Michiel Blanchart

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Michiel Blanchart
Born1993 (age 31–32) [1]
Leuven, Belgium [2]
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active2014–present

Michiel Blanchart (born 1993) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. His feature debut film, Night Call (2024), earned him four Magritte Awards: Best Film, Best First Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director.

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Early life

Blanchart was born to a Walloon father and a Flemish mother. [2] He completed his secondary education in France, where he obtained a literary baccalaureate. He later studied filmmaking at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. [3]

Career

In 2021, his short film You're Dead, Hélène, produced by Sam Raimi, was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Film category at the 95th Academy Awards. [4]

In 2024, Blanchart made his feature-length directorial debut with Night Call , a film set during a single night against the backdrop of a Black Lives Matter protest in Belgium. Blanchart co-wrote the film with Gilles Marchand. The film was well received by critics and won the André Cavens Award for Best Film from the Belgian Film Critics Association. [5] It received eleven nominations at the 14th Magritte Awards, winning ten, including Best Film, Best First Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director for Blanchart, holding the record for the most Magritte Awards won by a single film. [6]

In October 2025, it was announced that Blanchart would direct the seventh installment in the Final Destination series. [7]

Filmography

Short film

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2016L'annonceYesYes
LuluYesYes
2018DynamanYesYes
CulYesYesAlso special effects and producer
2021You're Dead, HélèneYesYes

TV series

YearTitleNotes
2019La Vague (pilote)Episode "Retours" (Credited as co-director)

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotesRef.
2024 Night Call YesYesFeature film debut [8]
TBAUntitled Final Destination filmYesNoEnglish language debut [9]

Accolades

YearAssociationCategoryWorkResultRef.
2025 Magritte Awards Best Film Night Call Won [6]
Best First Feature Film Won
Best Director Won
Best Screenplay Won

References

  1. ↑ "Night Call | Biarritz Film Festival". Biarritz Film Festival. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 Moury, Gaëlle (23 February 2025). "Michiel Blanchart, grand vainqueur des Magritte : « C'est une fête, une libération et, en même temps, une pression »". Le Soir (in French).
  3. ↑ "Michiel Blanchart pour son premier long-métrage 'La Nuit se traîne'" (in French). Radio France. 28 August 2024. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. ↑ David, Clayton (22 January 2022). "'You're Dead Hélène' Director Michiel Blanchart and Producer Sam Raimi on Live Action Short Film Oscar Contention". Variety .
  5. ↑ "Le Prix Cavens attribué ex aequo à 'La nuit se traîne' et 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat'". La Dernière Heure (in French). 19 December 2024. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  6. 1 2 "'La nuit se traîne' triomphe aux Magritte avec 10 récompenses, un record". L'Echo (in French). 23 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Kit, Borys (3 October 2025). "New 'Final Destination' Movie Finds Its Director in Michiel Blanchart". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Engelen, Aurore (21 April 2023). "Michiel Blanchart shoots his feature debut, La nuit se traine". Cineuropa . Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  9. ↑ Kit, Borys (3 October 2025). "New 'Final Destination' Movie Finds Its Director in Michiel Blanchart". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
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