Felix van Groeningen
Felix van Groeningen | |
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Van Groeningen in 2016. | |
| Born | 1 November 1977 Ghent, Belgium |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Partner | Charlotte Vandermeersch |
| Children | 1 |
Felix van Groeningen (Dutch: [ˈfeːlɪks fɑŋ ˈɣrunɪŋə(n)]; born 1 November 1977) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He is most known for the drama film The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012), for which he was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 86th Academy Awards.
He made his English-language debut with the biographical film Beautiful Boy (2018), while his drama film The Eight Mountains (2022) won the Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.