Jean-Jacques Andrien

Belgian film director (born 1944)

Jean-Jacques Andrien
Born	(1944-06-01) 1 June 1944 (age 79) Verviers (Wallonia)
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1972–present

Jean-Jacques Andrien (born 1 June 1944) is a Belgian film director. Le Monde deem his film Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven (1981), to be the first great Film of a Walloon cinema^[1] This film addresses two problems; the first is that of Belgium's region, site of a bitter conflict between Flemish and Walloon inhabitants, and the second that of a dramatic changes that have affected the agricultural world.^[2] The film was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.^[3]

Filmography

see^[4]

L'babou 1970
La Pierre qui flotte (1971)
Le Rouge, le rouge et le rouge (1972) (10 minutes)
Le Fils d'Amr est mort (1971) André Cavens Award; Leopard of Honour Locarno International Film Festival
Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven (1981) (88 minutes) André Cavens Award; Grand Prix du festival d'Aurillac^{[permanent dead link]}
Mémoires (1985) (55 minutes] Golden Plaque International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
Australia (1989) (118 minutes) Best Photography Venice Film Festival

Notes

^ Quoted by Jean-Patrick Duchesne Des arts plastiques au cinéma in Bruno Demoulin et Jean-Louis Kupper, Histoire de la Wallonie, Privat, Toulouse, 2004, pages 366-377, p. 376 ISBN 2-7089-4779-6
^ Lieve Spaas, The Francophone Film: A Struggle for Identity Published by Manchester University Press, 2000, p. 19, ISBN 0-7190-5861-9
^ "Berlinale 1981: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
^ "Catalogue". Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2009.

External links

Cinéma Wallonie Interview, Photos, in French
Biography for Jean-Jacques Andrien

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Belgian Film Critics Association Award for Best Film

1976–1989

The Son of Amir Is Dead – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1976)
In the Name of the Führer – Lydia Chagoll (1977)
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna – Chantal Akerman (1978)
Woman Between Wolf and Dog – André Delvaux (1979)
My Name Is Anna Magnani – Chris Vermorcken (1980)
Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1981)
Le Lit – Marion Hänsel (1982)
Brussels by Night – Marc Didden (1983)
Permeke – Patrick Conrad and Henri Storck (1985)
The van Paemel Family – Paul Cammermans (1986)
Wedding in Galilee – Michel Khleifi (1987)
The Abyss – André Delvaux (1988)
Wait Until Spring, Bandini – Dominique Deruddere (1989)

1990–2009

Monsieur – Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1990)
Toto the Hero – Jaco Van Dormael (1991)
Man Bites Dog – Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde (1992)
Just Friends – Marc-Henri Wajnberg (1993)
The Sexual Life of the Belgians – Jan Bucquoy (1994)
Manneken Pis – Frank Van Passel (1995)
La Promesse – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1996)
Gabriel's Dream – Anne Lévy-Morelle (1997)
Rosie – Patrice Toye (1998)
Rosetta – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1999)
Lijmen/Het Been – Robbe De Hert (2000)
No Man's Land – Danis Tanović (2001)
The Son – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2002)
On the Run / An Amazing Couple / After Life – Lucas Belvaux (2003)
Gilles' Wife – Frédéric Fonteyne (2004)
L'Enfant – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2005)
The Only One – Geoffrey Enthoven (2006)
Private Property – Joachim Lafosse (2007)
Eldorado – Bouli Lanners (2008)
Unspoken – Fien Troch (2009)

2010–present

Mr. Nobody – Jaco Van Dormael (2010)
Bullhead – Michael R. Roskam (2011)
Our Children – Joachim Lafosse (2012)
Kid – Fien Troch (2013)
Two Days, One Night – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2014)
The Brand New Testament – Jaco Van Dormael (2015)
After Love – Joachim Lafosse (2016)
Home – Fien Troch (2017)
Girl – Lukas Dhont (2018)
Our Mothers – César Díaz (2019)
Adoration – Fabrice Du Welz (2020)
Playground – Laura Wandel (2021)
Close – Lukas Dhont (2022)
Love According to Dalva – Emmanuelle Nicot (2023)

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