Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Directing·Apr 21, 1951·Engis, Wallonia, Belgium

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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.

Film	Credit
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life2026 · Self	Self
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema2026 · Self	Self
Adam's Sake2025 · Producer	Producer
Traffic2025 · Producer	Producer
Bella2025 · Producer	Producer
Bella2025 · Producer	Producer
Young Mothers2025 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Tori and Lokita2022 · Producer, Director, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Eden of La Ciotat2022 · Actor	Actor
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur2021 · Self - Interviewee	Self - Interviewee
Atarrabi & Mikelats2020 · Producer	Producer
Young Ahmed2019 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Dear Son2018 · Producer	Producer
How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal2018 · Producer	Producer
Don't Shoot2018 · Producer	Producer
The Elephant and the Butterfly2017 · Producer	Producer
Plankton Salesmen2017 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Unknown Girl2016 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Good Luck Sam2016 · Producer	Producer
French Cinema Mon Amour2015 · Self	Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or2015 · Self	Self
Il était une fois... « Rosetta »2015 · Self	Self
The Dardennes on Leon M's Boat2015 · Self	Self
Two Days, One Night: On Location2015 · Self	Self
40-Love2014 · Producer	Producer
Jean Pierre Et Luc Dardenne : Leçon de cinéma2014 · Self - Guest	Self - Guest
Two Days, One Night2014 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Playing Dead2013 · Producer	Producer
L'âge de raison, le cinéma des frères Dardenne2013 · Self	Self
Trespassing Bergman2013 · Self	Self
Ion2013 · Producer	Producer
A Special Day2012 · Self	Self
Summer with Anton2012 · Producer	Producer
The Minister2011 · Producer	Producer
The Kid with a Bike2011 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Return to Seraing2011 · Self - Interviewee	Self - Interviewee
K.O.R.2010 · Producer	Producer
The Front Line2009 · Producer	Producer
JJean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne : devenir un être humain2009 · Self	Self
Lorna's Silence2008 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
PPremier Jour2008 · Producer	Producer
To Each His Own Cinema2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
WWhy We Can't See Each Other Outside When the Sun is Shining2007 · Producer	Producer
The Colonel2006 · Producer	Producer
RRwanda, les collines parlent2006 · Producer	Producer
The Home Cinema of the Dardenne Brothers2006 · Self	Self
The Child2005 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
Il fare politica2005 · Producer	Producer