short Fiction for children (18 min) Oscar for Best Foreign Student Film, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Los Angeles 81 Best Fiction Short Film - Brussels 81 "Channel 4" Prize- Munich 83 1981: STADE 81 Documentary Caducée d'Or- Rennes 82 Jury Commendation - MIFED 82 LES VOISINS Documentary (16 min) "Cinéma du Réel" Festival - Paris 84 1982: L'IMITATEUR Fiction documentary (29 min) Best Fiction Short Film and Best Documentary- Brussels 83 1983 : SORTIE DE SECOURS Documentary (18 min) 1984 : E PERICOLOSO SPORGERSI Fiction (13 min) International Grand Prize - Clermont-Ferrand 85 Best Director Prize- Brussels 84 1985 : DE BOOT Fiction, musical (20 min) Best Fiction Film - Brussels 86 1991 : TOTO LE HÉROS (Toto the Hero) Caméra d'Or and Audience Prize - Cannes 91 Felix for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Screenplay - 91 Audience PrizeLocarno 91 Best Foreign Film César - 92 1995 : LE HUITIEME JOUR (The Eighth Day) Official Selection Cannes 1996 Best Actor Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne

Films presented in Cannes

1996 - LE HUITIÈME JOUR - In Competition Director, Screenplay
1991 - TOTO LE HEROS - Section parallèle Director

Awards

1991 - Caméra d'or - TOTO LE HEROS - Long métrage

Member of the Jury

1998 - Courts métrages - Member