Fabrice Du Welz

Fabrice Du Welz (born 21 October 1972 in Belgium) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He has directed several films including Calvaire in 2004, Vinyan in 2008 and Message from the King in 2016.

Career Fabrice du Welz, born 21 October 1972. Initially he was a student at a Jesuit school. Before he studied at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory of Liège (Belgium) then and then a year at the INSAS, the cinema training institute of Brussels. Starting in 1990, he directed a number of films in Super 8. After his studies, he collaborated on comedy sketches for Canal+, "La Grande Famille", "Nulle Part Ailleurs". In 1999, he directed the short film Quand on Est Amoureux C'est Merveilleux, which won the Grand Prize of the Gerardmer Festival in 2001. In 2007, he directed Vinyan with Emmanuelle Béart and Rufus Sewell in Thailand and selected in official competition at the Venice Film Festival in 2008.

In 2012, he directed Colt 45, from a screenplay by Fathi Beddiar starring Gérard Lanvin and Joeystarr, produced by Thomas Langmann that ultimately failed to deliver in the budget, forcing the director to delete important scenes that were too expensive. Moreover, the two stars refused to come back on the set as Du Welz would be there too. He stated "It almost ruined me" and that the set became "a toxic environment". Fabrice du Welz and Fathi Beddiar, later decided not to support the film when it was released in August 2014.

In 2013, he directed Alleluia, a free adaptation of the news story immortalized in 1970 by the film The Honeymoon Killers starring Laurent Lucas and Lola Dueñas. At the 11th Magritte Awards, Adoration was nominated for six awards, including Best Film and Best Screenplay for Du Welz.

Filmography Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriter 1997 Folles aventures de Thierry Van Hoost Short 1999 Quand on est amoureux, c'est merveilleux (A Wonderful Love) Short 2004 Calvaire (The Ordeal) 2008 Vinyan 2014 Alleluia 2014 Colt 45 2016 Message from the King 2018 Des cowboys et des indiens : Le Cinéma de Patar et Aubier TV documentary 2019 Adoration 2021 Inexorable 2024 The Passion According to Béatrice Docufiction Maldoror