Awards & Winners

Jaco Van Dormael

Date of Birth 09-February-1957
Place of Birth Ixelles
(Belgium, North Brabant)
Nationality Belgium
Profession Film Director, Screenwriter, Playwright, Film Producer, Cinematographer, Actor
Jaco Van Dormael is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His complex and critically acclaimed films are especially noted for their respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. Van Dormael spent his childhood travelling around Europe, before going on to study filmmaking at the INSAS in Brussels, where he wrote and directed his first short film, Maedeli la brèche, which received the Honorary Foreign Film Award at the Student Academy Awards. Van Dormael's feature debut, Toto le héros, was an immediate hit and won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Five years later Van Dormael was among the prizes again at Cannes with Le huitieme jour, when his two leading actors, Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne, were jointly awarded the prize for Best Actor. His third feature film, Mr. Nobody, received further critical acclaim and many accolades, winning six Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.

Awards by Jaco Van Dormael

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jaco Van Dormael.

2010


European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Film
Honored for : Mr. Nobody
People´s Choice Award for Best European Film
Honored for : Mr. Nobody

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
People´s Choice Award for Best European Film Mr. Nobody
European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Film Mr. Nobody

1992


César Award for Best Foreign Film
Honored for : Toto the Hero

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
César Award for Best Foreign Film Toto the Hero
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film Toto the Hero

1991


European Film Award for Best Young Film
Honored for : Toto the Hero
European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
Honored for : Toto the Hero

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
European Film Award for Best Screenwriter Toto the Hero
European Film Award for Best Young Film Toto the Hero