Olivier Masset-Depasse

Olivier Masset-Depasse is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He made his feature-length debut in 2006 with Cages. In 2010, he wrote and directed Illegal, which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for eight Magritte Awards.[1] It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.[2] His next film was Mothers' Instinct, starring Veerle Baetens, Anne Coesens and Mehdi Nebbou, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It received ten nominations at the 10th Magritte Awards, winning in nine categories, including Best Film and Best Director for Masset-Depasse, holding the record for the most Magritte Awards won by a single film.[4]

References
  1. "Les Magritte du cinema 2011: les nominés" (in French). Académie André Delvaux. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. Mundell, Ian (2010-09-17). "Belgium selects 'Illegal' for Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  3. Ide, Wendy. "'Mothers' Instinct': Toronto Review". Screen International. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. Dricot, Lucy (1 February 2020). "Découvrez le palmarès complet de la 10e cérémonie des Magritte du cinéma" (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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