Jaco Van Dormael, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jaco Van Dormael

Belgian director and writer

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1957

Place of Birth: Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Profession: screenwriter, writer, cinematographer, performing artist, film director, film producer, theater director

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright.
His films especially focus on a 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 (1981), which received the Honorary Foreign Film Award at the Student Academy Awards.
Van Dormael's feature debut, Toto le héros (1991), won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Five years later, Le huitième jour (1996) played at Cannes, where his two leading actors, Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne, were jointly awarded the prize for Best Actor.
His third feature film, Mr.
Nobody (2009), won six Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.