Luc Dardenne

Luc Dardenne and his brother Jean-Pierre Dardenne (collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers) are a Belgian filmmaking duo: writing, producing and directing their films together since the 1970s. They came to international attention in the mid-1990s with La Promesse (The Promise), and they won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d'Or (the highest prize awarded) at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, for their film L'Enfant (The Child), they won the...See more

Luc Dardenne and his brother Jean-Pierre Dardenne (collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers) are a Belgian filmmaking duo: writing, producing and directing their films together since the 1970s. They came to international attention in the mid-1990s with La Promesse (The Promise), and they won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d'Or (the highest prize awarded) at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, for their film L'Enfant (The Child), they won the Palme d'Or a second time, putting them in an elite club with only seven other directors. Their film Le Silence de Lorna (Lorna's Silence) won Best Screenplay at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Their film The Kid with a Bike won the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, received one Golden Globe nomination and eight Magritte Award nominations. In 2015, their film Deux jours, une nuit (Two Days, One Night) received nine Magritte Award nominations (winning three) and one Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Marion Cotillard. See less