
Felix van Groeningen is a Flemish director, screenwriter, and producer.
Beautiful Boy is van Groeningen’s first English-language film. His last film,
Belgica (2016), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, winning the Dramatic World Cinema Directing Award. Van Groeningen’s internationally acclaimed film
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) earned an Oscar® nomination for Best Foreign Language Film and a César for Best International Film. Among his other work is
The Misfortunates (2009), which premiered in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes. Van Groeningen is a graduate of Belgium’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He resides in Antwerp, Belgium.