Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Born: 1951-04-21 in Engis, 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
- Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life as Self
- Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema as Self
- Butterfly Jam ... (Co-Producer)
- Les yeux verts ... (Co-Producer)
2025
- Manas ... (Associate Producer)
- Young Mothers ... (Writer)
- Bella ... (Producer)
- Adam's Sake ... (Producer)
- Bella ... (Producer)
- Julian ... (Co-Producer)
- Traffic ... (Producer)
2024
- Emilia Pérez ... (Co-Producer)
- Foreign Language ... (Executive Producer)
- The Most Precious of Cargoes ... (Co-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
- My Night ... (Co-Producer)
- Tori and Lokita ... (Producer)
- Saturn Bowling ... (Co-Producer)
- Animals ... (Co-Producer)
- The Eden of La Ciotat
2021
- Red Soil ... (Co-Producer)
- La Civil ... (Co-Producer)
- Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur as Self - Interviewee
2020
- Atarrabi & Mikelats ... (Producer)
- Honey Cigar ... (Co-Producer)
2019
- Young Ahmed ... (Director)
- Casanova, Last Love ... (Co-Producer)
2018
- The Sisters Brothers ... (Thanks)
- Don't Shoot ... (Producer)
- Carnivores ... (Co-Producer)
- Dear Son ... (Producer)
- Fatwa ... (Co-Producer)
- Paul Sanchez Is Back! ... (Co-Producer)
- How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal ... (Producer)
2017
- Plankton Salesmen as Self (archive footage)
- The Elephant and the Butterfly ... (Producer)
- Endangered Species ... (Co-Producer)
2016
- Graduation ... (Co-Producer)
- Hedi ... (Co-Producer)
- Planetarium ... (Co-Producer)
- The Dancer ... (Co-Producer)
- The Unknown Girl ... (Director)
- Good Luck Sam ... (Producer)
- Pericle ... (Co-Producer)
- The Son of Joseph ... (Co-Producer)
- Behind the Clouds ... (Co-Producer)
2015
- The Legend of the Palme d'Or as Self
- Diary of a Chambermaid ... (Co-Producer)
- Il était une fois... « Rosetta » as Self
- Les Cowboys ... (Co-Producer)
- French Cinema Mon Amour as Self
- Two Days, One Night: On Location as Self
- The Dardennes on Leon M's Boat as Self
- Long Live the Bride ... (Co-Producer)
2014
- Two Days, One Night ... (Director)
- À ciel ouvert ... (Co-Producer)
- Wild Life ... (Co-Producer)
- Jean Pierre Et Luc Dardenne : Leçon de cinéma as Self - Guest
- 40-Love ... (Producer)
2013
- Clique as Self - Guest
- Trespassing Bergman as Self
- Playing Dead ... (Producer)
- Marina ... (Co-Producer)
- Ion ... (Producer)
- L'âge de raison, le cinéma des frères Dardenne as Self
2012
- Rust and Bone ... (Co-Producer)
- A Special Day as Self
- Beyond the Hills ... (Co-Producer)
- Summer with Anton ... (Producer)
- White Elephant ... (Thanks)
2011
- The Kid with a Bike ... (Director)
- The Minister ... (Producer)
- Return to Seraing as Self - Interviewee
2010
- 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
- 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)
2006
- The Colonel ... (Producer)
- Rwanda, les collines parlent ... (Producer)
- The Home Cinema of the Dardenne Brothers as Self
2005
- Être amoureux ... (Producer)
- The Ax ... (Producer)
- The Child ... (Producer)
- Life, Differently ... (Executive Producer)
- Il fare politica ... (Producer)
- J'aime la vie, je fais du vélo, je vais au cinéma as Self - Interviewee
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
- The Son ... (Director)
- Two Sisters ... (Producer)
- Brook by Brook ... (Co-Producer)
- Romances de terre et d'eau ... (Producer)
- First Love ... (Producer)
2001
- The Milk of Human Kindness ... (Co-Producer)
2000
- La devinière ... (Line Producer)
1999
- Rosetta ... (Director)
- L'héritier ... (Executive Producer)
- Les siestes Grenadine ... (Producer)
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
1997
- Do You Remember Revolution? ... (Producer)
- Gigi, Monica... et Bianca ... (Producer)
1996
- La Promesse ... (Director)
1995
- Faute de soleil ... (Co-Producer)
1993
- Thinking of You ... (Director)
1987
- Falsch ... (Director)
- Il court, il court, le monde ... (Director)
1983
- Regard Jonathan/Jean Louvet, son oeuvre ... (Camera Operator)
- The Writing on the Wall ... (Producer)
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
- When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time ... (Director of Photography)
1978
- Le Chant du rossignol ... (Director)