Nicolas Provost (born 1969, Ronse, Belgium^[1]) is a Belgian filmmaker and visual artist who lives and works in New York and Brussels.

His works are in a number of collections, including The New Art Gallery Walsall and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, who share Storyteller (2010),^[2][3] SMAK Gent^[1] and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.^[1]

His short film Suspension received an honorable mention at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008.^[4] He has also exhibited at The San Francisco International Film Festival, CineVegas, The International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Viennale, and The Locarno Film Festival.^[5]

His first feature film, The Invader, premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2011.^[6]

He has lived in Belgium and Norway, and as of 2013, resides in New York.^[1]

Filmography

Shorts

Provost's short films include:^[6][7]

• 2000 (2000): Need Any Help?
• 2001 (2001): Madonna with Child
• 2003 (2003): Pommes d'amour
• 2002 (2002): I Hate This Town
• 2002 (2002): Yellow Mellow
• 2003 (2003): Bataille
• 2003 (2003): Papillon d'amour
• 2004 (2004): Oh Dear
• 2004 (2004): Exoticore
• 2006 (2006): The Divers
• 2007 (2007): Induction
• 2007 (2007): Suspension
• 2007 (2007): Gravity
• 2007 (2007): Plot Point – nominated for the European Film Academy Awards
• 2009 (2009): Long Live the New Flesh – competed at the Berlinale 2010
• 2010 (2010): Storyteller
• 2010 (2010): Abstract Action
• 2010 (2010): Stardust
• 2011 (2011): Moving Stories
• 2013 (2013): Tokyo Giants – third prize ALCINE44 European Short Film Competition.
• 2013 (2013): The Dark Galleries
• 2014 (2014): The Painters
• 2014 (2014): Illumination

Features

• 2011 (2011): The Invader