Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Directing · Born 1951-04-21 in Engis, Wallonia, Belgium

Biography

Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne (born 21 April 1951) and Luc Dardenne (born 10 March 1954), collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together. The Dardennes began making narrative and documentary films in the late 1970s. They came to international attention in the mid-1990s with La Promesse (The Promise). They won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Their work tends to reflect left-wing themes and points-of-view. In 2002, Olivier Gourmet won Best Actor at Cannes for the Dardennes' Le Fils (The Son). In 2005, they won the Palme d'Or a second time for their film L'Enfant (The Child), putting them in an elite club, at the time, of only…

Filmography

• Trespassing Bergman as Self
• Chaplin Today: Modern Times as Self
• The Legend of the Palme d'Or as Self
• The Home Cinema of the Dardenne Brothers as Self
• French Cinema Mon Amour as Self
• A Special Day as Self
• Two Days, One Night: On Location as Self