Andre Delvaux


Director, Screenwriter

About

Birth Place
Belgium
Born
March 21, 1926
Died
October 09, 2002
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

Film and TV director who began his career providing piano accompaniment for silent films shown at the Belgian Cinematheque. Delvaux's feature films rely on tightly controlled rhythms and a precise use of visual counterpoint to create a highly distinctive blend of fantasy and reality....

Biography

Film and TV director who began his career providing piano accompaniment for silent films shown at the Belgian Cinematheque. Delvaux's feature films rely on tightly controlled rhythms and a precise use of visual counterpoint to create a highly distinctive blend of fantasy and reality.

Life Events

1950

Worked as silent film piano accompanist at Belgian Cinematheque

1956

As film instructor made the short "Nous etions treize" with his students

1958

TV co-directing debut (with Jean Brismee), "Cinema, Bonjour"

1963

Named head of film courses at the Institut Superieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion (INSAS), Brussels

1966

Feature film directing debut, "L'Homme au Crane rase/Die Man die zijn Haar kort liet knippen/The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short"

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