Guido Henderickx
Guido Herman Celina Henderickx (29 August 1942 – 18 December 2024) was a Belgian film director of movies, documentaries and television programs.
Guido Henderickx | |
|---|---|
| Born | Guido Herman Celina Henderickx 29 August 1942 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | 18 December 2024 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | film director |
Biography
Hendrickx was born on 29 August 1942 in Antwerp.[1] He studied at the RITCS in Brussels where he graduated in 1966.[2]
Hendrickx started working at the Antwerp drama school with the film group “Fugitive Cinema”. Together with Robbe De Hert and Patrick Le Bon, he made the short films S.O.S. Fonske in 1968 and De dood van een sandwichman in 1971.[1][3] The first movie he directed was Verbrande Brug in 1975.[4][5] His second movie was De Proefkonijnen in 1979.[1] Together with among others Arno Hintjens, Hilde Van Mieghem and Josse De Pauw he directed his third film ‘Skin’ in 1988. With this movie Hebdrickx was nominated for a International Fantasy Film Award.[3]
Hendrickx became most known for the 1993 mini series Moeder, waarom leven wij? at VTM after the book with the same title by Lode Zielens. The same year the series was awarded the HA! by Humo. In 2006 it is followed by Koning van de wereld at VTM of which also a cinema version was made.[3]
Between the two series he directed his fourth film S. including themes of as child abuse, prostitution, self-mutilation and horny priests.[3]
Hendrickx was also a teacher in film directing at LUCA School of Arts in Brussels.[3]
Henderickx died on 18 December 2024, at the age of 82 years old. Several people from the Flemish film industry publicly responded to his death, including film director Jan Verheyen and actors Koen De Bouw, Kevin Janssens and Katelijne Damen.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Guido henderickx". Eerste Nederlandse Systematisch Ingerichte Encyclopaedie (in Nederlands). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ↑ "Guido Hendrickx". Nederlands Film Festival (in Nederlands). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Vlaams filmregisseur Guido Henderickx (82) overleden, bekend van 'Verbrande Brug' en 'Moeder, waarom leven wij?'". VRT (in Nederlands). 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Regisseur Guido Henderickx, bekend van 'Moeder, waarom leven wij?', op 82-jarige leeftijd overleden". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Nederlands). 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ↑ "Regisseur Guido Henderickx (82) overleden: "De meest bescheiden van onze Vlaamse filmpioniers"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Nederlands). 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.