François Weyergans

François Weyergans

Known for

Directing

Born

August 2, 1941

Birthplace

Etterbeek, Belgium

Died

May 27, 2019 (aged 77)

Biography

François Weyergans (2 August 1941 – 27 May 2019) was a Belgian writer and director. His father, Franz Weyergans, was a Belgian and also a writer, while his mother was from Avignon in France. François Weyergans was elected to the Académie française on 26 March 2009, taking the 32nd seat which became vacant with the death of Alain Robbe-Grillet in 2008.

He started film studies at the IDHEC (Hautes Études Cinématographiques), where he came to love the films of Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard, among others. He soon began to write for Cahiers du cinéma and directed his first film in 1961, on Maurice Béjart, which led to his expulsion from the school as students were banned from making profess...

Best known work

Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
1985
Apostrophes
Apostrophes
1975
Je t'aime, tu danses
Je t'aime, tu danses
1977
Flesh Color
Flesh Color
1978
Bresson: Without a Trace
Bresson: Without a Trace
1965
Ciné regards
Ciné regards
1978
Maladie mortelle
Maladie mortelle
1977
Aline
Aline
1967
Un film sur quelqu'un
Un film sur quelqu'un
1972

Filmography

  1. 1985

    Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa

    Writer

  2. 1978

    Flesh Color

    Director, Writer

  3. 1978

    Ciné regardsTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  4. 1977

  5. 1977

  6. 1975

    ApostrophesTV

    as Self (5 episodes)

  7. 1972

  8. 1967

    Aline

    Director

  9. 1965

    Bresson: Without a Trace

    as Self - Interviewer, Director

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