Frank Van Passel ( born 23 June 1964 ) is a Belgian film director and producer . In 1995 , he made his directorial film debut with '' Manneken Pis '' , which premiered at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival and won the Mercedes-Benz Award , Grand Golden Rail , Award of the Youth and the Prix Guillermo del Toro . The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film and four awards at the Joseph Plateau Awards . Van Passel 's next film , '' Villa des Roses '' ( 2002 ) , was adapted from the 1913 novella of the same name by Belgian writer Willem Elsschot . The film starred Julie Delpy , Shaun Dingwall and Shirley Henderson . It won Best Feature at the Hollywood Film Festival and was nominated for three awards at the British Independent Film Awards . His TV-series received numerous awards , including a Special Commendation Prix d'Europe and the FIPA D'OR Grand Prize in Biarritz for The Emperor of Taste and the TV-critics Award and De HA ! van Humo for Terug naar Oosterdonk . He is co-founder of Caviar , a production company with offices in Brussels , Antwerp , Los Angeles , Paris , Amsterdam , London and Prague
Hollywood Film Festival
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Frank Van Passel