Nabil Ben Yadir

Nabil Ben Yadir
Nabil Ben Yadir
Occupation	Director, screenwriter, actor
Years active	2001–present

Nabil Ben Yadir is a Belgian^[1] actor, film director, and screenwriter.

Career[]

Ben Yadir made his feature-length directorial debut in 2009 with The Barons, which he also co-wrote with Laurent Brandenbourger and . The film was nominated for six Magritte Awards, including Best Director and Best Screenplay.^[2] 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.^[1]

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".^[1]

Ben Yadir has a film production company called .^[1]

Filmography[]

Film
Year	Title	Contribution	Notes
2001		Actor
2005	The Ax	Actor (as Eboueur)
2006		Director/Writer	17 minute short
2008	9mm	Actor (as Youssef)
2009	The Barons (Les Barons)	Director/Writer/Actor (as Guichetier du Paradis)	Marrakech International Film Festival Special Jury Award Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Film Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Director Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Screenplay
2013	The Marchers (La Marche)	Director/Writer	Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Film Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Director Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Screenplay
2017	(Dode Hoek)	Director/Writer	Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Film Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Director

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Dale, Martin (3 December 2013). "Belgian Director Nabil Ben Yadir Preps 'Blind Spot'". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^ "Les Magritte du cinema 2011: les nominés" (in French). Académie André Delvaux. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

External links[]

Nabil Ben Yadir at IMDb
Bouras, Dimitra; Vlaeminckx, Jean-Michel (22 October 2009). "Interview: Nabil Ben Yadir • Director". . Retrieved 15 April 2014.

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[variety-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Dale, Martin (3 December 2013). "Belgian Director Nabil Ben Yadir Preps 'Blind Spot'". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

[2] "Les Magritte du cinema 2011: les nominés" (in French). Académie André Delvaux. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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