Bram Van Paesschen
Bram Van Paesschen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 Vilvoorde, Belgium |
| Died | (aged 45) Laeken, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation(s) | movie director and editor |
Bram Van Paesschen (1979 – 10 January 2025) was a Belgian movie director and editor.
Biography
[change | change source]Van Paesschen was born in Vilvoorde in 1979. He moved to Brussels where he studied Movie at Sint-Lukas. His mockumentary graduation project Rookgordijn over Brussel about the ''L'Innovation'' department store fire in 2002 was shown after his graduation at several international film festivals, inlcuding FID Marseille and the Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente.[1][2][3] The movie became a Belgian cult classic.[4]
The second movie he directed, World of Blue / Land of O. in 2005, and awarded by the SCAM as best national author documentary.[4]
Another known movie he directed is Empire of Dust (2011), a documentary about the Chinese Railway Engineering Company building a train connection in Congo. He won with this film the 2012 Docville of Best Belgian documentary. He also directed ICI (Une lettre à Chantal Akerman) (2007), Pale Peko Bantu Mambo Ayikosake (2008), I'm New Here (2017) and De aanbidding (2017).[3][4] In addition he edited movies of among others Jeroen Van Der Stock, Jonas Govaerts and Rachida El Gara, including Silent Visitors and Wild Beast.[3][4]
Van Paesschen died in Laeken on 10 January 2025, at the age of 46.[2][3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Interview met Bram Van Paesschen". kutfilm.be (in Dutch). September 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Documentairemaker Bram Van Paesschen (45) onverwacht overleden in Laken". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Brusselse documentairemaker Bram Van Paesschen (45) overleden". bruzz (in Dutch). 12 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "In memoriam Bram Van Paesschen". deauteurs.be (in Dutch). 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
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