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Stijn Coninx

Stijn Coninx

Belgian film director

Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957) is a Belgian film director.

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Career

He studied film directing at HRITCS (currently Ritcs, at Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel). Conicx made his debut as film director in 1987 with the comedy Hector, which became the most successful movie in Belgium for a few years. He is best known for his film Daens, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992.[1] In 1993, Stijn Coninx was made a Baron by king Baudouin.

Coninx released two well received biographical films of Belgian artists, Sister Smile about The Singing Nun and Marina about Rocco Granata.[2]

Honours

Filmography

Coninx at the 2014 Cabourg Film Festival

Director

Assistant director

  • Het Beest (1982)
  • Zaman (1983) (credited as Stijn Coninckx)
  • Wildschut (1985) (Stronghold in the United States)
  • De Leeuw van Vlaanderen (1985)
  • Skin (1987)
  • Blueberry Hill (1989)

Television work

  • Het Peulengaleis (1999) TV series
  • Nefast voor de feestvreugde (2001, 2002, 2003) TV series
  • De Kavijaks (2005)
  • Anneliezen (2010)

Awards and nominations

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References

  1. [1]
    "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Stijn Coninx". ritcs.be (in Dutch). 18 September 2023.
  3. [3]
    "FILMOGRAFIE STIJN CONINX". cinenews.be (in Dutch). 18 September 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Stijn Conincx awards". IMDb. 18 September 2023.


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