About

Known credits:
43
Birthday:
1958-03-14
Place of birth:
Bailleul, France
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Bruno Dumont

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Bruno Dumont (born 1958, Bailleul, France) is a French film director. To date, he has directed ten feature films, all of which border somewhere between realistic drama and the avant-garde. His films have won several awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Two of Dumont's films have won the Grand Prix award: both L'Humanité (1999) and Flandres (2006). Dumont's Hadewijch won the 2009 Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Special Presentation at the Toronto Film Festival, and will be distributed in France in 2009, and by IFC in the U.S. in 2010.

Dumont has a background of Greek and German (Western) philosophy, and of corporate video. His films often show the ugliness of extreme violence and provocative sexual behavior, and are usually classified as art films. Dumont has himself likened his films to visual arts, and he typically uses long takes, close-ups of people's bodies, and story lines involving extreme emotions. Dumont does not write traditional scripts for his films. Instead, he writes complete novels which are then the basis for his filmmaking.

He says that some of his favorite filmmakers are Stanley Kubrick, Ingmar Bergman, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Roberto Rossellini, and Abbas Kiarostami. He is frequently considered an artistic heir to Robert Bresson.

His work has been associated with the New French Extremity. His film Outside Satan premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

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Known for

Acting
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2015 Bruno Dumont Actor Himself N/A
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2012 Sibérie Actor Self 59
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2012 The Crash of the Legs of the Spider Actor Self N/A
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2010 The Essence of Forms Actor Self N/A
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2006 L'Homme des Flandres Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2024 The Empire Directing Director 58
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2021 France Directing Director 57
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2019 Joan of Arc Directing Director 59
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2018 CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans Directing Director 59
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2017 Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Directing Director 59
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2016 Slack Bay Directing Director 58
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2013 Camille Claudel, 1915 Directing Director 59
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2011 Outside Satan Directing Director 59
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2009 Hadewijch Directing Director 59
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2006 Flanders Directing Director 59
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2003 Twentynine Palms Directing Director 57
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1999 Humanité Directing Director 60
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1997 The Life of Jesus Directing Director 60
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Les Roches Rouges Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 The Empire Writing Writer 58
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2021 France Writing Writer 57
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2019 Joan of Arc Writing Writer 59
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2018 CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans Writing Screenplay 59
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2018 CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans Writing Characters 59
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2018 CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans Writing Characters 70
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2017 Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Writing Writer 59
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2016 Slack Bay Writing Screenplay 58
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2013 Camille Claudel, 1915 Writing Writer 59
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2011 Outside Satan Writing Screenplay 59
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2009 Hadewijch Writing Writer 59
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2006 Flanders Writing Writer 59
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2003 Twentynine Palms Writing Writer 57
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1999 Humanité Writing Writer 60
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1997 The Life of Jesus Writing Writer 60
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Production
1999 Humanité Production Casting 60
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Editing
2024 The Empire Editing Editor 58
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2019 Joan of Arc Editing Editor 59
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2017 Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Editing Editor 59
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2016 Slack Bay Editing Editor 58
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2014 Li'l Quinquin Editing Editor 70
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2013 Camille Claudel, 1915 Editing Editor 59
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2011 Outside Satan Editing Editor 59
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