David Lambert (director)

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David Lambert (born 1974) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. [1] He is most noted as cowriter with Guillaume Senez of the 2016 film Keeper , for which they received a Magritte Award nomination for Best Screenplay at the 7th Magritte Awards in 2017. [2]

Lambert co-wrote the screenplays for Senez's short film In Our Blood (Dans nos veines) with Senez and the feature films The Boat Race (La Régate) and Angel at Sea (Un ange à la mer) with Bernard Bellefroid, and wrote and directed the short film Vivre encore un peu..., before releasing Beyond the Walls (Hors les murs) in 2012 as his feature debut. [3] He subsequently directed the films All Yours (Je suis à toi) in 2014, [4] and Third Wedding (Troisièmes noces) in 2018. [5]

His fourth film, Turtles (Les Tortues), premiered in 2023 at the Rencontres du cinéma francophone en Beaujolais. [6] He worked with Jawad Rhalib on the screenplay for Amal (2023) for which he was nominated for the Magritte Award for Best Screenplay. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Etan Vlessing, "David Lambert’s Je suis a toi debuts in competition in Karlovy Vary". Playback , 7 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Magritte 2017: les nominations dans leur intégralité". Cinevox, 10 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Lodge, Guy (3 June 2012). "Beyond the Walls". Variety . Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Domenico La Porta, "All Yours: Belgian bakery seeks Argentinian male prostitute". Cineuropa, 7 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Aurore Engelen, "Review: Troisièmes noces". Cineuropa, 6 December 2018.
  6. ↑ Vincent Raymond, "Le cinéma francophone en mode Beaujolais". Le Petit Bulletin, October 31, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Magritte du cinéma 2025: 'La nuit se traîne', nommé 11 fois, en tête des nominations de la 14e édition". La Libre (in French). 21 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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