Stijn Coninx
{{short description|Belgian film director (born 1957)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
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| birth_name = Augustijn Coninx
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| birth_place = Neerpelt, Belgium
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| nationality = Belgian
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| occupation = film director
| years_active = 1987-
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Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957) is a Belgian film director.
Career
He studied film directing at HRITCS (currently Ritcs, at Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel). Conicx made his debut as film director in 1987 with the comedy Hector, which became the most successful movie in Belgium for a few years. He is best known for his film Daens, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=19 September 2015 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}} In 1993, Stijn Coninx was made a Baron by king Baudouin.
Coninx released two well received biographical films of Belgian artists, Sister Smile about The Singing Nun and Marina about Rocco Granata.{{Cite web |date=18 September 2023 |title=Stijn Coninx |url=https://www.ritcs.be/nl/stijn-coninx |website=ritcs.be |language=nl}}
Honours
- 1993: Created Baron Coninx by King Baudouin
- Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.
Filmography
=Director=
- Servais (1980), his university finals film.
- Surfing (1982), short film.
- Hector (1987)
- Koko Flanel (1990)
- Daens (1992) (nominated for an Academy Award)
- When the Light Comes (Licht) (1998)
- Sea of Silence (Verder dan de maan) (2003)
- To Walk Again (2007), documentary
- Sister Smile (2009)
- Marina (2013)
- Ay Ramon! (2015)
- Niet Schieten (2018)
- Sinterklaas en de Wakkere Nachten (2018)
- Sinterklaas en Koning Kabberdas (2021){{Cite web |date=18 September 2023 |title=FILMOGRAFIE STIJN CONINX |url=https://www.cinenews.be/nl/actoren/stijn-coninx/filmografie/ |website=cinenews.be |language=nl}}
=Assistant director=
- ''Het Beest (1982)
- Zaman (1983) (credited as Stijn Coninckx)
- Wildschut (1985) (Stronghold in the United States)
- De Leeuw van Vlaanderen (1985)
- Skin (1987)
- Blueberry Hill (1989)
Television work
- Het Peulengaleis (1999) TV series
- Nefast voor de feestvreugde (2001, 2002, 2003) TV series
- De Kavijaks (2005)
- Anneliezen (2010)
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Association ! Category ! Work ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan="5"|1992
| OCIC Award - Honorable mention | rowspan="7"|Daens | {{won}} |
| rowspan="3"|Valladolid International Film Festival
| Golden Spike - Best film | {{nom}} |
| Silver Spike - Best film
| {{won}} |
| Audience award - Best film
| {{won}} |
| Academy Awards
| Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2"|1993
| Shanghai International Film Festival | Best Film | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2"|Joseph Plateau Awards
| Best Belgian Director | {{won}} |
| 1998
| Best Belgian Director | rowspan="3"|Waar Blijft het Licht | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2"|1999
| Grand Jury Prize | {{won}} |
| Tromsø International Film Festival
| Audience Award | {{won}} |
| rowspan="4"|2004
| Best Belgian Director | rowspan="4"|Verder dan de Maan | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3"| LUCAS – International Festival for Young Film Lovers
| Don Quijote Award | {{won}} |
| C.I.F.E.J. Award
| {{won}} |
| Best Film
| {{won}} |
| 2013
| Valladolid International Film Festival | Golden Spike - Best film | rowspan="8"| Marina | {{won}} |
| rowspan="7"|2014
| Emden International Film Festival | The Bernhard Wicki Award | {{won}} |
| Cabourg Film Festival
|Youth Jury Prize | {{won}} |
| rowspan="7"| Ostend Film Festival
| Best film | {{won}} |
| Best director
| {{won}} |
| Best screenplay
| {{won}} |
| Industry award
| {{won}} |
| Audience award
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="3"|2019
| Best screenplay | rowspan="3"| Niet Schieten{{Cite web |date=18 September 2023 |title=Stijn Conincx awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174659/awards/?ref_=nm_awd |website=IMDb |language=}} | {{nom}} |
| Ensor Award Best Director
| {{nom}} |
| Magritte Awards
| Best Flemish Co-Production | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|name=Stijn Coninx|id=0174659}}
- [http://www.belgium.be/eportal/application?languageParameter=en&pageid=contentPage&docId=8674 Stijn Coninx] – Film information from the Belgium government site belgium.be
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Category:Belgian film directors
Category:Belgian comedy film directors
Category:Members of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
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