Guillaume Senez Explained

Guillaume Senez
Birth Date:6 July 1978
Birth Place:Uccle, Belgium
Years Active:2006–present

Guillaume Senez (born 6 July 1978) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He studied at the National Institute of Radioelectricity and Cinematography (INRACI) in Brussels and graduated from there. He made his feature-length debut in 2015 with Keeper, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] The film received eight nominations at the 7th Magritte Awards and won three, including Best First Feature Film.[2]

His next film, Our Struggles (2018), was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and released to critical acclaim.[3] At the 9th Magritte Awards, it won five awards (the most for the event), including Best Film and Best Director for Senez.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keeper . 13 November 2015 . TIFF . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023152/http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/discovery/keeper-1 . 17 November 2015 .
  2. Web site: Les Magritte du cinéma 2017: le palmarès. February 4, 2017. Cinevox. February 4, 2017. French.
  3. Web site: Nesselson . Lisa . 'Our Struggles' (Nos Batailles)': Cannes Review . Screen Daily . 13 January 2019 . 13 May 2018.
  4. News: Richford . Richford . Belgium's Magritte Awards: 'Our Struggles' Takes Top Prize . 3 February 2019 . The Hollywood Reporter . 2 February 2019.