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As a (very) young man Michael R. Roskam was passionate about grafic novels, comic-strips and cinema. Inspired by the great Belgian tradition of comic-strip artists like Hergé, he decided to become a comic-strip artist himself and went to St-Lucas Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. There he discovered painting and contemporary art. He graduated but also got involved into writing fiction - meanwhile keeping his passion for the image alive by drawing and experimenting with video. After several jobs as a journalist (@ De Morgen, newspaper) and a copywriter (@ Saatchi&Saatchi, advertising), he wrote a script for a short film. By directing this himself he returned to the roots of his creative urge: cinema. The result was his first short movie: "HAUN". He finally found out what he'd always been looking for: movement. Since then he worked as a moviemaker. "CARLO" (prod. CCCP), his second short, won several prizes at national and international festivals and was shown on different tv-channels and movie theatres in Europe. His third short "THE ONE THING TO DO" (prod. CCCP) premiered in December 2005 at the Leuven International Shortfilm Festival were the film won the Audience Award. In November 2007 he went to L.A. to shoot TODAY IS FRIDAY (prod. SAVAGE FILM/M. ROSKAM), a short film based on an Ernest Hemingway story.

Racer and the Jailbird ( 2017) | IMDb: 6.3

Crime , Drama , Romance

When Gino meets racing driver Bénédicte, it's love at first sight. But Gino has a secret. The kind of secret that can endanger their lives.

Starring:

Matthias Schoenaerts , Adèle Exarchopoulos , Éric de Staercke , Jean-Benoît Ugeux , Nabil Missoumi , Fabien Magry

Directed by:

Michaël R. Roskam , Sofie Tusschans

Produced by:

Marc Dalmans , Gudrun Burie , Michaël Bier

The Drop ( 2014) | IMDb: 7

Crime , Drama

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

Starring:

Tom Hardy , Noomi Rapace , James Gandolfini , Matthias Schoenaerts , John Ortiz , Ann Dowd

Directed by:

Timothy Bird , Ashley Hudson , Michaël R. Roskam

Produced by:

Mike LaRocca , M. Blair Breard , Dennis Lehane

Bullhead ( 2011) | IMDb: 7.3

Crime , Drama

A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.

Starring:

Matthias Schoenaerts , Jeroen Perceval , Jeanne Dandoy , Barbara Sarafian , Tibo Vandenborre , Frank Lammers

Directed by:

Michaël R. Roskam

Produced by:

An Rydant , Bart Van Langendonck , Saskia Verboven

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Biography