---
name: "Angelo Tijssens"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/angelo-tijssens"
fi1m_id: "angelo-tijssens"
imdb_id: "nm3899543"
tmdb_id: 1274219
wikidata_id: "Q53453768"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-25T10:28:40.596937+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Angelo Tijssens

## Identity

Angelo Tijssens

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/angelo-tijssens
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** angelo-tijssens
- **IMDb ID:** nm3899543
- **TMDB ID:** 1274219
- **Wikidata ID:** Q53453768
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53453768, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3899543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1274219

Writer. Born 1 January 1986 in Blankenberge.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1986, Blankenberge
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Lukas Dhont](https://film.one/person/lukas-dhont.md), [Michiel Dhont](https://film.one/person/michiel-dhont.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53453768, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3899543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1274219

## Coming up

- *Jonah Was Here* (2027-01-27), Writer

## Biography

Angelo Tijssens is a Belgian screenwriter and writer. Born in 1986 in Blankenberge, he trained as an actor at the Antwerp Conservatorium before turning to writing. He began with short films, including collaborations with director Gilles Coulier whose *IJsland* (2010) and *Mont Blanc* (2013) screened at Cannes.

Tijssens is best known for his screenplays co-written with Lukas Dhont: *Girl* (2018), which premiered at Cannes and won the Caméra d'Or, and *Close* (2022), which received the Grand Prix there. He wrote the screenplay for Dhont's *Coward* (2026). He has also written novels, including the debut *De Randen* (2022, published in English as *The Edges*), and is a longstanding member of the artistic core of the theatre company Ontroerend Goed. Tijssens lives in Antwerp and is a member of the European Film Academy and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

*Sources: imdb.com, anothermag.com, curtisbrown.co.uk, auteurslezingen.be.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Coward* (2026), Fi1m 66, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/coward.md)
- *Close* (2022), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/close.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jonah Was Here* (2027), Writer
- *Coward* (2026), Screenplay — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/coward.md)
- *Dust* (2026), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Julian* (2025), Writer
- *Close* (2022), Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/close.md)
- *This Magnificent Cake!* (2018), as Louis (voice)
- *Girl* (2018), as Hendricks · Screenplay
- *The Blind Spot* (2017), as Journalist 2 hospitaal
- *Bevergem* (2015), series, as Fabien
- *Mont Blanc* (2012), Writer
- *NOW/HERE* (2010), as Otto · Writer
- *Iceland* (2010), as Friend · Screenplay
- *Vermist* (2008), series, as Winkeluitbater
- *Flikken Maastricht* (2007), series, as Guillaume

## Gallery

- ![The cast of "Coward" pose during a photocall at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/21666/gallery-e87bcc1bf650.jpg) The cast of "Coward" pose during a photocall at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival — Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/%22Coward%22_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-%22Coward%22_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Film Crew: Angelo Tijssens, Arieh Worthalter, Anke Blondé and Jan Hammenecker pose at the "Dust" photocall at Berlinale 2026 in Berlin, Germany](https://film.one/media/person/21666/gallery-dda956d13e74.jpg) Film Crew: Angelo Tijssens, Arieh Worthalter, Anke Blondé and Jan Hammenecker pose at the "Dust" photocall at Berlinale 2026 in Berlin, Germany — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Angelo_Tijssens%2C_Arieh_Worthalter%2C_Anke_Blond%C3%A9_and_Jan_Hammenecker.jpg/1280px-Angelo_Tijssens%2C_Arieh_Worthalter%2C_Anke_Blond%C3%A9_and_Jan_Hammenecker.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Angelo Tijssens](https://film.one/media/person/21666/gallery-89dc7d0240b8.jpg) Angelo Tijssens — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Angelo_Tijssens_at_Berlinale_2026-1.jpg/1280px-Angelo_Tijssens_at_Berlinale_2026-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Angelo Tijssens pose at the "Dust" photocall at Berlinale 2026 in Berlin, Germany](https://film.one/media/person/21666/gallery-f02585a80ec1.jpg) Angelo Tijssens pose at the "Dust" photocall at Berlinale 2026 in Berlin, Germany — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Angelo_Tijssens_at_Berlinale_2026.jpg/1280px-Angelo_Tijssens_at_Berlinale_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Angelo Tijssens poses during the Coward photocall at the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/21666/gallery-7513a0842fb3.jpg) Angelo Tijssens poses during the Coward photocall at the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival (2026) — Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Angelo_Tijssens_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Angelo_Tijssens_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2022: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Close*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Girl*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2018: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Girl*
- European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year 2018: European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year (won), for *Girl*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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