Stijn Coninx
Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957) is a Belgian film director.
Stijn Coninx
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- Full name
- Augustijn Robert Marguerite and baron Coninx.
- Born
- 1957. · Neerpelt.
- Nationality
- Belgium.
- Occupation
- screenwriter and director.
- Languages
- French and Dutch.
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Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957) is a Belgian film director.
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Stijn Coninx (born 1957) is a director, film director and screenwriter, among other activities, of Belgian nationality. The director was born Augustijn Robert Marguerite, baron Coninx in Neerpelt. Languages used include Dutch and French.
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Career
Career
He studied film directing at HRITCS (currently Ritcs, at Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel). Conicx made his debut as film director in 1987 with the comedy Hector, which became the most successful movie in Belgium for a few years. He is best known for his film Daens, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992. In 1993, Stijn Coninx was made a Baron by king Baudouin. Coninx released two well received biographical films of Belgian artists, Sister Smile about The Singing Nun and Marina about Rocco Granata.
Director
Director
Servais (1980), his university finals film. Surfing (1982), short film. Hector (1987) Koko Flanel (1990) Daens (1992) (nominated for an Academy Award) When the Light Comes (Licht) (1998) Sea of Silence (Verder dan de maan) (2003) To Walk Again (2007), documentary Sister Smile (2009) Marina (2013) Ay Ramon! (2015) Niet Schieten (2018) Sinterklaas en de Wakkere Nachten (2018) Sinterklaas en Koning Kabberdas (2021)
Assistant director
Assistant director
Het Beest (1982) Zaman (1983) (credited as Stijn Coninckx) Wildschut (1985) (Stronghold in the United States) De Leeuw van Vlaanderen (1985) Skin (1987) Blueberry Hill (1989)
Television work
Television work
Het Peulengaleis (1999) TV series Nefast voor de feestvreugde (2001, 2002, 2003) TV series De Kavijaks (2005) Anneliezen (2010)
Stijn Coninx op Film Fest Gent 2021.
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Honours
1993: Created Baron Coninx by King Baudouin Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.
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