Felix van Groeningen

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1977-11-01 (47 years old)

Place of Birth Ghent, Belgium

Also Known As Феликс Ван Грунинген

Felix van Groeningen

Biography

Felix van Groeningen (born 1 November, 1977; Ghent) is a Belgian filmmaker. He is known for The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) and Belgica (2016), with the former being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. He made his English-language debut with the biographical drama Beautiful Boy (2018). Van Groeningen was born in Ghent. His parents were hippies who led a very liberal lifestyle. He has an older brother, Seppe. After his parents' divorce, they lived in the same house, but each with a new partner. His father started a live music club 'The Charlatan' when he was twelve-years-old, which became the inspiration for his film Belgica. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) and graduated in 2000 with a Masters of Audiovisual Arts, his masters thesis was the short film 50CC. After graduating from college, van Groeningen directed several short films, and written and directed several stage plays. He embarked on a long-term collaboration with Dirk Impens, originally his professor at KASK, who produced all five of Van Groeningen's feature films from 2004 to 2016 under his production company Menuet. Impens announced he was closing down Menuet in July 2017. He and Belgian actress Charlotte Vandermeersch have a son, Rufus, who was born in 2018. He is fluent in several languages, including Flemish Dutch, French, and English.

Known For

Director

2022
2018
Beautiful Boy

as Director

2016
Belgica

as Director

2009
The Misfortunates

as Director

2007
2004
Steve + Sky

as Director

2001
Bonjour Madam

as Director

2001
België-Turkije

as Assistant Director

2000
50CC

as Director

1999
Truth or Dare

as Director

Writer

2022
The Eight Mountains

as Screenplay

2018
Beautiful Boy

as Screenplay

2016
Belgica

as Screenplay

2012
2012
2009
The Misfortunates

as Screenplay

2004
Steve + Sky

as Writer

2000
50CC

as Writer

1999
Truth or Dare

as Screenplay

Producer

2000
50CC

as Producer

Camera

2000
Innocence

as Assistant Grip