Jean-Jacques Andrien
Born (1944-06-01) 1 June 1944 (age 79)
Verviers (Wallonia)
OccupationFilm director
Years active1972–present

Jean-Jacques Andrien (born 1 June 1944) is a Belgian film director. Le Monde deem his film Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven (1981), to be the first great Film of a Walloon cinema[1] This film addresses two problems; the first is that of Belgium's region, site of a bitter conflict between Flemish and Walloon inhabitants, and the second that of a dramatic changes that have affected the agricultural world.[2] The film was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.[3]

Filmography

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Notes

  1. ^ Quoted by Jean-Patrick Duchesne Des arts plastiques au cinéma in Bruno Demoulin et Jean-Louis Kupper, Histoire de la Wallonie, Privat, Toulouse, 2004, pages 366-377, p. 376 ISBN 2-7089-4779-6
  2. ^ Lieve Spaas, The Francophone Film: A Struggle for Identity Published by Manchester University Press, 2000, p. 19, ISBN 0-7190-5861-9
  3. ^ "Berlinale 1981: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Catalogue". Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2009.

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