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Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957) is a Belgian film director.

Baron Stijn Coninx
Stijn Coninx (2014)
Born	Augustijn Coninx (1957-02-21) 21 February 1957 (age 65) Neerpelt, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation	film director

Career

He studied film directing at HRITCS (currently Ritcs, at Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel). Baron Coninx is best known for his film Daens, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992.[1] He was made a Baron by Baudouin.

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)
• Further Than the Moon (Verder dan de maan) (2003)
• To Walk Again (2007), documentary
• Sister Smile (2009)
• Marina (2013)
• Ay Ramon! (2015)
• Niet Schieten (2018)

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

References

External links

• Stijn Coninx at IMDb
• Stijn Coninx - Film information from the Belgium government site belgium.be

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