FILM DIRECTOR

Jaco Van Dormael

1957 - Today

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Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His films especially focus on a respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. Van Dormael spent his childhood travelling around Europe, before going on to study filmmaking at the INSAS in Brussels, where he wrote and directed his first short film, Maedeli la brèche (1981), which received the Honorary Foreign Film Award at the Student Academy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaco Van Dormael has received more than 307,788 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jaco Van Dormael is the 583rd most popular film director (down from 563rd in 2019), the 418th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 372nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Film Director.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.93

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  • 1.89

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Over the past year Jaco Van Dormael has had the most page views in the with 26,465 views, followed by French (17,166), and Italian (12,965). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (79.39%), Finnish (64.95%), and Bulgarian (50.84%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jaco Van Dormael ranks 583 out of 2,041. Before him are Frederick Wiseman, Budd Boetticher, Henri Colpi, Carlo Lizzani, Ján Kadár, and Juzo Itami. After him are Michael Powell, Bernd Eichinger, Ferzan Özpetek, Fatih Akin, Asghar Farhadi, and Norman Taurog.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Jaco Van Dormael ranks 118. Before him are Peter Høeg, Glenn Hoddle, Irvine Welsh, Stephen Dillane, Oliver Hirschbiegel, and Nery Pumpido. After him are Bernie Mac, Bruce Rauner, Inès de La Fressange, Roberto Rojas, Mary Bell, and Genie.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jaco Van Dormael ranks 418 out of 1,190. Before him are Félix Ravaisson-Mollien (1813), André Delvaux (1926), Jozef De Kesel (1947), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Johann Peter Beaulieu (1725), and Cornelis Schut (1597). After him are Radja Nainggolan (1988), Axel Witsel (1989), Wim Mertens (1953), Paul de Man (1919), Stan Ockers (1920), and Maurice De Waele (1896).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Belgium

Among film directors born in Belgium, Jaco Van Dormael ranks 5. Before him are Agnès Varda (1928), Chantal Akerman (1950), Jacques Feyder (1885), and André Delvaux (1926). After him are Raoul Servais (1928), Ulu Grosbard (1929), Gérard Corbiau (1941), Benoît Lamy (1945), Felix van Groeningen (1977), Lukas Dhont (1991), and Joachim Lafosse (1975).

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Filmography

Mr. Nobody
Director
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
Nov 6o 20097.829 / 10
The Eighth Day
Director
Georges has Down syndrome, living at a mental-institution, Harry is a busy businessman, giving lectures for young aspiring salesmen. He is successful in his business life, but his social life is a disaster since his wife left him and took their two children with her. This weekend his children came by train to meet him, but Harry, working as always, forgot to pick them up. Neither his wife or his children want to see him again and he is driving around on the country roads, anguished and angry. He almost runs over Georges, on the run from the institution since everybody else went home with their parents except him, whose mother is dead. Harry tries to get rid of Georges but he won't leave his new friend. Eventually a special friendship forms between the two of them, a friendship which makes Harry a different person.
May 22o 19967.335 / 10
The Brand New Testament
Director
God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...
Sep 2o 20156.655 / 10