Nabil Ben Yadir is a Belgian actor, film director, and
screenwriter.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. 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.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".Ben Yadir has a film production
company called L'Antelope Joyeuse.
screenwriter.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. 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.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".Ben Yadir has a film production
company called L'Antelope Joyeuse.
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