Felix van Groeningen

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1977-11-01 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Ghent, Belgium

Felix van Groeningen

Biography

Felix van Groeningen (born 1 November, 1977; Ghent) is a Belgian filmmaker. He is known for The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) and Belgica (2016), with the former being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. He made his English-language debut with the biographical drama Beautiful Boy (2018). Van Groeningen was born in Ghent. His parents were hippies who led a very liberal lifestyle. He has an older brother, Seppe. After his parents' divorce, they lived in the same house, but each with a new partner. His father started a live music club 'The Charlatan' when he was twelve-years-old, which became the inspiration fo...

Production

2009

2009

The Misfortunates

as Screenplay

2004

Steve + Sky

as Writer

2004

Steve + Sky

as Director

2022

The Eight Mountains

as Screenplay

1999

Truth or Dare

as Screenplay

1999

Truth or Dare

as Director

2001

Bonjour Madam

as Director

2000

50CC

as Producer

2000

Innocence

as Assistant Grip

2001

België-Turkije

as Assistant Director

2016

Belgica

as Director

2016

Belgica

as Screenplay

2018

Beautiful Boy

as Director

2018

Beautiful Boy

as Screenplay

2000

50CC

as Director

2000

50CC

as Writer

2022

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