Philippe Blasband (born 26 July 1964 in Teheran, Iran) is a filmmaker and a writer in French language from Belgium. He is of Jewish origin and lives in Brussels. Work Novels De cendres et de fumées, Gallimard (1990) - Prix Rossel L'Effet-cathédrale, Gallimard (1994) Max et Minnie, Gallimard (1996) Le Livre des Rabinovitch, Le Castor Astral (1998) Johnny Bruxelles, Grasset (2005) Irina Poignet, Le Castor Astral (2008), novel based on the scenario of Irina Palm Short stories Quand j'étais sumo (Le Castor Astral, 2000) Non-fiction Le petit garçon qui parlait dans les cocktails, Climax Editions (2007) - included in DVD edition of La couleur des mots Films (as writer) Short films Bon anniversaire, Sergent Bob (de Frédéric Fonteyne) les Vloems (1989) (de Frédéric Fonteyne) La Ballade de Billie (1989) (de Geneviève Mersch) La Modestie (1992) (in Les sept péchés capitaux) (de Frédéric Fonteyne) Le courage (1992) (in Les sept péchés capitaux)(de Geneviève Mersch) Bob le déplorable (1993) (de Frédéric Fonteyne) John (1994) (de Geneviève Mersch) Doucement (1997) (de Jacques Decrop) La Dinde (1999) (de Sam Garbarski) Joyeux Noël Rachid (2000) (de Sam Garbarski) La Vie, la Mort et le Foot (2000) (de Sam Garbarski) Feature films Ellas (1997) (dir. Luís Galvao Teles) : French dialogues Max et Bobo (1998) (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne) Abracadabra (1998) (dir. Harry Cleven)co-written with Harry Cleven Une liaison pornographique (1999) (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne avec Sergi López et Nathalie Baye) Thomas est amoureux (2000) (dir. Pierre-Paul Renders) L'amour en suspens (2000) dir. Herman Van Eycken : dialogues Deuxième quinzaine de juillet (2000) (dir. Christophe Reichert) co-written with Christophe Reichert Le Tango Rashevski (2002) (dir. Sam Garbarski) co-written with Sam Garbarski J'ai toujours voulu être une sainte (2002) (dir. Geneviève Mersch) co-written with Geneviève Mersch and Anne Fournier Mariées mais pas trop (2003) (dir. Catherine Corsini) co-written with Catherine Corsini and Christophe Morand Nathalie... (2003) (dir. Anne Fontaine): original screenplay, under title: Nathalie Ribout La Femme de Gilles (2004) (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne) co-written with Marion Hänsel and Frédéric Fonteyne after novel by Belgian writer Madeleine Bourdouxhe - Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Screenplay Irina Palm (2006) (dir. Sam Garbarski) co-written with Martin Herron Nuits d'Arabie (2007) (dir. Paul Kieffer) co-written with Paul Kieffer A Distant Neighborhood (2010) (dir. Sam Garbarski) co-written with Jérôme Tonerre, after original graphic novel by Jirô Taniguchi) The Assistant (2015) Films (as director and writer) Short films W. C. (1991) CHA CHA CHA