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Philippe Blasband

b. 1964

Belgian writer, playwright, director and screenwriter

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Born 1964. Philippe Blasband is a Belgian and French playwright, writer, film director, screenwriter, theatre director and librettist.

Philippe Blasband (born 26 July 1964 in Tehran, Iran) is a filmmaker and a writer in French language from Belgium. He is of Jewish origin and lives in Brussels.

Work

Novels De cendres et de fumées, Gallimard (1990) - Prix Rossel L'Effet-cathédrale, Gallimard (1994) Max et Minnie, Gallimard (1996) Le Livre des Rabinovitch, Le Castor Astral (1998) Johnny Bruxelles, Grasset (2005) Irina Poignet, Le Castor Astral (2008), novel based on the scenario of Irina Palm

Short stories Quand j'étais sumo (Le Castor Astral, 2000)

Non-fiction Le petit garçon qui parlait dans les cocktails, Climax Editions (2007) - included in DVD edition of La couleur des mots

Films (as writer)

Short films Bon anniversaire, Sergent Bob (de Frédéric Fonteyne) les Vloems (1989) (de Frédéric Fonteyne) La Ballade de Billie (1989) (de Geneviève Mersch) La Modestie (1992) (in Les sept péchés capitaux) (de Frédéric Fonteyne) Le courage (1992) (in Les sept péchés capitaux)(de Geneviève Mersch) Bob le déplorable (1993) (de Frédéric Fonteyne) John (1994) (de Geneviève Mersch) Doucement (1997) (de Jacques Decrop) La Dinde (1999) (de Sam Garbarski) Joyeux Noël Rachid (2000) (de Sam Garbarski) La Vie, la Mort et le Foot (2000) (de Sam Garbarski)

Feature films Ellas (1997) (dir. Luís Galvao Teles) : French dialogues Max et Bobo (1998) (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne) Abracadabra (1998) (dir. Harry Cleven)co-written with Harry Cleven Une liaison pornographique (1999) (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne avec Sergi López et Nathalie Baye) Thomas est amoureux (2000) (dir. Pierre-Paul Renders) L'amour en suspens (2000) dir. Herman Van Eycken : dialogues Deuxième quinzaine de juillet (2000) (dir. Christophe Reichert) co-written with Christophe Reichert Le Tango Rashevski (2002) (dir. Sam Garbarski) co-written with Sam Garbarski J'ai toujours voulu être une sainte (2002) (dir. Geneviève Mersch) co-written with Geneviève Mersch and Anne Fournier Mariées mais pas trop (2003) (dir. Catherine Corsini) co-written with Catherine Corsini and Christophe Morand Nathalie... (2003) (dir. Anne Fontaine): original screenplay, under title: Nathalie Ribout La Femme de Gilles (2004) (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne) co-written with Marion Hänsel and Frédéric Fonteyne after novel by Belgian writer Madeleine Bourdouxhe - Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Screenplay Irina Palm (2006) (dir. Sam Garbarski) co-written with Martin Herron Nuits d'Arabie (2007) (dir. Paul Kieffer) co-written with Paul Kieffer A Distant Neighborhood (2010) (dir. Sam Garbarski) co-written with Jérôme Tonerre, after original graphic novel by Jirô Taniguchi) The Assistant (2015)

Films (as director and writer)

Short films W. C. (1991) CHA CHA CHA (1998) MIREILLE ET LUCIEN with Aylin Yay and Serge Larivière (2001) Festivals : Clermont-Ferrand, Locarno, Valenciennes, Dresde, Cannes (La nuit la plus courte, Critic's week),…

Feature films Step by Step (An honest dealer aka Step by step) (2002) Official website Featuring Benoît Verhaert, Philippe Noiret, Yolande Moreau, Serge Larivière Selected in Venice & Montreal Festivals LA COULEUR DES MOTS (The colour of words) (2005) Official website Selected in Montréal, Valladolid, Amiens, Namur, Sousse, Madrid, Brive, Moscow Best actress award for Aylin Yay & Signis Prize in Amiens Best actress award for Aylin Yay & Audience award in Brive COQUELICOTS (Red Poppies) (2007) Official website Selected for festivals of : Valladolid, Amiens, Beauvais, Rouen, Mons, Moustier, UGC Fête de l’Europe, Rabat, Split, Mexico, Moncton, Namur, São Paulo Maternelle (Motherly) (2009) Official website Featuring Aylin Yay, Anne Girouard, Chloé Struvay, Nathalie Laroche, Cédric Juliens

Theatre

as writer La Lettre des chats, Ed Lansman (1992) Apôtres Une chose intime Où es-tu Sammy Rebenski ? Jef Le Masque du dragon L'argent du ministre Les Mangeuses de chocolat, Ed Lansman (1996) L'Invisible, Ed Hayez-Lansman (2004) Une aventure de Simon Rapoport, guerrier de l'espace Pitch Une liaison pornographique, Actes Sud-Papiers, 2003 (suivi de Nathalie Ribout) Le Village oublié d'au-delà des montagnes Nathalie Ribout, Actes Sud-Papiers, 2003 Les témoins, Hayez-Lansman, 2005 Paternel (2009) Fragile Après Anatole Le Jeu des cigognes et de l'enfer Rue du Croissant

as director FILATURES – spectacle collectif LES SEPT JOURS DE SIMON LABROSSE de Carole FRÉCHETTE UNE CHOSE INTIME JEF PITCH LE MASQUE DU DRAGON LES MANGEUSES DE CHOCOLAT UNE AVENTURE DE SIMON RAPOPORT, GUERRIER DE L'ESPACE Macbeth (à deux) based on Shakespeare's play LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS (One Thousand and One Nights) LES TEMOINS PATERNEL création en 2009 au Théâtre Le Public à Bruxelles

Awards

Won

1990: Prix Rossel for De cendres et de fumées 2005: The Joseph Plateau Award, Best Belgian Screenplay (Beste Belgische Scenario) for La Femme de Gilles (2004). 2005: Signis Prize for LA COULEUR DES MOTS - Amiens Film Festival 2005: Audience Award for LA COULEUR DES MOTS - Brive Film Festival 2014: Magritte Award, Best Screenplay, for Tango libre (2012)

Nominated 2002: Grand Prix des Amériques, for Step by Step (2002) 2004: The Joseph Plateau Award, Best Belgian Screenplay, for Le Tango des Rashevski (2003) 2012: Magritte Award, Best Screenplay, for Romantics Anonymous (2010) 2014: Magritte Award, Best Screenplay, for Vijay and I (2013)

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Philippe Blasband?

Belgian writer, playwright, director and screenwriter

When was Philippe Blasband born?

Philippe Blasband was born on 26 July 1964 in Tehran.

What is Philippe Blasband's occupation?

Philippe Blasband is a playwright, writer, film director, screenwriter, theatre director and librettist.

What nationality is Philippe Blasband?

Philippe Blasband is Belgian and French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Philippe Blasband

· Wikidata: Q320448

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