Luc Dardenne
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 10, 1954, Awirs, Wallonia, Belgium
- Movies
- 76
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life | Self |
| 2026 | Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema | Self |
| 2025 | The Ozu Diaries | Self |
| 2022 | The Eden of La Ciotat | |
| 2021 | Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur | Self - Interviewee |
| 2017 | Plankton Salesmen | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Une vie contre l'oubli | |
| 2015 | French Cinema Mon Amour | Self |
| 2015 | The Legend of the Palme d'Or | Self |
| 2015 | Il était une fois... « Rosetta » | Self |
| 2015 | Two Days, One Night: On Location | Self |
| 2015 | The Dardennes on Leon M's Boat | Self |
| 2014 | Jean Pierre Et Luc Dardenne : Leçon de cinéma | Self - Guest |
| 2013 | L'âge de raison, le cinéma des frères Dardenne | Self |
| 2013 | Trespassing Bergman | Self |
| 2012 | A Special Day | Self |
| 2011 | Return to Seraing | Self - Interviewee |
| 2009 | Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne : devenir un être humain | Self |
| 2006 | The Home Cinema of the Dardenne Brothers | Self |
| 2005 | J'aime la vie, je fais du vélo, je vais au cinéma | Self - Interviewee |
| 2004 | La beauté du geste | Self |
| 2003 | Chaplin Today: Modern Times | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
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