Jean-Pierre DARDENNE

Director, Script Writer

Belgium

Jean-Pierre DARDENNE © Christine Plenus

"With the Cinéfondation and the Short Film Competition, one is certain to discover young filmmakers, new ways of seeing which will help us in the business of living."

Jean-Pierre Dardenne was born in 1951 in Engis (Belgium). When studying drama he met the poet, playwright and director Armand Gatti and became his assistant. In 1974, he and his brother Luc began shooting socially engaged videos and reports, going on to produce and direct documentaries from the production workshop Dérives. They moved into fiction with Falsch (1987), followed by Je Pense à Vous (1992). Their third film, La Promesse (1996), was successfully presented at the Directors’ Fortnight. In 1999, the Festival de Cannes selected Rosetta for the competition and the jury bestowed the film with the Palme d’Or – as well as the Best Actress prize, to newcomer Émilie Dequenne. The brothers were again in competition in 2002 with The Son for which Olivier Gourmet won Best Actor. In 2005, they came away with their second Palme d’Or, for The Child. Lorna’s Silence was awarded Best Screenplay in 2008. Continuing their journey with the Festival de Cannes, in 2011 they were back with The Kid with a Bike, for which they received the Grand Prix. In 1994, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne founded Les Films du Fleuve to produce their own films and those of other directors.

Jury attendance

  • President Cinéfondation & Short Films, 2012
  • President Caméra d'Or, 2006
  • President Cinéfondation & Short Films, 2000

Feature films

TORI ET LOKITA

In Competition - Feature Films, 2022Director, Screenplay

LE JEUNE AHMED

In Competition - Feature Films, 2019Screenplay, Director

LA FILLE INCONNUE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2016Director, Screenplay

DEUX JOURS, UNE NUIT

In Competition - Feature Films, 2014Director, Screenplay

LE GAMIN AU VÉLO

In Competition - Feature Films, 2011Director, Screenplay

LE SILENCE DE LORNA

In Competition - Feature Films, 2008Director, Screenplay

CHACUN SON CINÉMA

Out of Competition, 2007Director

L’ENFANT

In Competition - Feature Films, 2005Director, Screenplay

LE FILS

In Competition - Feature Films, 2002Director, Screenplay

ROSETTA

In Competition - Feature Films, 1999Screenplay, Director

FALSCH

Perspectives Cinéma français, 1987Director

Awards

TORI ET LOKITA

(TORI AND LOKITA) In Competition - Feature Films, 2022
2022 75th Award
Director, Screenplay

LE GAMIN AU VÉLO

(THE KID WITH A BIKE) In Competition - Feature Films, 2011
2011 Grand Prix (Ex-Aequo)
Director, Screenplay

LE SILENCE DE LORNA

(LORNA’S SILENCE) In Competition - Feature Films, 2008
2008 Award for Best Screenplay
Director, Screenplay

L’ENFANT

In Competition - Feature Films, 2005
2005 Palme d'or
Director, Screenplay

ROSETTA

In Competition - Feature Films, 1999
1999 Palme d'or (Remis à l'unanimité)1999 Award for Best Actress (Ex-Aequo)
Screenplay, Director