Nabil Ben Yadir

Nabil Ben Yadir
Occupation Director, screenwriter, actor
Years active 2001–present

Nabil Ben Yadir is a Moroccan-Belgian[1] actor, film director, and screenwriter.

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.[2] His second feature, The Marchers, was screened in Official Competition at Cannes. Filming for a political thriller, Dode Hoek (Blind Spot), set against Belgium's Flemish-French divide, is scheduled to commence in the Spring of 2014.[1]

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".[1]

Ben Yadir has a film production company called L’Antelope Joyeuse.[1]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Contribution Notes
2001 Au-delà de Gibraltar Actor
2005 The Ax Actor (as Eboueur)
2006 Sortie de clown Director/Writer 17 minute short
2008 9mm Actor (as Youssef)
2009 The Barons
(Les Barons)		 Director/Writer/Actor (as Guichetier du Paradis) 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/Writer Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Film
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Director
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Screenplay

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dale, Martin (3 December 2013). "Belgian Director Nabil Ben Yadir Preps ‘Blind Spot’". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Les Magritte du cinema 2011: les nominés" (in French). Académie André Delvaux. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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