JEAN-PIERRE AND LUC DARDENNE - BIOGRAPHY


Jean-Pierre Dardenne was born in Engis, Belgium, in April 1951.

Luc Dardenne was born in Awirs, Belgium, in March 1954.

They made numerous documentaries. In 1975, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne founded the company DERIVES, which has since produced some 60 documentaries, including their own. In 1994, they founded the production company Les Films du Fleuve.


FICTION FEATURES

1987 FALSCH with Bruno Crémer
1989/92 JE PENSE À VOUS
(with Fabienne Babe and Robin Renucci)
1995/6
THE PROMISE (LA PROMESSE)
(with Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet and Assita Ouédraogo,
Prix de la Confédération Internationale desCinémas d'Art et d'Essai - Cannes 1996 Director's Fornight, Nomination for the César for best foreign film 1997
1998/9
ROSETTA
(with Emilie Dequenne, Fabricio Rongione, Anne Yernaux and Olivier Gourmet
Winner - Cannes 1999 - Golden Palm
Winner - Cannes 1999 - Best Actress for Emilie Dequenne)
2002 THE SON (LE FILS)
(Winner – Cannes 2002 – Best Actor for Olivier Gourmet)