Jaco Van Dormael

Born February 9, 1957· Ixelles, Brabant, Belgium

5Roles★ 6.9Average rating

Emerging from a peripatetic childhood across Europe, he pursued film studies at Brussels' Institut supérieur des arts after earlier training at Paris' École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière. While a student, his short Maedeli the Breach earned a Student Academy Award, and later works such as È pericoloso sporgersi won the Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand. His first feature, Toto the Hero, premiere… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

The Brand New Testament2015Tango Libre2012Why Get Married the Day the World Ends?2000Kiss & Cry2011

Filmography

YearRating

★ 9.3

Kiss & Cry2011

Narrator (French version) / Director Team A

★ 6.7

The Brand New Testament2015

L'automobiliste qui n'a plus que 0 seconde à vivre

★ 6

Why Get Married the Day the World Ends?2000

★ 5.6

Tango Libre2012

Un Danseur Prison

On the Wings of Hermès2023

Also behind the camera

The films and series they directed.

★ 6.7

The Brand New Testament2015

★ 7.8

Mr. Nobody2009

★ 7.3

The Eighth Day1996

★ 6.4

Lumière & Company1995

★ 7.1

Toto the Hero1991