David Lambert (director)

David Lambert (born 1974) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter.[1] He is most noted as cowriter with Guillaume Senez of the 2016 film Keeper, for which they received a Magritte Award nomination for Best Screenplay at the 7th Magritte Awards in 2017.[2]

Lambert co-wrote the screenplays for Senez's short film In Our Blood (Dans nos veines) with Senez and the feature films The Boat Race (La Régate) and Angel at Sea (Un ange à la mer) with Bernard Bellefroid, and wrote and directed the short film Vivre encore un peu..., before releasing Beyond the Walls (Hors les murs) in 2012 as his feature debut.[3] He subsequently directed the films All Yours (Je suis à toi) in 2014,[4] and Third Wedding (Troisièmes noces) in 2018.[5]

His fourth film, Turtles (Les Tortues), premiered in 2023 at the Rencontres du cinéma francophone en Beaujolais.[6]

  1. ^ Etan Vlessing, "David Lambert’s Je suis a toi debuts in competition in Karlovy Vary". Playback, 7 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Magritte 2017: les nominations dans leur intégralité". Cinevox, 10 January 2017.
  3. ^ Lodge, Guy (3 June 2012). "Beyond the Walls". Variety. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ^ Domenico La Porta, "All Yours: Belgian bakery seeks Argentinian male prostitute". Cineuropa, 7 August 2014.
  5. ^ Aurore Engelen, "Review: Troisièmes noces". Cineuropa, 6 December 2018.
  6. ^ Vincent Raymond, "Le cinéma francophone en mode Beaujolais". Le Petit Bulletin, October 31, 2023.