Felix van Groeningen | |
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![]() Van Groeningen at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July 2016. | |
Born | Ghent, Belgium | 1 November 1977
Nationality | Belgian |
Alma mater | Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 2000–present |
Partner | Charlotte Vandermeersch |
Children | 1 |
Felix van Groeningen (Dutch: [ˈfeːlɪks fɑŋ ˈɣrunɪŋə(n)]; born 1 November 1977) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He is known for The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) and Belgica (2016), with the former being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. He made his English-language debut with the biographical drama Beautiful Boy (2018) and was awarded with the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize for The Eight Mountains (2022).