Directing
Michaël R. Roskam
- Born
- Oct 9, 1972 · Age 54
- Place of birth
- Belgium
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 1
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 11
Also known as (3)
- Michael R. Roskam
- Міхаель Р. Роскам
- Michaël Roskam
Biography
As a (very) young man Michael R. Roskam was passionate about graphic 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…
