birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
belgium 23 june 1964 frank van passel
 frank van passel film director , film producer
frank van passel

frank van passel -lrb- born june 23 , 1964 -rrb- is a belgian film director .
in 1995 , he made his directorial film debut with `` manneken pis '' , which premiered at the 1995 cannes film festival and won the mercedes-benz award , grand golden rail , award of the youth and the prix guillermo del toro .
the film received the andré cavens award for best film and four awards at the joseph plateau awards .
van passel 's next film , `` villa des roses '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- , was adapted from the 1913 novella of the same name by belgian writer willem elsschot .
the film starred julie delpy , shaun dingwall and shirley henderson .
it won best feature at the hollywood film festival and was nominated for three awards at the british independent film awards .
his tv-series received numerous awards , including a special commendation prix d'europe and the fipa d'or grand prize in biarritz for the emperor of taste and the tv-critics award and de ha !
van humo for terug naar oosterdonk .
he is co-founder of caviar , a production company with offices in brussels , antwerp , los angeles , paris , amsterdam , london and prague .
