---
name: "Lukas Dhont"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lukas-dhont"
fi1m_id: "lukas-dhont"
imdb_id: "nm4080113"
tmdb_id: 1274468
wikidata_id: "Q53815755"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "11 June 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-23T04:20:37.088415+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."
---

# Lukas Dhont

## Identity

Lukas Dhont

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lukas-dhont
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lukas-dhont
- **IMDb ID:** nm4080113
- **TMDB ID:** 1274468
- **Wikidata ID:** Q53815755
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukas_Dhont, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53815755, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4080113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1274468

Director and writer. Born 11 June 1991 in Ghent, Belgium.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 11 June 1991, Ghent, Belgium
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Also known as:** Лукас Донт
- **Frequently works with:** [Angelo Tijssens](https://film.one/person/angelo-tijssens.md), [Michiel Dhont](https://film.one/person/michiel-dhont.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukas_Dhont, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53815755, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4080113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1274468

## Biography

Lukas Dhont is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Ghent on 11 June 1991.

His debut feature *Girl* (2018) premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or and the Queer Palm. His second feature *Close* (2022), which he wrote with Angelo Tijssens, premiered in competition at Cannes and shared the Grand Prix. It was Belgium's entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

Dhont was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in 2019.

*Sources: imdb.com, festival-cannes.com, rottentomatoes.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Close* (2022), Fi1m 75, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/close.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Coward* (2026), Director, Screenplay — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/coward.md)
- *A Family* (2026), Co-Producer
- *Julian* (2025), Producer
- *Young Mothers* (2025), Co-Producer
- *Babygirl* (2024), Thanks — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/babygirl.md)
- *Through the Night* (2023), Co-Producer
- *Close* (2022), Writer, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/close.md)
- *Our Nature* (2021), Writer, Director
- *Girl* (2018), Director, Screenplay
- *Infinity* (2014), Writer, Director
- *Boys On Film X* (2013), Director, Writer
- *The Broken Circle Breakdown* (2012), Additional Production Assistant
- *Headlong* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Skin of Glass* (2012), Editor, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *De Lucht in mijn Keel* (2012), Writer
- *Either/Or* (2010), Assistant Camera

## Gallery

- ![Lukas Dhont](https://film.one/media/person/21664/gallery-285cc2442535.jpg) Lukas Dhont — European Parliament, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Lukas_Dhont_at_LUX_Audience_Award_2023%2C_Brussels_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The cast of "Coward" pose during a photocall at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/21664/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)
- !["Girl" Paris Premiere with actor Victor Polster and director Lukas Dhont (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/21664/gallery-a1329b00d75d.jpg) "Girl" Paris Premiere with actor Victor Polster and director Lukas Dhont (2018) — FR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Girl_Paris_Premiere.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![César 2020](https://film.one/media/person/21664/gallery-7de1e19403ca.jpg) César 2020 — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/LUKAS_DHONT_CESAR_2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lukas Dhont](https://film.one/media/person/21664/gallery-fdd66b5a472d.jpg) Lukas Dhont — Image via TMDB
- ![Lukas Dhont](https://film.one/media/person/21664/gallery-3e7daf705d64.jpg) Lukas Dhont — Image via TMDB
- ![LUKAS DHONT poses during a photocall at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/21664/gallery-c5d8de773750.jpg) LUKAS DHONT poses 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/d/d0/LUKAS_DHONT_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-LUKAS_DHONT_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![“Close” by Belgian director Lukas Dhont won the 2023 LUX European Audience Film Award on Tuesday, in a ceremony in the European Parliament’s hemicycle in Brusse](https://film.one/media/person/21664/gallery-0ff4b27433df.jpg) “Close” by Belgian director Lukas Dhont won the 2023 LUX European Audience Film Award on Tuesday, in a ceremony in the European Parliament’s hemicycle in Brusse — European Parliament, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/LUX_Audience_Award_2023.jpg/1280px-LUX_Audience_Award_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won, 5 nominated

- honorary doctorate from University of Dunkerque 2024: honorary doctorate from University of Dunkerque (won)
- European Film Award for Best Director 2022: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Close*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2022: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Close*
- 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*
- Caméra d'Or 2018: Caméra d'Or (won), 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*
- FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes 2018: FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes (won), for *Girl*
- Queer Palm 2018: Queer Palm (won), for *Girl*

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

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