Directing

Michaël R. Roskam

Born October 9, 1972 · Belgium (age 53)

As a (very) young man Michael R. Roskam was passionate about graphic novels, comic-strips and cinema. Inspired by the great Belgian tradition of comic-strip artists like Hergé, he decided to become a comic-strip artist himself and went to St-Lucas Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. There he discovered painting and contemporary art. He graduated but also got involved into writing fiction - meanwhile…

Known For

The Drop

The Drop · 2014

MovieDramaCrime

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

Racer and the Jailbird

Racer and the Jailbird · 2017

Racer and the Jailbird

MovieCrimeDrama

When Gino meets racing driver Bénédicte, it's love at first sight. But Gino has a secret. The kind of secret that can endanger their lives.

Bullhead

Bullhead · 2011

MovieCrimeDrama

A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.

Le Faux Soir

Le Faux Soir · 2026

MovieDramaHistory

November 1943, German-occupied Belgium. In the face of grave danger if caught, the Independent Front, a Belgian resistance organization, publishes a spoof edition of Le Soir to satirize the German occupiers and the nation’s main propaganda-controlled newspaper. Le Faux Soir is considered the first act of media hacking in history.

Een verkeerde toekomst

Een verkeerde toekomst · 2019

Een verkeerde toekomst

A short film about our climate, our conscience and our future.

The One Thing to Do

The One Thing to Do · 2005

The One Thing to Do

MovieCrimeDrama

Edward Monskii, is in a very bad shape, and Botter Gaarman, obviously tired, are in the terrace of a coffee of a Mediterranean city, ready for a long time prepared mission. When a quite old man, Ernest Carpentier, joined their table, the situation becomes tense and dangerous.

Carlo

MovieDramaCrime

Nicky breaks both of his feet, and asks his cousin Carlo to stand in for him during a footballmatch. But when Carlo is picked up on the day of the match, he gets in the wrong car.

Black Bird

Black Bird · 2022

SeriesDramaCrime

As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.

Filmography

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The Drop

The Drop · 2014

MovieDramaCrime

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

Director

Racer and the Jailbird

Racer and the Jailbird · 2017

Racer and the Jailbird

MovieCrimeDrama

When Gino meets racing driver Bénédicte, it's love at first sight. But Gino has a secret. The kind of secret that can endanger their lives.

Director

Bullhead

Bullhead · 2011

MovieCrimeDrama

A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.

Director

Le Faux Soir

Le Faux Soir · 2026

MovieDramaHistory

November 1943, German-occupied Belgium. In the face of grave danger if caught, the Independent Front, a Belgian resistance organization, publishes a spoof edition of Le Soir to satirize the German occupiers and the nation’s main propaganda-controlled newspaper. Le Faux Soir is considered the first act of media hacking in history.

Director

Een verkeerde toekomst

Een verkeerde toekomst · 2019

Een verkeerde toekomst

A short film about our climate, our conscience and our future.

Director

The One Thing to Do

The One Thing to Do · 2005

The One Thing to Do

MovieCrimeDrama

Edward Monskii, is in a very bad shape, and Botter Gaarman, obviously tired, are in the terrace of a coffee of a Mediterranean city, ready for a long time prepared mission. When a quite old man, Ernest Carpentier, joined their table, the situation becomes tense and dangerous.

Director

Carlo

MovieDramaCrime

Nicky breaks both of his feet, and asks his cousin Carlo to stand in for him during a footballmatch. But when Carlo is picked up on the day of the match, he gets in the wrong car.

Director

Black Bird

Black Bird · 2022

SeriesDramaCrime

As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.

Executive Producer

Lockdown

Lockdown · 2021

Each short story plays in the same setting with 2 characters, each on their side of the glass of the visitors area from a prison that them (and also the world) divides.

Director