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Gérard Corbiau

Gérard Corbiau

Belgian film director

Gérard Corbiau (French: [kɔʁbjo]; born 19 September 1941) is a Belgian film director.

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Corbiau was born in Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his costume dramas about music, Le maître de musique (1987), Farinelli (1994) and Le roi danse (2000). Two of them (Le maître de musique and Farinelli) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1] He lives in Belgium and is working on several projects.

Select Filmography

  • Le maître de musique (1988)
  • L'année de l'éveil (1991)
  • Farinelli (1994)
  • Versailles, la visite (1999)
  • Le roi danse (2000)
  • Saint-Germain ou La négociation (2003)
  • Augustin Dumay, Laisser une trace dans le coeur (2009)
  • Abdel Rahman El Bacha: Un piano entre Orient et Occident (2015)
  • Saving Mozart (forthcoming)

References

  1. [1]
    "The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2015.


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