---
name: "Felix van Groeningen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/felix-van-groeningen"
fi1m_id: "felix-van-groeningen"
imdb_id: "nm0886976"
tmdb_id: 239672
wikidata_id: "Q2188230"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 November 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T00:25:01.276630+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."
---

# Felix van Groeningen

## Identity

Felix van Groeningen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/felix-van-groeningen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** felix-van-groeningen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0886976
- **TMDB ID:** 239672
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2188230
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_van_Groeningen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2188230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/239672

Director. Born 1 November 1977 in Ghent, Belgium.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 November 1977, Ghent, Belgium
- **Also known as:** Феликс Ван Грунинген
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_van_Groeningen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2188230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/239672

## Coming up

- *Let Love In* (2027-02-17), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Beautiful Boy*](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Felix van Groeningen is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He studied audiovisual arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent, graduating in 2000.

He is known for directing and co-writing *The Broken Circle Breakdown* (2012), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best International Feature Film, as well as *The Misfortunates* (2009), *Belgica* (2016) and *The Eight Mountains* (2022). He made his English-language debut as director and co-screenwriter of *Beautiful Boy* (2018).

Van Groeningen has maintained a long-term professional collaboration with producer Dirk Impens and frequently works with cinematographer Ruben Impens and editor Nico Leunen. He is in a relationship with screenwriter and actress Charlotte Vandermeersch.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, cineuropa.org, screendaily.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Beautiful Boy* (2018), Fi1m 68, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Let Love In* (2027), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Eight Mountains* (2022), Screenplay, Director
- *Beautiful Boy* (2018), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md)
- *Belgica* (2016), Director, Screenplay
- *The Broken Circle Breakdown* (2012), Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
- *The Misfortunates* (2009), Director, Screenplay
- *With Friends Like These* (2007), Director, Writer
- *Steve + Sky* (2004), Writer, Director
- *België-Turkije* (2001), Assistant Director
- *Bonjour Madam* (2001), Director
- *Innocence* (2000), Assistant Grip
- *50CC* (2000), Producer, Director, Writer
- *Truth or Dare* (1999), Screenplay, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 4 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Director 2013: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *The Broken Circle Breakdown*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2013: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The Broken Circle Breakdown*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2013: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *The Broken Circle Breakdown*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2013: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Broken Circle Breakdown*

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

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