---
name: "Stéphan Roelants"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephan-roelants"
fi1m_id: "stephan-roelants"
imdb_id: "nm2847097"
tmdb_id: 1292187
wikidata_id: "Q65127201"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 December 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-30T20:17:56.160812+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."
---

# Stéphan Roelants

## Identity

Stéphan Roelants

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephan-roelants
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephan-roelants
- **IMDb ID:** nm2847097
- **TMDB ID:** 1292187
- **Wikidata ID:** Q65127201
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65127201, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2847097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1292187

Producer. Born 1 December 1965 in Mons, Belgium.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 December 1965, Mons, Belgium
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Stephan Roelants
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (3), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 84 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 4, Family 3, Drama 2, Fantasy 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $13m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65127201, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2847097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1292187

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Wolfwalkers*](https://film.one/film/wolfwalkers.md) (84)

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## Biography

Stéphan Roelants is a Belgian film producer. He founded Melusine Productions in Luxembourg in 1997, and the company has produced several animated features.

His credits include *Song of the Sea* (2014), *The Breadwinner* (2017), *Wolfwalkers* (2020) and *The Summit of the Gods* (2021). He is also credited on *Ernest & Celestine* (2012), *A Town Called Panic* (2009) and *Ethel & Ernest* (2016).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, melusinestudio.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Wolfwalkers* (2020), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wolfwalkers.md)
- *The Breadwinner* (2017), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-breadwinner-2017.md)
- *Song of the Sea* (2014), Fi1m 82, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/song-of-the-sea.md)
- *Ernest & Celestine* (2012), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ernest-and-celestine.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *The Sunrise File* (2026), Producer
- *Oumuamua, l'inconnu venu de l'espace* (2025), Production Director
- *My Life in Versailles – The Movie* (2025), Producer
- *A Boat in the Garden* (2025), Producer
- *Kensuke's Kingdom* (2024), Producer
- *Mothers Anonymous* (2023), series, Producer
- *Aux sources de la fantasy* (2022), series, Director
- *The Summit of the Gods* (2021), Producer
- *Lost Flowers* (2021), Writer
- *Wolfwalkers* (2020), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/wolfwalkers.md)
- *The Prince’s Voyage* (2019), Delegated Producer
- *The Swallows of Kabul* (2019), Co-Producer
- *Ernest & Celestine's Winter* (2017), Producer
- *The Breadwinner* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-breadwinner-2017.md)
- *Ethel & Ernest* (2016), Producer
- *Extraordinary Tales* (2015), Co-Writer, Producer
- *Song of the Sea* (2014), Co-Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/song-of-the-sea.md)
- *Aunt Hilda!* (2014), Producer, Production Office Assistant
- *Ernest & Celestine* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ernest-and-celestine.md)
- *The Day of the Crows* (2012), Producer
- *The Storytelling Show* (2010), Producer
- *A Town Called Panic* (2009), Producer
- *Red Dust*, Screenplay
- *Lucie's Frightful Adventures*, Producer
- *Ghostdance*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Wolfwalkers*

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film 2018: European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film (nominated), for *The Breadwinner*
- European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film 2017: European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film (nominated), for *Ethel & Ernest*

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

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