Jean-Jacques Andrien

In 1973, Jean-Jacques Andrien created Les Films de la Dreve, through which he produced his own films, including ‘Le Fils d’Amr est mort!’ (1975), which took first prize at Locarno; ‘Le Grand paysage d’Alexis Droeven’ (1981), which had a Special Mention at the Berlinale; and ‘Australia’ (1988), which won a prize at Venice. Andrien has also produced the work of a number of international filmmakers, including Lucas Belvaux’s ‘Parfois trop d’amour’; Mrinal Sen’s ‘Genesis’, which was in competition in Cannes; and Yasmine Kassari’s ‘L’ enfant endormi’, which was named Best European Film at Venice. He has also taught cinema in a number of cinema schools and universities, including INSAS and ULB. He continues to direct the cinema module at the summer school AKDT in Belgium.