Jacques-Henri Bronckart
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Jacques-Henri Bronckart is a Belgian film producer.
Bronckart was born in Liège, Belgium. He attended the University of Liège and earned a degree in communication and cinema in 1994. Bronckart's career as a producer began in the mid 1990s as an assistant for Latitude Productions, producing early short films directed by Bouli Lanners and Micha Wald.[1] He then founded the production company Versus in April 1999 with his older brother Olivier.[2] Bronckart was a producer of the film Days of Glory, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards.[3] Through his production company, he frequently collaborated with Bouli Lanners, Olivier Masset-Depasse, Joachim Lafosse, and Fien Troch.[4]
In 2009, Jacques-Henri and Olivier Bronckart founded the film distribution company O'Brother in Brussels.[5] In 2013, Bronckart received a Magritte Award in the category of Best Flemish Film in Coproduction for his work on Kid (2012).[6] He was also nominated for a Magritte Award for Best Foreign Film in Coproduction for his work on The Nun (2013).[7]
Selected filmography[edit]
- The Very Merry Widows (2003)
- In the Battlefields (2004)
- Days of Glory (2006)
- In the Arms of My Enemy (2007)
- Eldorado (2008)
- Private Lessons (2008)
- Black Heaven (2010)
- Illegal (2010)
- The Giants (2011)
- The Invader (2011)
- Our Children (2012)
- Kid (2012)
- The Nun (2013)
- Henri (2013)
- Alleluia (2014)
- Tokyo Fiancée (2014)
- Mon Amie Victoria (2014)
- Une famille à louer (2015)
- I'm Dead but I Have Friends (2015)
- The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (2015)
- Heat Wave (2015)
- The White Knights (2015)
- The Odyssey (2016)
- The First, the Last (2016)
- Down by Love (2016)
- After Love (2016)
- Trainee Day (2016)
- Home (2016)
- A Woman's Life (2016)
- The Midwife (2017)
- Above the Law (2017)
- 15 minutes de guerre (2018)
- Mothers' Instinct (2018)
References[edit]
- ^ Feuillère, Anne; Vlaeminckx, Jean-Michel (1 January 2006). "Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Versus Production". Cinergie (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Les autres frères belges de la Croisette". La Libre Belgique (in French). 16 May 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ Bouchareb, Rachid. "Days of Glory (Indigènes)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ Boutsen, Bruno (13 May 2011). "Une société en cache une autre". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ Engelen, Aurore (8 September 2009). "Bronckart brothers try their hands at distribution". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Les Magritte du cinéma: les résultats". Ciné Télé Revue (in French). 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "4e Magritte du cinéma – Tous les nominés". Cinevox (in French). 9 January 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2017.