Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Jacques-Henri Bronckart is a Belgian film producer.

Bronckart was born in Liège, Belgium. He attended the University of Liège and earned a degree in communication and cinema in 1994. Bronckart's career as a producer began in the mid 1990s as an assistant for Latitude Productions, producing early short films directed by Bouli Lanners and Micha Wald.[1] He then founded the production company Versus in April 1999 with his older brother Olivier.[2] Bronckart was a producer of the film Days of Glory, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards.[3] Through his production company, he frequently collaborated with Bouli Lanners, Olivier Masset-Depasse, Joachim Lafosse, and Fien Troch.[4]

In 2009, Jacques-Henri and Olivier Bronckart founded the film distribution company O'Brother in Brussels.[5] In 2013, Bronckart received a Magritte Award in the category of Best Flemish Film in Coproduction for his work on Kid (2012).[6] He was also nominated for a Magritte Award for Best Foreign Film in Coproduction for his work on The Nun (2013).[7]

  1. ^ Feuillère, Anne; Vlaeminckx, Jean-Michel (1 January 2006). "Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Versus Production". Cinergie (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Les autres frères belges de la Croisette". La Libre Belgique (in French). 16 May 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. ^ Bouchareb, Rachid. "Days of Glory (Indigènes)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  4. ^ Boutsen, Bruno (13 May 2011). "Une société en cache une autre". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  5. ^ Engelen, Aurore (8 September 2009). "Bronckart brothers try their hands at distribution". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Les Magritte du cinéma: les résultats". Ciné Télé Revue (in French). 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  7. ^ "4e Magritte du cinéma – Tous les nominés". Cinevox (in French). 9 January 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2017.