Carl Colpaert

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Carl Colpaert is an American film director and the founder of Cineville, a production and distribution company based in Los Angeles.

[edit] Background

He was born in Belgium^{[citation needed]} and graduated from the American Film Institute in 1984. Started his professional career in the post production department of Roger Corman. Carl Colpaert has produced over thirty independent films including Hurly Burly (Venice Film Festival), Swimming with Sharks (Telluride Flm Festival), Mrs.Palfrey at the Claremont (Seattle Film Festival), Gas Food Lodging (Sundance Film Festival), The Whole Wide World (Sundance Film Festival). Several actors had their break on Cineville productions such as Viggo Mortensen, Kevin Spacey, Renée Zellweger, Salma Hayek. He received the grand jury price^{[citation needed]} at CineVegas 2006 for his film GI Jesus. In 2006 Carl Colpaert took a 50% interest in Keystone Studios.

Gas, Food Lodging (1992) - Executive producer (as Carl-Jan Colpaert)
Mi Vida Loca (1993) - Producer (AKA My Crazy Life)
Swimming with Sharks (1994) - Executive producer: Cineville, Uncredited (AKA The Boss, AKA The Buddy Factor)
Cafe Society (1995) Executive producer
The Whole Wide World (1996) - Producer (as Carl-Jan Colpaert)
Casualties (1997) - Executive producer (as Carl-Jan Colpaert)
Nevada (1997) - Executive producer (as Carl-Jan Colpaert)
The Velocity of Gary (1998) - Executive producer (as Carl Jan Colpaert)
Hurlyburly (1998) - Executive producer
Operation Splitsville (1999) - Executive producer (as Carl Jan Colpaert)
Cement (1999) - Executive producer (as Carl-Jan Colpaert)
One Eyed King (2001) - Executive producer
Glam (2001) - Producer, Uncredited
Where Eskimos Live (2002) - Co-producer: Cineville (AKA Tam, gdzie zyja Eskimosi (Poland))
Within Without (2004) - Executive producer
Surviving Eden (2004) - Executive producer
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) - Producer
Steal Me (2005) - Executive producer
Hoop Realities (2006) - Post-production, Executive producer
Crude (2007) - Pre-production, Producer
The Beauty of Jane (2007) - Pre-production, Producer
Man Ray (2008)
Lucky Star (2008)