Jan Bucquoy

Jan Bucquoy (; Harelbeke, 16 November 1945) is a Belgian anarchist who has worked in various media (film, comics writing, painting, sculptures, museums). He gained fame for his controversial anti-establishment works and media stunts, which caused many court cases, including for lèse-majesté, copyright infringement and defamation. Between 2005 and 2010 he staged five attempts to attack the Belgian Royal Palace in Brussels and conquer it. Internationally he is best known as a film director, with La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950–1978 and the cult film Camping Cosmos (1996) being his most famous films. A recurring theme in his work is Belgitude. in 2016 it moved to its current location in Lessines, Hainaut.

Influences His movies are a mixture of French avant-garde cinema in the manner of Jean-Luc Godard (La Chinoise (1967), Tout va bien (1972), Italian neo-realism (Roberto Rossellini) and the humanism of Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Satansbraten (1976), The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979); Bucquoy directed some theatrical plays by Fassbinder during his university studies at Strassburg (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant). He is influenced by the Situationist book Society of the Spectacle (1967) by Guy Debord.

Films La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950–1978 (1994) Camping Cosmos (La vie sexuelle des Belges II ) (1996) Crème et châtiment, aka Entartement de Toscan du Plantier au festival de Cannes 1996 (Cream and Punishment ) (short film) (1997) (1998) La Jouissance des hystériques (La vie sexuelle des Belges IV ) (2000) Vrijdag Visdag / Friday Fishday (La vie sexuelle des Belges V ) (2000) (2002) La société du spectacle et ses commentaires (La vie sexuelle des Belges VI ) (2003) (2005)