Luc Dardenne
Born: 1954-03-10 in Awirs, Wallonia, Belgium
Known For: Directing
Biography
Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne (born 21 April 1951) and Luc Dardenne (born 10 March 1954), collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together. The Dardennes began making narrative and documentary films in the late 1970s. They came to international attention in the mid-1990s with La Promesse (The Promise). They won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Their work tends to reflect left-wing themes and points-of-view. In 2002, Olivier Gourmet won Best Actor at Cannes for the Dardennes' Le Fils (The Son). In 2005, they won the Palme d'Or a second time for their film L'Enfant (The Child), putting them in an elite club, at the time, of only seven. Their film, Le Silence de Lorna (Lorna's Silence), won Best Screenplay at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was released in Europe in the fall. Their film The Kid with a Bike won the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, received one Golden Globe nomination and eight Magritte Award nominations. Jean-Pierre was the jury president for the Cinéfoundation and Short Films sections of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. In 2015, their film Deux jours, une nuit (Two Days, One Night) received nine Magritte Award nominations (winning three) and one Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Marion Cotillard. Their 2019 feature Young Ahmed won them the Best Director Award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Their 2022 film Tori and Lokita won the 75th Anniversary Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Creators of intensely naturalistic films about working class life in Belgium, brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne have created a notable body of work since 1996. With La Promesse (The Promise) (1996), Rosetta (1999), Le Fils (The Son) (2002), and L'Enfant (The Child) (2005), the Dardennes' films show young people at the fringes of society – immigrants, the unemployed, the inhabitants of shelters. Both Rosetta and L'Enfant were awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the only two Belgian films ever to earn the honor. The Dardennes were born and raised in Seraing in Liege, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium. Jean-Pierre (born in 1951) studied drama while Luc (born three years later) studied philosophy. In 1975 they established Derives, the production company that produced the roughly sixty documentary films they made before branching into feature films. These films covered such topics as Polish immigration, World War II resistance, a general strike in 1960. Their first two feature films, however, are rarely seen today: Falsch (1987) adapted from René Kalisky, featuring Bruno Cremer and Je pense a vous (1992). The Dardennes had their first international success with La Promesse (The Promise) in 1996. ... Source: Article "Dardenne brothers" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2025
- Young Mothers ... (Director)
- Manas ... (Associate Producer)
- Adam's Sake ... (Producer)
- The Ozu Diaries as Self
- Bella ... (Producer)
- Traffic ... (Producer)
- Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema as Self
- Julian ... (Co-Producer)
- Bella ... (Producer)
2024
- Julie Keeps Quiet ... (Co-Producer)
- Foreign Language ... (Executive Producer)
- The Most Precious of Cargoes ... (Co-Producer)
2023
- The Line ... (Co-Producer)
- Holly ... (Co-Producer)
- Beau geste as Self
- Black Box ... (Co-Producer)
2022
- Saturn Bowling ... (Co-Producer)
- Animals ... (Co-Producer)
- My Night ... (Co-Producer)
- Tori and Lokita ... (Producer)
- The Eden of La Ciotat
2021
- La Civil ... (Co-Producer)
- Red Soil ... (Co-Producer)
- Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur as Self - Interviewee
2020
- Atarrabi & Mikelats ... (Producer)
- Honey Cigar ... (Co-Producer)
2019
- Casanova, Last Love ... (Co-Producer)
- Young Ahmed ... (Director)
2018
- The Sisters Brothers ... (Thanks)
- Paul Sanchez Is Back! ... (Co-Producer)
- Don't Shoot ... (Producer)
- Dear Son ... (Producer)
- How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal ... (Producer)
- Carnivores ... (Co-Producer)
- Fatwa ... (Co-Producer)
2017
- Endangered Species ... (Co-Producer)
- Plankton Salesmen as Self (archive footage)
- The Elephant and the Butterfly ... (Producer)
2016
- Planetarium ... (Co-Producer)
- Behind the Clouds ... (Co-Producer)
- The Dancer ... (Co-Producer)
- The Son of Joseph ... (Co-Producer)
- Pericle ... (Co-Producer)
- The Unknown Girl ... (Director)
- Graduation ... (Co-Producer)
- Hedi ... (Co-Producer)
- Good Luck Sam ... (Producer)
- Une vie contre l'oubli
2015
- Les Cowboys ... (Co-Producer)
- Long Live the Bride ... (Co-Producer)
- The Legend of the Palme d'Or as Self
- Diary of a Chambermaid ... (Co-Producer)
- French Cinema Mon Amour as Self
- Il était une fois... « Rosetta » as Self
- The Dardennes on Leon M's Boat as Self
- Two Days, One Night: On Location as Self
2014
- Wild Life ... (Co-Producer)
- Two Days, One Night ... (Director)
- 40-Love ... (Producer)
- À ciel ouvert ... (Co-Producer)
- Jean Pierre Et Luc Dardenne : Leçon de cinéma as Self - Guest
2013
- Marina ... (Co-Producer)
- Trespassing Bergman as Self
- Clique as Self - Guest
- Playing Dead ... (Producer)
- L'âge de raison, le cinéma des frères Dardenne as Self
- Ion ... (Producer)
2012
- Beyond the Hills ... (Co-Producer)
- A Special Day as Self
- Rust and Bone ... (Co-Producer)
- White Elephant ... (Thanks)
- Summer with Anton ... (Producer)
2011
- The Minister ... (Producer)
- The Kid with a Bike ... (Director)
- Bloody Eyes ... (Story)
- Return to Seraing as Self - Interviewee
2010
- A Letter to Elia ... (Thanks)
- Sodankylä Forever as Self
- K.O.R. ... (Producer)
2009
- The Front Line ... (Producer)
- Children Without a Shadow ... (Executive Producer)
- Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne : devenir un être humain as Self
2008
- Lorna's Silence ... (Director)
- Premier Jour ... (Producer)
2007
- Madonnas ... (Co-Producer)
- To Each His Own Cinema ... (Director)
- Vous êtes de la police ? ... (Co-Producer)
- Why We Can't See Each Other Outside When the Sun is Shining ... (Producer)
- Darkness ... (Script)
2006
- The Colonel ... (Producer)
- Rwanda, les collines parlent ... (Producer)
- The Home Cinema of the Dardenne Brothers as Self
2005
- The Ax ... (Producer)
- The Child ... (Director)
- Il fare politica ... (Producer)
- Être amoureux ... (Producer)
- J'aime la vie, je fais du vélo, je vais au cinéma as Self - Interviewee
- Life, Differently ... (Executive Producer)
2004
- Leçon de Cinéma as Self
- The Sun Assassinated ... (Producer)
- La beauté du geste as Self
2003
- Stormy Weather ... (Producer)
- The Living World ... (Co-Producer)
- Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times' as Self
2002
- First Love ... (Producer)
- Two Sisters ... (Producer)
- The Son ... (Director)
- Brook by Brook ... (Co-Producer)
- Romances de terre et d'eau ... (Producer)
2001
- The Milk of Human Kindness ... (Co-Producer)
2000
- La devinière ... (Line Producer)
1999
- Rosetta ... (Director)
- Les siestes Grenadine ... (Producer)
- L'héritier ... (Executive Producer)
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
1997
- Gigi, Monica... et Bianca ... (Executive Producer)
- Do You Remember Revolution? ... (Producer)
1996
- La Promesse ... (Director)
1995
- Faute de soleil ... (Co-Producer)
1993
- Thinking of You ... (Director)
1987
- Il court, il court, le monde ... (Director)
- Falsch ... (Director)
1983
- The Writing on the Wall ... (Producer)
- Regard Jonathan/Jean Louvet, son oeuvre ... (Editor)
1982
- Lessons from a University on the Fly ... (Director of Photography)
1981
- R... Doesn't Answer Anymore ... (Director of Photography)
1980
- For the War to End, the Walls Should Have Crumbled ... (Director)
1979
1978
- Le Chant du rossignol ... (Director)