Johan Grimonprez

Johan Grimonprez
Grimonprez in 2007
NationalityBelgian
EducationThe German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Berlin (1997);

Jan van Eyck Academy, New York (Post Graduate FA, 1995); Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York (1993); School of Visual Arts, New York (MFA Film & Mixed Media, 1992);

School of Arts, KASK, Ghent (BA Photography & Mixed Media, 1986)
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, artist, curator
AwardsBlack Pearl Award: Best New Documentary Director, First Prize European Media Award, First Prize International Media Awards, Golden Spire: Best Director, Grand Prix de la Ville de Genève, Persistence of Vision San Francisco International Film Festival, Special Jury Award for Cinematic Innovation Sundance Film Festival

Johan Grimonprez (born 1962) is a Belgian multimedia artist, filmmaker, and curator. He is most known for his films Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997), Double Take (2009) and Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade (2016), based on the book by Andrew Feinstein. Grimonprez wrote and directed the documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat on the Congo Crisis.


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