Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Jean-Pierre Dardenne was born on Apr 21, 1951 in Belgium. Jean-Pierre Dardenne's big-screen debut came with Falsch directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne in 1987. Jean-Pierre Dardenne is known for Niet Schieten directed by Stijn Coninx, Jan Decleir stars as Albert Van den Abiele and Viviane de Muynck as Metje. Jean-Pierre Dardenne has got 62 awards and 80 nominations so far. The most recent award Jean-Pierre Dardenne achieved is Cannes Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Jean-Pierre Dardenne plays is Animals which will be released on Feb 15, 2023.

After studying drama in the arts institute, Jean Pierre Dardenne and his brother Luc made some videos about the rough life in blue-collar small towns in the Wallonie. After their meeting with filmmaker Armad Gatti and cinematographer Ned Burgess, they decided to enter in the movie business.In 1978 they shot their first documentary, Le chant du rossignol, about the resistance against the Nazis during the second world war in Belgium. In 1986 they shot their first fiction movie, Falsch, about a Jewish family massacred by the Nazis. After their second movie, Je pense a vous, they released La Promesse, a movie about inmigration in Belgium. The film was a success worldwide winning awards in many festivals.In 1999 they had another hit with Rosetta, that won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Festival. The movie tells the story of a blue collar worker with an alcoholic mother who tries to have a better life in a small belgium city.In 2002, they came back to Cannes with their last movie, Le Fils, that won the ecumenical jury prize and the award for best actor for Olivier Gourmet.