Benoît Poelvoorde (French pronunciation: ​[bÉ™nwa pulvoÊ d]; born
September 22, 1964) is a Belgian actor and comedian.His mother was a
grocer and his father a driver, who died when Poelvoorde was still a
minor. He attended the Jesuit Boarding School of Godinne before he
left home at 17 to take classes at the Félicien Rops Technical
Institute in Namur (Belgium) where he met Rémy Belvaux. He developed
a passion for theater and became noted for his atypical
interpretations. Not only was he was destined to become a draughtsman,
he also developed professionality as a photographer. During his
graphic design studies at the École de recherche graphique in
Brussels, he also became friends with André Bonzel and, together with
Rémy Belvaux, directed in 1988 Pas de C4 pour Daniel Daniel, his
first movie, a student short film (which he co-directed and co-wrote).
It was a stylized trailer for a mock-spy film.In 1992, Poelvoorde,
Belvaux and Bonzel wrote, produced and directed together their first
long feature C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog
internationally) originally a low-budget school graduation project
(1992) and a kind of cynical "noir" movie, inspired from the famous
Belgian series "Strip-Tease"which went on to become a critically
acclaimed cult movie. The film received the André Cavens Award for
Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC).
September 22, 1964) is a Belgian actor and comedian.His mother was a
grocer and his father a driver, who died when Poelvoorde was still a
minor. He attended the Jesuit Boarding School of Godinne before he
left home at 17 to take classes at the Félicien Rops Technical
Institute in Namur (Belgium) where he met Rémy Belvaux. He developed
a passion for theater and became noted for his atypical
interpretations. Not only was he was destined to become a draughtsman,
he also developed professionality as a photographer. During his
graphic design studies at the École de recherche graphique in
Brussels, he also became friends with André Bonzel and, together with
Rémy Belvaux, directed in 1988 Pas de C4 pour Daniel Daniel, his
first movie, a student short film (which he co-directed and co-wrote).
It was a stylized trailer for a mock-spy film.In 1992, Poelvoorde,
Belvaux and Bonzel wrote, produced and directed together their first
long feature C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog
internationally) originally a low-budget school graduation project
(1992) and a kind of cynical "noir" movie, inspired from the famous
Belgian series "Strip-Tease"which went on to become a critically
acclaimed cult movie. The film received the André Cavens Award for
Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC).
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