Stijn Coninx

Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957 in Neerpelt, Belgium) is a Belgian movie director. He is best known for the movie Daens. He was made a Baron by King Albert II of Belgium. He studied movie directing at HRITCS.

Stijn Coninx
Stijn Coninx in 2014
Born	(1957-02-21) 21 February 1957 Neerpelt, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation	movie director

Director

• Servais (1980), his university finals movie
• Surfing (1982), short movie
• 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.
• Soeur Sourire (2009)

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

References

• Stijn Coninx on IMDb
• Stijn Coninx Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine - Film information from the Belgium government site belgium.be