About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1977-11-01
Place of birth:
Ghent, Belgium
Website:
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Felix van Groeningen

Overview

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 for his film Belgica. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) and graduated in 2000 with a Masters of Audiovisual Arts, his masters thesis was the short film 50CC. After graduating from college, van Groeningen directed several short films, and written and directed several stage plays. He embarked on a long-term collaboration with Dirk Impens, originally his professor at KASK, who produced all five of Van Groeningen's feature films from 2004 to 2016 under his production company Menuet. Impens announced he was closing down Menuet in July 2017.

He and Belgian actress Charlotte Vandermeersch have a son, Rufus, who was born in 2018. He is fluent in several languages, including Flemish Dutch, French, and English.

Known for

Acting
2018 Hollywood on the river Scheldt Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2022 The Eight Mountains Directing Director 69
Fair
2018 Beautiful Boy Directing Director 73
Good
2016 Belgica Directing Director 59
Average
2012 The Broken Circle Breakdown Directing Director 71
Good
2009 The Misfortunates Directing Director 62
Fair
2007 With Friends Like These Directing Director 59
Average
2004 Steve + Sky Directing Director 59
Average
2001 België-Turkije Directing Assistant Director N/A
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2001 Bonjour Madam Directing Director N/A
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2000 50CC Directing Director N/A
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1999 Truth or Dare Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2022 The Eight Mountains Writing Screenplay 69
Fair
2018 Beautiful Boy Writing Screenplay 73
Good
2016 Belgica Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2012 The Broken Circle Breakdown Writing Adaptation 71
Good
2012 The Broken Circle Breakdown Writing Screenplay 71
Good
2009 The Misfortunates Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
2007 With Friends Like These Writing Writer 59
Average
2004 Steve + Sky Writing Writer 59
Average
2000 50CC Writing Writer N/A
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1999 Truth or Dare Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2000 50CC Production Producer N/A
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Camera
2000 Innocence Camera Assistant Grip 59
Average