Directing
Johan Grimonprez
- Born
- Aug 12, 1962 · Age 64
- Place of birth
- Roeselare, Belgium
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 1
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 19
Also known as (1)
- Йохан Гримонпре
Biography
Johan Grimonprez (born 1962; Roeselare) is a Belgian multimedia artist, filmmaker, and curator. He is most known for his films Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997) which the Guardian included in its article From Warhol to Steve McQueen: a history of video art in 30 works, 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 about the promise of decolonisation, the hope of the non-aligned movement and the dream of self-determination. Grimonprez was born in 1962 in…
