Nicolas Provost

Nicolas Provost (born 1969, Ronse, Belgium[1]) is a Belgian filmmaker and visual artist who lives and works in New York and Brussels.

Nicolas Provost
Born1969
Ronse, Belgium
OccupationFilm and video artist

His works are in a number of collections, including The New Art Gallery Walsall and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, who share Storyteller (2010),[2][3] SMAK Gent[1] and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.[1]

His short film Suspension received an honorable mention at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008.[4] He has also exhibited at The San Francisco International Film Festival, CineVegas, The International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Viennale, and The Locarno Film Festival.[5]

His first feature film, The Invader, premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2011.[6]

He has lived in Belgium and Norway, and as of 2013, resides in New York.[1]

Filmography

Shorts

Provost's short films include:[6][7]

  • 2000 (2000): Need Any Help?
  • 2001 (2001): Madonna with Child
  • 2003 (2003): Pommes d'amour
  • 2002 (2002): I Hate This Town
  • 2002 (2002): Yellow Mellow
  • 2003 (2003): Bataille
  • 2003 (2003): Papillon d'amour
  • 2004 (2004): Oh Dear
  • 2004 (2004): Exoticore
  • 2006 (2006): The Divers
  • 2007 (2007): Induction
  • 2007 (2007): Suspension
  • 2007 (2007): Gravity
  • 2007 (2007): Plot Point – nominated for the European Film Academy Awards
  • 2009 (2009): Long Live the New Flesh – competed at the Berlinale 2010
  • 2010 (2010): Storyteller
  • 2010 (2010): Abstract Action
  • 2010 (2010): Stardust
  • 2011 (2011): Moving Stories
  • 2013 (2013): Tokyo Giants – third prize ALCINE44 European Short Film Competition.
  • 2013 (2013): The Dark Galleries
  • 2014 (2014): The Painters
  • 2014 (2014): Illumination

Features
  • 2011 (2011): The Invader
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gollark: To have something actually good and working you need "waveguides" and things which I do not think I can actually produce.

References
  1. "Biography". Nicolas Provost. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  2. "Storyteller by Nicolas Provost -". Art Fund. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  3. Acquisition supporting statement, The New Art Gallery Walsall archives
  4. "Vlaming Nicholas Provost valt in de prijzen op Sundance Filmfestival". Humo (in Dutch). Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  5. "Nicolas Provost". Moving Stories in Europe. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  6. "Nicolas Provost – International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013". Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  7. "Festival de San Sebastián – Nicolas Provost". Retrieved May 9, 2013.
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