Joseph Plateau Award for Best Director
| Joseph Plateau Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in Cinematic Direction Achievement |
| Country | Belgium |
| First award | 1987 |
| Most recent winner | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for L'Enfant (2005) |
The Joseph Plateau Award for Best Director (Dutch: Joseph Plateauprijs voor Beste Regisseur) was an annual film award presented in Belgium to honor outstanding achievement in film directing. It was awarded from 1987 to 2005 as part of the Joseph Plateau Awards and was presented during the International Film Fest Gent.
The most awarded filmmakers were Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, who won four awards, followed by Dominique Deruddere and Jaco Van Dormael with two awards each.
Winners
1980s
| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Dominique Deruddere | Crazy Love | |
| 1988 | André Delvaux | The Abyss | L'Œuvre au noir |
| 1989 | Robbe De Hert | Blueberry Hill | |
1990s
| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Dominique Deruddere | Wait Until Spring, Bandini | |
| 1991 | Jaco Van Dormael | Toto the Hero | Toto le Héros |
| 1992 | Harry Kümel | Eline Vere | |
| 1993 | Stijn Coninx | Daens | |
| 1994 | Marc-Henri Wajnberg | Just Friends | |
| 1995 | Frank Van Passel | Manneken Pis | |
| 1996 | Jaco Van Dormael | The Eighth Day | Le Huitième Jour |
| 1997 | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | La Promesse | |
| 1998 | Julien Vrebos | The Masked Ball | Le Bal masqué |
| 1999 | Patrice Toye | Rosie | |
2000s
| Year | Director(s) | English title | Original title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (14th) |
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | Rosetta | ||
| Dominique Deruddere | Everybody's Famous! | Iedereen beroemd! | ||
| Frédéric Fonteyne | An Affair of Love | Une liaison pornographique | ||
| 2001 (15th) |
Lieven Debrauwer | Pauline & Paulette | ||
| Gérard Corbiau | The King Is Dancing | Le Roi danse | ||
| Robbe De Hert | The Publishers | Lijmen/Het Been | ||
| 2002 (16th) |
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | The Son | Le Fils | [1] |
| Danis Tanović | No Man's Land | |||
| Frank Van Passel | Villa des Roses | |||
| 2003 (17th) |
Erik Van Looy | The Memory of a Killer | De zaak Alzheimer | [2] |
| Lucas Belvaux | On the Run | Cavale | ||
| An Amazing Couple | Un couple épatant | |||
| After the Life | Après la vie | |||
| Stijn Coninx | Sea of Silence | Verder dan de maan | ||
| 2004 (18th) |
Frédéric Fonteyne | Gilles' Wife | La Femme de Gilles | |
| Lieven Debrauwer | Sweet Jam | Confituur | ||
| Felix van Groeningen | Steve + Sky | |||
| 2005 (19th) |
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | L'Enfant | ||
| Bouli Lanners | Ultranova | |||
| Fien Troch | Someone Else's Happiness | Een ander zijn geluk | ||
References
- ^ Dupagne, Marie-France (28 February 2003). "Hop gets 5 Plateau Noms". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ Kay, Jeremy (22 March 2004). "Belvaux, Coninx among Belgium's Plateau nominees". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
External links
- "Joseph Plateau Award Categories" (in French). Film Fest Gent. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- "Joseph Plateau Award Statistics" (in French). Official Joseph Plateau Awards Database. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2026.