FILM DIRECTOR

Felix van Groeningen

1977 - Today

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Felix van Groeningen (Dutch: [ˈfeːlɪks fɑŋ ˈɣrunɪŋə(n)]; born 1 November 1977) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He is most known for the drama film The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012), for which he was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 86th Academy Awards. He made his English-language debut with the biographical film Beautiful Boy (2018), while his drama film The Eight Mountains (2022) won the Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Felix van Groeningen is the 1,656th most popular film director (down from 1,593rd in 2024), the 851st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 838th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Felix van Groeningen ranks 1,657 out of 2,041. Before him are Prachya Pinkaew, Karim Aïnouz, Rick Rosenthal, Todd Solondz, Lisa Cholodenko, Sergey Mikaelyan, and Hito Steyerl. After him are Gianfranco Rosi, Fernando León de Aranoa, Ari Aster, Shirley Clarke, and Deran Sarafian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Felix van Groeningen ranks 320. Before him are Diego Placente, Javier Botet, Justo Villar, Danijel Šarić, Atsushi Yanagisawa, and Alessandro Lucarelli. After him are Mirza Džomba, Oksana Baiul, Martin Laursen, Erjon Bogdani, Didier Dinart, and Mehmet Aurélio.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Felix van Groeningen ranks 851 out of 1,190. Before him are Helena Noguerra (1969), Stella Maxwell (1990), Bart Goor (1973), Françoise Nyssen (1951), Eric Van Meir (1968), and Youri Mulder (1969). After him are Thierry Neuville (1988), Michel Weber (1963), Daniel Veyt (1956), Stoffel Vandoorne (1992), François Damiens (1973), and Yves Vanderhaeghe (1970).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Belgium

Among film directors born in Belgium, Felix van Groeningen ranks 10. Before him are André Delvaux (1926), Jaco Van Dormael (1957), Raoul Servais (1928), Ulu Grosbard (1929), Gérard Corbiau (1941), and Benoît Lamy (1945). After him are Lukas Dhont (1991), Michaël R. Roskam (1972), and Joachim Lafosse (1975).

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