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 324,959 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 419th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 372nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Film Director.

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  • 320k

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  • 59.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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 419 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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