Frank Van Passel

Belgian film director and producer (born 1964)

Frank Van Passel
Born	(1964-06-23) 23 June 1964 (age 59) Vilvoorde, Belgium
Occupation(s)	film director, film producer

Frank Van Passel (born 23 June 1964) is a Belgian film director and producer. In 1995, he made his directorial film debut with Manneken Pis, which premiered at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival and won the Mercedes-Benz Award, Grand Golden Rail, Award of the Youth and the Prix Guillermo del Toro .^[1] The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film and four awards at the Joseph Plateau Awards.^[2] Van Passel's next film, Villa des Roses (2002), was adapted from the 1913 novella of the same name by Belgian writer Willem Elsschot. The film starred Julie Delpy, Shaun Dingwall and Shirley Henderson. It won Best Feature at the Hollywood Film Festival and was nominated for three awards at the British Independent Film Awards.^[3] His TV-series received numerous awards, including a Special Commendation Prix d'Europe and the FIPA D'OR Grand Prize in Biarritz for The Emperor of Taste and the TV-critics Award and De HA! van Humo for Terug naar Oosterdonk. He was co-founder of Caviar, a production company with offices in Brussels, Antwerp, Los Angeles, Paris, Amsterdam, London and Prague. Since 2018 he has been working as a freelance director, directing theatre and TV series such as Dag Sinterklaas (Ketnet) and Renaissances (TF1).

Director

Renaissances (2021)
Dag Sinterklaas (2019) (co-direction Stijn Coninx)
Amateurs (2014)
Het varken van Madonna (2011)
De Smaak van De Keyser (2009)
Villa des Roses (2001)
Terug naar Oosterdonk (1997)
Manneken Pis (1995)
Poes Poes Poes
Bex & Blanche
Smeerlappen (1990)
Ti Amo (1989)
De Geur van Regen (1988)

Producer

Vele Hemels
Sprakeloos
Patrouille Linkeroever
Le Tout Nouveau Testament aka The Brand New Testament
Black
Paradise Trips
Terug naar morgen
Tabula Rasa
Amateurs
Clan
My Queen Karo
Bedankt & Merci
Bo
Dennis van Rita
Koning van de Wereld
De Laatste Zomer
Linkeroever
Dirty Mind
De Smaak van De Keyser
Anneliezen
Smoorverliefd
Silent Stories
Dikke Vrienden

References

^ Engelen, Aurore (November 9, 2011). "Van Passel's off-the-wall comedy Madonna's Pig hits screens". Cineuropa. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
^ "Les finalistes du prix UCC". Le Soir (in French). December 21, 1995. p. 11. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
^ Hunter, Allan (21 October 2002). "Villa Des Roses". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 November 2009.