Philippe Blasband
Belgian writer, playwright, director and screenwriter
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::summary Belgian writer, playwright, director and screenwriter ::
Philippe Blasband (born 26 July 1964 in Tehran, Iran) is a filmmaker and a writer in French language from Belgium. He is of Jewish origin and lives in Brussels.
Work
Novels
- De cendres et de fumées, Gallimard (1990) - Prix Rossel
- L'Effet-cathédrale, Gallimard (1994)
- Max et Minnie, Gallimard (1996)
- Le Livre des Rabinovitch, Le Castor Astral (1998)
- Johnny Bruxelles, Grasset (2005)
- Irina Poignet, Le Castor Astral (2008), novel based on the scenario of Irina Palm
Short stories
- Quand j'étais sumo (Le Castor Astral, 2000)
Non-fiction
- Le petit garçon qui parlait dans les cocktails, Climax Editions (2007) - included in DVD edition of La couleur des mots
Films (as writer)
Short films
- Bon anniversaire, Sergent Bob (de Frédéric Fonteyne)
- les Vloems (1989) (de Frédéric Fonteyne)
- La Ballade de Billie (1989) (de Geneviève Mersch)
- La Modestie (1992) (in Les sept péchés capitaux) (de Frédéric Fonteyne)
- Le courage (1992) (in Les sept péchés capitaux)(de Geneviève Mersch)
- Bob le déplorable (1993) (de Frédéric Fonteyne)
- John (1994) (de Geneviève Mersch)
- Doucement (1997) (de Jacques Decrop)
- La Dinde (1999) (de Sam Garbarski)
- Joyeux Noël Rachid (2000) (de Sam Garbarski)
- La Vie, la Mort et le Foot (2000) (de Sam Garbarski)
Feature films
- Ellas (1997) (dir. Luís Galvao Teles) : French dialogues
- Max et Bobo (1998) (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne)
- Abracadabra (1998) (dir. Harry Cleven)co-written with Harry Cleven
- Une liaison pornographique (1999) (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne avec Sergi López et Nathalie Baye)
- Thomas est amoureux (2000) (dir. Pierre-Paul Renders)
- L'amour en suspens (2000) dir. Herman Van Eycken : dialogues
- Deuxième quinzaine de juillet (2000) (dir. Christophe Reichert) co-written with Christophe Reichert
- Le Tango Rashevski (2002) (dir. Sam Garbarski) co-written with Sam Garbarski
- J'ai toujours voulu être une sainte (2002) (dir. Geneviève Mersch) co-written with Geneviève Mersch and Anne Fournier
- Mariées mais pas trop (2003) (dir. Catherine Corsini) co-written with Catherine Corsini and Christophe Morand
- Nathalie... (2003) (dir. Anne Fontaine): original screenplay, under title: Nathalie Ribout
- La Femme de Gilles (2004) (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne) co-written with Marion Hänsel and Frédéric Fonteyne after novel by Belgian writer Madeleine Bourdouxhe - Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Screenplay
- Irina Palm (2006) (dir. Sam Garbarski) co-written with Martin Herron
- Nuits d'Arabie (2007) (dir. Paul Kieffer) co-written with Paul Kieffer
- A Distant Neighborhood (2010) (dir. Sam Garbarski) co-written with Jérôme Tonerre, after original graphic novel by Jirô Taniguchi)
- The Assistant (2015)
Films (as director and writer)
Short films
- W. C. (1991)
- CHA CHA CHA (1998)
- MIREILLE ET LUCIEN with Aylin Yay and Serge Larivière (2001) Festivals : Clermont-Ferrand, Locarno, Valenciennes, Dresde, Cannes (La nuit la plus courte, Critic's week),…
Feature films
- Step by Step (An honest dealer aka Step by step) (2002) Official website Featuring Benoît Verhaert, Philippe Noiret, Yolande Moreau, Serge Larivière Selected in Venice & Montreal Festivals
- LA COULEUR DES MOTS (The colour of words) (2005) Official website Selected in Montréal, Valladolid, Amiens, Namur, Sousse, Madrid, Brive, Moscow Best actress award for Aylin Yay & Signis Prize in Amiens Best actress award for Aylin Yay & Audience award in Brive
- COQUELICOTS (Red Poppies) (2007) Official website Selected for festivals of : Valladolid, Amiens, Beauvais, Rouen, Mons, Moustier, UGC Fête de l’Europe, Rabat, Split, Mexico, Moncton, Namur, São Paulo
- Maternelle (Motherly) (2009) Official website Featuring Aylin Yay, Anne Girouard, Chloé Struvay, Nathalie Laroche, Cédric Juliens
Theatre
as writer
- La Lettre des chats, Ed Lansman (1992)
- Apôtres
- Une chose intime
- Où es-tu Sammy Rebenski ?
- Jef
- Le Masque du dragon
- L'argent du ministre
- Les Mangeuses de chocolat, Ed Lansman (1996)
- L'Invisible, Ed Hayez-Lansman (2004)
- Une aventure de Simon Rapoport, guerrier de l'espace
- Pitch
- Une liaison pornographique, Actes Sud-Papiers, 2003 (suivi de Nathalie Ribout)
- Le Village oublié d'au-delà des montagnes
- Nathalie Ribout, Actes Sud-Papiers, 2003
- Les témoins, Hayez-Lansman, 2005
- Paternel (2009)
- Fragile
- Après Anatole
- Le Jeu des cigognes et de l'enfer
- Rue du Croissant
as director
- FILATURES – spectacle collectif
- LES SEPT JOURS DE SIMON LABROSSE de Carole FRÉCHETTE
- UNE CHOSE INTIME
- JEF
- PITCH
- LE MASQUE DU DRAGON
- LES MANGEUSES DE CHOCOLAT
- UNE AVENTURE DE SIMON RAPOPORT, GUERRIER DE L'ESPACE
- Macbeth (à deux) based on Shakespeare's play
- LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS (One Thousand and One Nights)
- LES TEMOINS
- PATERNEL création en 2009 au Théâtre Le Public à Bruxelles
Awards
Won
- 1990: Prix Rossel for De cendres et de fumées
- 2005: The Joseph Plateau Award, Best Belgian Screenplay (Beste Belgische Scenario) for La Femme de Gilles (2004).
- 2005: Signis Prize for LA COULEUR DES MOTS - Amiens Film Festival
- 2005: Audience Award for LA COULEUR DES MOTS - Brive Film Festival
- 2014: Magritte Award, Best Screenplay, for Tango libre (2012)
Nominated
- 2002: Grand Prix des Amériques, for Step by Step (2002)
- 2004: The Joseph Plateau Award, Best Belgian Screenplay, for Le Tango des Rashevski (2003)
- 2012: Magritte Award, Best Screenplay, for Romantics Anonymous (2010)
- 2014: Magritte Award, Best Screenplay, for Vijay and I (2013)
Bibliography
- Hennuy, Jean-Frédéric, L'Effet Blasband ou Le Regard Persan (New York etc., Peter Lang, 2011) (Belgian Francophone Library, 22).
References
References
- Gilman S. (2003) "We're Not Jews": Imagining Jewish History and Jewish Bodies in Contemporary Multicultural Literature
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