Bénédicte Liénard
Illustration — Liénard in 2025 Bénédicte Liénard (benedikt ljenaʁ; born 25 April 1965 in Mons, Belgium) is a Belgian filmmaker.
Also recorded as Benedicte Lienard
Bénédicte Liénard

Pedro J Pacheco · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- 1965 · Frameries.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter
- Fields
- performing arts · cinematography
- Education
- Institut des arts de diffusion
- Languages
- French
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Benedicte Lienard studied at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion section realization cinema in Louvain-La-Neuve. At 24, she directed her first short film and then assistant director on films Jaco Van Dormael, Manu Bonmariage, Raymond Depardon, the Dardenne brothers. In 1997 and 98, it is dedicated to the creation of a workshop of expression through images and sound environment prison. The exhibition "Images free head" at the Museum of Photography in Charleroi gives see photos and videos of female inmates from the prison of Lantin. She is vice-president of the Belgian section of the International Observatory of Prisons.
Notable films
• A Piece of Sky • Toto the Hero • Service compris

Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jiménez at the Red Carpet of the Malaga 2025 Festival at Malaga City Council
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