Biographie

Dominique Deruddere

Belgian writer/director Dominique Deruddere made his first film Orange Light (super 8, 50") when he was fourteen. He studied film at Sint Lukas in Brussels. His thesis film Killing Joke went on to win an award at the Brussels International Film Festival. His first feature Crazy Love (a.k.a. Love is a Dog from Hell), based on the works by Charles Bukowski won critical acclaim and numerous international awards. His next film, Wait until spring, bandini was produced by Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios. Deruddere’s fifth feature Everybody's Famous! received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award nomination for best foreign language film. He continued to work in both the United States and Belgium and has since directed five more feature films. The Chapel is his most recent production and his tenth film.