Luc Dardenne

Biography

Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne (born 21 April 1951) and Luc Dardenne (born 10 March 1954), collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together. The Dardennes began making narrative and documentary films in the late 1970s. They came to international attention in the mid-1990s with La Promesse (The Promise). They won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Their work tends to reflect left-wing themes and points-of-view. In 2002, Olivier Gourmet won Best Actor at Cannes for the Dardennes' Le Fils (The Son). In 2005, they won the Palme d'Or a second time for their film L'Enfant (The Child), putting them in an elite club, at the time, of only seven. Their film, Le Silence de Lorna (Lorna's Silence), won Best Screenplay at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was released in Europe in the fall. Their film The Kid with a Bike won the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, received one Golden Globe nomination and eight Magritte Award nominations. Jean-Pierre was the jury president for the Cinéfoundation and Short Films sections of the 20…

Directed

1. Two Days, One Night (2014) — Director
2. The Kid with a Bike (2011) — Director
3. The Unknown Girl (2016) — Director
4. Rosetta (1999) — Director
5. The Child (2005) — Director
6. La Promesse (1996) — Director
7. Young Ahmed (2019) — Director
8. The Son (2002) — Director
9. Lorna's Silence (2008) — Director
10. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — Director
11. Tori and Lokita (2022) — Director
12. Young Mothers (2025) — Director
13. Thinking of You (1993) — Director
14. R... Doesn't Answer Anymore (1981) — Director
15. Falsch (1987) — Director
16. Il court, il court, le monde (1987) — Director
17. Lessons from a University on the Fly (1982) — Director
18. Regard Jonathan/Jean Louvet, son oeuvre (1983) — Director
19. Le Chant du rossignol (1978) — Director
20. When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time (1979) — Director
21. For the War to End, the Walls Should Have Crumbled (1980) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Trespassing Bergman (2013) — Self
2. Chaplin Today: Modern Times (2003) — Self
3. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
4. The Legend of the Palme d'Or (2015) — Self
5. Clique (2013) — Self - Guest
6. French Cinema Mon Amour (2015) — Self
7. A Special Day (2012) — Self
8. Two Days, One Night: On Location (2015) — Self
9. The Home Cinema of the Dardenne Brothers (2006) — Self
10. La beauté du geste (2004) — Self
11. J'aime la vie, je fais du vélo, je vais au cinéma (2005) — Self - Interviewee
12. Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema (2026) — Self
13. Leçon de Cinéma (2004) — Self
14. Beau geste (2023) — Self
15. Jean Pierre Et Luc Dardenne : Leçon de cinéma (2014) — Self - Guest
16. The Eden of La Ciotat (2022)
17. L'âge de raison, le cinéma des frères Dardenne (2013) — Self
18. Une vie contre l'oubli (2016)
19. Il était une fois... « Rosetta » (2015) — Self
20. Return to Seraing (2011) — Self - Interviewee
21. Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne : devenir un être humain (2009) — Self
22. The Dardennes on Leon M's Boat (2015) — Self
23. Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur (2021) — Self - Interviewee
24. The Ozu Diaries (2025) — Self
25. Plankton Salesmen (2017) — Self (archive footage)
26. Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life (2026) — Self