Baron Stijn Coninx
Stijn Coninx in 2021
Born	Augustijn Coninx (1957-02-21) 21 February 1957 (age 66) Neerpelt, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation	film director
Years active	1987-

Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957) is a Belgian film director.

Career

He studied film directing at HRITCS (currently Ritcs, at Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel). Conicx made his debut as film director in 1987 with the comedy Hector, which became the most successful movie in Belgium for a few years. He is best known for his film Daens, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992.^[1] In 1993, Stijn Coninx was made a Baron by king Baudouin.

Coninx released two well received biographical films of Belgian artists, Sister Smile about The Singing Nun and Marina about Rocco Granata.^[2]

Honours

• 1993: Created Baron Coninx by King Baudouin
• Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.

Filmography

Director

• Servais (1980), his university finals film.
• Surfing (1982), short film.
• Hector (1987)
• Koko Flanel (1990)
• Daens (1992) (nominated for an Academy Award)
• When the Light Comes (Licht) (1998)
• Further Than the Moon (Verder dan de maan) (2003)
• To Walk Again (2007), documentary
• Sister Smile (2009)
• Marina (2013)
• Ay Ramon! (2015)
• Niet Schieten (2018)
• Sinterklaas en de Wakkere Nachten (2018)
• Sinterklaas en Koning Kabberdas (2021)^[3]

Assistant director

• Het Beest (1982)
• Zaman (1983) (credited as Stijn Coninckx)
• Wildschut (1985) (Stronghold in the United States)
• De Leeuw van Vlaanderen (1985)
• Skin (1987)
• Blueberry Hill (1989)

Television work

• Het Peulengaleis (1999) TV series
• Nefast voor de feestvreugde (2001, 2002, 2003) TV series
• De Kavijaks (2005)
• Anneliezen (2010)

Awards and nominations