Frank Van Passel

Frank Van Passel (born 23 June 1964) is a Belgian film director and producer. In 1995, he made his directorial film debut with Manneken Pis, which premiered at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival and won the Mercedes-Benz Award, Grand Golden Rail, Award of the Youth and the Prix Guillermo del Toro . The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film and four awards at the Joseph Plateau Awards. Van Passel's next film, Villa des Roses, was adapted from the 1913 novella of the same name by Belgian writer Willem Elsschot. The film starred Julie Delpy, Shaun Dingwall and Shirley Henderson. It won Best Feature at the Hollywood Film Festival and was nominated for three awards at the British Independent Film Awards. His TV-series received numerous awards, including a Special Commendation Prix d'Europe and the FIPA D'OR Grand Prize in Biarritz for The Emperor of Taste and the TV-critics Award and De HA! van Humo for Terug naar Oosterdonk. He was co-founder of Caviar, a production company with offices in Brussels, Antwerp, Los Angeles, Paris, Amsterdam, London and Prague. Since 2018 he has been working as a freelance director, directing theatre and TV series such as Dag Sinterklaas (Ketnet) and Renaissances (TF1).

Director Martha - 1985 De Geur van Regen - 1988 Ti Amo - 1989 De Sikh-Story - 1992 De Smeerlappen - 1993 Bex & Blanche - 1993, TV series Kan dat met gebakken aardappeltjes? - 1993 Manneken Pis - 1995 Tales of a Liar (Terug naar Oosterdonk - 1997, TV miniseries Villa des Roses - 2001 The Emperor of Taste (De Smaak van De Keyser) - 2009, TV series Madonna's Pig (Het varken van Madonna) - 2011 Gestolen Jeugd - 2012 Amateurs - 2014, TV series Vriendelijk Vuur - 2017 Dag Sinterklaas - 2019, co-director with Stijn Coninx Renaissances - 2021 Moresnet - 2024 The Soundman (Radioman) - 2025 Poes Poes Poes

Producer

Vele Hemels Sprakeloos Patrouille Linkeroever Le Tout Nouveau Testament aka The Brand New Testament Black Paradise Trips Terug naar morgen Tabula Rasa Amateurs Clan My Queen Karo Bedankt & Merci Bo Dennis van Rita Koning van de Wereld De Laatste Zomer Linkeroever Dirty Mind De Smaak van De Keyser Anneliezen Smoorverliefd Silent Stories Dikke Vrienden