Jaco van Dormael
Date of Birth: 09 Feb 1957
Country: Belgium
Biography: Jaco Van Dormael is a Belgian film director and screenwriter, known for his complex and critically acclaimed films, which are especially noted for their respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities.
Total Credits at Criticker: 2 (Actor), 12 (Director), 8 (Writer)
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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... (imdb)
Thomas and Alfred were born around the same time; a fire in the nursery had nurses scrambling to save the newborns. Because he felt that he deserved Alfred's good fortune at being born into a wealthy family, Thomas conceives the idea that he and Alfred were switched at birth, and he can't help seeing that his unhappiness should be Alfred's, from the loss of his sister to his inability to have a relationship with the woman Evelyne... (imdb)
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence at his wife's side, Elise, and their 3 children until the day when reality skids and he wakes up as an old man in the year 2092.
Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter? (imdb)
An experience on several levels. Onstage, two dancers moving their hands. On the screen, a film made in real time, where the tiny sets become the background for a life-size story unfolding before their eyes. (imdb)
Fingers dart in a miniature decor, cameras float and dance along, a voice narrates. Film-maker Jaco Van Dormael and choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey make a film before your eyes. A poetic trip full of flair and stunning visual discoveries. (imdb)
The Shape (2019) - Short Film
A storm is on the horizon. When a jet-black cloud engulfs a small village, the residents discover that it could put an end to more than just blue skies. (imdb)
Maedeli la brèche (1980) - Short Film
Maedeli la brèche is a 1980 Belgian short film written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael. The short film was shot in 1980 in Belgium with a Super 35 camera. The film starred Nico d'Oreye, Julie Dubart, Colette Forton, Marie-José Mgank and Jean-François Dufranne. The original music score was written by Pierre Van Dormael, Jaco's brother. Van Dormael wrote the film while he was a student at the INSAS in Brussels.
A new take on Gustave Flaubert's classic realist novel about a tragic marriage between two well-meaning social outcasts in provincial France. The film was shot in 5 days at the Royal Flemish Theatre.
È pericoloso sporgersi (1985) - Short Film
The story of a child who has been thrust into a position where he must make an impossible decision.
De boot (1985) - Short Film
The first Belgian children's musical film about a group of children in search of their imagined boat.
Stade 81 (1981) - Short Film
Stade 81 is a documentary about the first Special Olympics, shot in 1981 in Sweden, Canada and United Kingdom. The film received various awards, including the Caducee d'Or at the 1982 Rennes International Film Festival.