Lucas Belvaux

Lucas Belvaux
Lucas Belvaux in 2013
Born	(1961-11-14) 14 November 1961 Namur, Belgium
Occupation	Actor, film director, screenwriter
Years active	1980–present

Lucas Belvaux (born 14 November 1961) is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the Trilogie, consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The three films are Cavale, a thriller; Un couple épatant, a comedy; and Après la vie, a melodrama. The Trilogie received the André Cavens Award. His film La Raison du plus faible was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] His film One Night (38 témoins) was nominated for seven Magritte Awards, winning Best Screenplay.

He also appeared as an actor in the film Merry Christmas (2005). He is the brother of Rémy Belvaux and Bruno Belvaux.

Filmography

As director/writer

Year	Title	Box Office	Notes
1992	Parfois trop d'amour
1996	Pour rire !	$1.5 million^[2]	Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Best Screenplay Nominated - Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Golden Alexander Nominated - Torino Film Festival - Best Feature Film
2001	Mère de toxico		TV Movie
2002	Un couple épatant Cavale Après la vie	$5 million^[3]^[4]^[5]	French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Best Film Louis Delluc Prize - Best Film Étoiles d'Or - Best Director Nominated - César Award for Best Director Nominated - César Award for Best Writing Nominated - Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Director Nominated - Valladolid International Film Festival - Golden Spike
2004	Nature contre nature		TV Movie
2006	The Right of the Weakest	$1.4 million^[6]	Nominated - Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
2007	Les prédateurs		TV Series (2 Episodes)
2009	Rapt	$5.5 million^[7]	Nominated - César Award for Best Film Nominated - César Award for Best Director Nominated - CPH:PIX - Politiken's Audience Award
2012	One Night	$3.3 million^[8]	Magritte Award for Best Screenplay Nominated - César Award for Best Adaptation Nominated - Magritte Award for Best Film Nominated - Magritte Award for Best Director
2014	Not My Type	$2.6 million^[9]	Magritte Award for Best Screenplay Nominated - César Award for Best Adaptation Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Film Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Director Nominated - Magritte Award for Best Film Nominated - Magritte Award for Best Director Nominated - Trophees Francophones du Cinema - Best Feature Film
2017	This Is Our Land

As actor

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lucas Belvaux.

Lucas Belvaux at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Lucas Belvaux

Cavale (2002) Un couple épatant (2002) Après la vie (2002) Nature contre nature (2004) The Right of the Weakest (2006) Rapt (2009) One Night (2012) Not My Type (2014) Our Place (2017)

André Cavens Award for Best Film

1970s	The Son of Amir Is Dead – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1976) In the Name of the Führer – Lydia Chagoll (1977) Woman Between Wolf and Dog – André Delvaux (1979)

1980s	My Name Is Anna Magnani – Chris Vermorcken (1980) Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1981) Le Lit – Marion Hänsel (1982) Brussels by Night – Marc Didden (1983) Permeke – Patrick Conrad and Henri Storck (1985) The van Paemel Family – Paul Cammermans (1986) Wedding in Galilee – Michel Khleifi (1987) The Abyss – André Delvaux (1988) Wait Until Spring, Bandini – Dominique Deruddere (1989)

1990s	Monsieur – Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1990) Toto the Hero – Jaco Van Dormael (1991) Man Bites Dog – Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde (1992) Just Friends – Marc-Henri Wajnberg (1993) La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 – Jan Bucquoy (1994) Manneken Pis – Frank Van Passel (1995) La Promesse – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (1996) Gabriel's Dream – Anne Lévy-Morelle (1997) Rosie – Patrice Toye (1998) Rosetta – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (1999)

2000s	Lijmen/Het Been – Robbe De Hert (2000) No Man's Land – Danis Tanović (2001) The Son – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (2002) On the Run / An Amazing Couple / After Life – Lucas Belvaux (2003) Gilles' Wife – Frédéric Fonteyne (2004) The Child – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (2005) The Only One – Geoffrey Enthoven (2006) Private Property – Joachim Lafosse (2007) Eldorado – Bouli Lanners (2008) Unspoken – Fien Troch (2009)

2010s	Mr. Nobody – Jaco Van Dormael (2010) Bullhead – Michael R. Roskam (2011) Our Children – Joachim Lafosse (2012) Kid – Fien Troch (2013) Two Days, One Night – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (2014) The Brand New Testament – Jaco Van Dormael (2015)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 80793589 LCCN: no2002030488 ISNI: 0000 0001 1449 6455 GND: 13645268X SUDOC: 077446631 BNF: cb140257008 (data)

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