François Weyergans is a Actor, Director and Writer Belge born on 2 august 1941 at Etterbeek (Belgique)
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Nationality BelgiqueBirth 2 august 1941 at Etterbeek (
Belgique)
Death 27 may 2019 (at 77 years)
Awards Prix Goncourt
François Weyergans (born 2 August 1941 Etterbeek, Brussels) is a Belgian writer and director. His father, Franz Weyergans, was a Belgian and also a writer, while his mother was from Avignon in France. François Weyergans was elected to the Académie française on 26 March 2009, taking the 32nd seat which became vacant with the death of Alain Robbe-Grillet in 2008.
Biography
He started film studies at the IDHEC (Hautes Études Cinématographiques), where he came to love the films of Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard, among others. He soon began to write for Cahiers du cinéma and directed his first film in 1961, on Maurice Béjart, which led to his expulsion from the school as students were banned from making professional films.
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