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

2026

Butterfly Jam ... (Co-Producer)
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema as Self
Vittorio De Sica – La Vie in Scene as Self

2025

Young Mothers ... (Writer)
Manas ... (Associate Producer)
Adam's Sake ... (Producer)
Julian ... (Co-Producer)
Traffic ... (Producer)
The Ozu Diaries as Self
Bella ... (Producer)
Bella ... (Producer)

2024

Emilia Pérez ... (Co-Producer)
The Most Precious of Cargoes ... (Co-Producer)
Foreign Language ... (Executive Producer)
Julie Keeps Quiet ... (Co-Producer)

2023

Beau geste as Self
Jeanne du Barry ... (Co-Producer)
Holly ... (Co-Producer)
The Line ... (Co-Producer)
Black Box ... (Co-Producer)

2022

Tori and Lokita ... (Producer)
Saturn Bowling ... (Co-Producer)
Animals ... (Co-Producer)
My Night ... (Co-Producer)
The Eden of La Ciotat

2021

La Civil ... (Co-Producer)
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur as Self - Interviewee
Red Soil ... (Co-Producer)

2020

Honey Cigar ... (Co-Producer)
Atarrabi and Mikelats ... (Producer)

2019

Casanova, Last Love ... (Co-Producer)
Young Ahmed ... (Producer)

2018

The Sisters Brothers ... (Thanks)
Carnivores ... (Co-Producer)
Don't Shoot ... (Producer)
How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal ... (Producer)
Dear Son ... (Producer)
Fatwa ... (Co-Producer)
Paul Sanchez Is Back! ... (Co-Producer)

2017

Plankton Salesmen as Self (archive footage)
The Elephant and the Butterfly ... (Producer)
Endangered Species ... (Co-Producer)

2016

Planetarium ... (Co-Producer)
The Dancer ... (Co-Producer)
Graduation ... (Co-Producer)
The Unknown Girl ... (Director)
Pericle ... (Co-Producer)
Hedi ... (Co-Producer)
Behind the Clouds ... (Co-Producer)
Good Luck Sam ... (Producer)
The Son of Joseph ... (Co-Producer)
Une vie contre l'oubli

2015

Diary of a Chambermaid ... (Co-Producer)
Les Cowboys ... (Co-Producer)
French Cinema Mon Amour as Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or as Self
Long Live the Bride ... (Co-Producer)
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

Two Days, One Night ... (Director)
40-Love ... (Producer)
Wild Life ... (Co-Producer)
À ciel ouvert ... (Co-Producer)
Jean Pierre Et Luc Dardenne : Leçon de cinéma as Self - Guest

2013

Clique as Self - Guest
Trespassing Bergman as Self
Marina ... (Co-Producer)
Playing Dead ... (Producer)
Ion ... (Producer)
L'âge de raison, le cinéma des frères Dardenne as Self

2012

Rust and Bone ... (Co-Producer)
Beyond the Hills ... (Co-Producer)
A Special Day as Self
Summer with Anton ... (Producer)
White Elephant ... (Thanks)

2011

The Kid with a Bike ... (Director)
The Minister ... (Producer)
Bloody Eyes ... (Story)
Return to Seraing as Self - Interviewee

2010

Sodankylä Forever as Self
A Letter to Elia ... (Thanks)
K.O.R. ... (Producer)

2009

The Front Line ... (Producer)
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne : devenir un être humain as Self
Children Without a Shadow ... (Executive Producer)

2008

Lorna's Silence ... (Director)
Premier Jour ... (Producer)

2007

To Each His Own Cinema ... (Director)
Madonnas ... (Co-Producer)
Vous êtes de la police ? ... (Co-Producer)
Why We Can't See Each Other Outside When the Sun is Shining ... (Producer)

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)
J'aime la vie, je fais du vélo, je vais au cinéma as Self - Interviewee
Il fare politica ... (Producer)
Life, Differently ... (Executive Producer)
Être amoureux ... (Producer)

2004

Leçon de Cinéma as Self
La beauté du geste as Self
The Sun Assassinated ... (Producer)

2003

Stormy Weather ... (Producer)
Chaplin Today: Modern Times as Self
The Living World ... (Co-Producer)

2002

The Son ... (Writer)
First Love ... (Producer)
Two Sisters ... (Producer)
Romances de terre et d'eau ... (Producer)
Brook by Brook ... (Co-Producer)

2001

The Milk of Human Kindness ... (Co-Producer)

2000

La devinière ... (Line Producer)

1999

Rosetta ... (Producer)
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)