Nabil Ben Yadir

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Nabil Ben Yadir
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Ben Yadir at the 2021 Film Fest Ghent
Born (1979-02-24) 24 February 1979 (age 46)
Brussels, Belgium
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter, producer
Years active2001–present

Nabil Ben Yadir (born 24 February 1979) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and producer.

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Career

Ben Yadir made his feature-length directorial debut in 2009 with The Barons , which he also co-wrote with Laurent Brandenbourger and Sébastien Fernandez. The film was nominated for six Magritte Awards, including Best Director and Best Screenplay. [1] His second feature, The Marchers , was screened in Official Competition at Cannes. Filming for a political thriller, Blind Spot (Dode Hoek), set against Belgium's Flemish-French divide, began in the spring of 2014. [2]

Before becoming a filmmaker, Ben Yadir worked on an assembly line for Volkswagen. He spent "months on end doing exactly the same thing". This influenced his choice to select a different genre for each of his films: "now I make sure that I always take new challenges and adopt new approaches". [2] Ben Yadir has a film production company called L'Antilope Joyeuse. [2] His next film, Animals (2021), was based on the 2012 murder of gay man Ihsane Jarfi. [3]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleContributionNotes
2009 The Barons
(Les Barons)
Director/Writer Marrakech International Film Festival Special Jury Award
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Film
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Director
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Screenplay
2013 The Marchers
(La Marche)
Director/WriterNominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Film
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Director
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Screenplay
2017 Blind Spot
(Dode Hoek)
Director/Writer/ProducerNominated—Magritte Award for Best Film
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Director
2021 Animals Director/Writer/ProducerNominated—Magritte Award for Best Film
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Director
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Screenplay

References

  1. "Les Magritte du cinema 2011: les nominés" (in French). Académie André Delvaux. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Dale, Martin (3 December 2013). "Belgian Director Nabil Ben Yadir Preps 'Blind Spot'". Variety . Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  3. Formica, Vincent (15 February 2023). "Animals: la scène la plus insoutenable de l'année au service d'un film choc sur un terrible fait divers". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2023.