Marc-Henri Wajnberg is a Belgian film director born in 1953. He is also a screenwriter, an actor and the co-founder and CEO of Wajnbrosse Productions.
His productions are eclectic, overall he has made 2800 very short films – including the famous collection Clapman broadcast worldwide during years. His short film, Le Réveil (The Alarm Clock) starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus was awarded in Cannes and received 22 awards around the world.
He directed and produced numerous documentaries including Oscar Niemeyer, An architect committed to his century , and Evgueni Khaldei, photographer under Stalin which were awarded in several international film festivals. He coproduced a Lars Von Trier movie, The Five Obstructions Just Friends Kinshasa Kids 69th Venice International Film Festival .
His films have amassed over 70 international awards.
1978: Writes, directs and produces Happy as a child in water - Documentary - 50' on the birth of violence1980-1981: Writes, directs, plays and produces Professor Adelard - Children's series on amusing physics, 12 episodes of 3'30"1983: Writes, directs and produces the collection CLAP - 1200 shorts of 8", broadcast daily for several years in 50 countries1984: Co-writes and co-directs with Eric Angelini Fume, c'est du belge (The Return ) - 10'1985: Writes, directs, plays and produces Flash Back - 8' feature film project1987: Writes, directs and produces for Canal+ Three-cushion billiards - 26' documentary with Josse de Pauw , featuring the world champion Ludo Dielis and runner-up Richard Bitalis1988: Co-writes and co-directs with Eric Angelini Fume, c'est du belge (The series) - 4x5' Directs the short film The family Picnic - 7' with Eve Bonfanti, Francine Lafineuse, Patrick Walleffe 1989: Writes, directs and produces the collection Wolinski - 40x20" sexy cartoon series based on the drawings of Georges Wolinski Writes and directs the collection Les derniers philosophes - 50x2' live series based on the drawings of Georges Wolinski Writes and directs most of the films for the launching of Canal+ Belgium : The first three minutes , The decoders , Les ricains , The directors 1990-1991: Writes, directs and produces the collection Mr Almaniak - 365x50" series, broadcast daily for several years in 25 countries1992-1993: Writes, directs and produces the feature-length film Just Friends Charles Berling , Josse De Pauw, Ann-Gisel Glass and Sylvie Milhaud1996: Writes, directs and produces the short film The Alarm Clock (Le Réveil) - 7' with Jean-Claude Dreyfus 1997: Writes, directs and produces the documentary Evgueni Khaldei, photographer under Stalin - 59'1998-1999: Writes, directs and produces the documentary Around the world in 80 beers - 58' with Jean-Claude Dreyfus and Marc-Henri Wajnberg Writes and directs two commercials (30’’ and 45’’): Tango as part of the advertising campaign Parisienne People by famous directors (David Lynch , Jean-Luc Godard , Emir Kusturica , Enki Bilal , Giuseppe Tornatore , Marc-Henri Wajnberg, The Coen brothers , Roman Polanski , Wim Wenders , Robert Altman , …) Writes and directs four commercials for the Swiss cigarette brand Sélect - 15" 2000: Writes, directs and produces the documentary Oscar Niemeyer, an architect committed to his century - 59'2001-2002-2003: Co-produces the feature-length film The five obstructions Lars Von Trier and Joergen Leth Conceives and produces Kaleidoscope, looking at life frames - 33x26' documentary series Writes and directs The Cruiseliner "SS Norway," Caribbean #3 - Coll. Kaleidoscope, 26' Writes and directs Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert in Brussels #1 - Coll. Kaleidoscope, 26' Writes and directs Vite lu, bien lu - commercials for Swiss Newspaper "Le Matin" 2004-2005-2006: Writes, directs and produces Bollywood-Mumbai India #33 - Coll. Kaleidoscope, 26' Writes, directs and produces Nanotechnologia, the movie - 26' fiction/documentary on the revolution of nanosciences Writes, directs and produces Denpasser market, Bali, Indonesia #21 - Coll. Kaleidoscope, 26' 2007-2008-2009: Writes, directs and produces BAF! - 6' fiction Writes, directs and produces La ligne (The line) - series of 1000 shorts of 11 seconds - animation Screenwriting of the feature-length film San Mao 2010-2011-2012: Writes, directs and produces Kinshasa Kids - Writes, directs and produces Portrait of Kinshasa - Web-documentary for ARTE Concert captation Drumming, un concert de Music Fund 2013-2014-2015: Co-writes with Eric Angelini the feature-length film The Perfect Movie - 90' Writes and develops the documentary series Fêtes folles dans un monde fou - 6x26' Writes, directs and produces the documentary Sorcerer children, Kinshasa - 52' (France Télévision) 2016-2017: Writes, develops and directs the documentary series Stolen Childhood - 5x26' Creates and produces the essay of the VR 360° transmedia experience Being a Shégué Develops the Kinshasa Now platform and the VR experience Being a Shégué Develops the feature-length film The Perfect Movie – 90’ Writes and develops the TV series SQUAT Public Award - Ciné Droit Libre Festival – Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso - 2014Special Mention of the Jury - Ciné Droit Libre Festival – Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso – 2014Human Rights Award – received in Strasbourg and given by 8 ambassadorsPublic choice Award for Best Film – Bucharest Film Festival – Romania - 2013Special acknowledgment for « Man and his environment » - Festroia Festival – Portugal - 2013Award for Best Foreign Language film – Ecrans Noirs Film Festival - Yaoundé - Cameroon - 2013Coup de Cœur – Marrakech International Film Festival – Morocco – 2013Prix Humanum - Union of Belgian Film Critics - Belgium - 2014Best Editing Award - Magritte Award - Belgium – 2014Nominated for best film - Magritte Award - Belgium – 2014Selected in 60 festivals (Venice, Toronto, Busan, New York, ...)
Best Documentary - Durban International Film Festival – South Africa - 2004Gold Dok of the Year - Gulddok – Copenhagen – Denmark - 2004Grand Prize - Odense International Film Festival – Denmark - 2004Jury Prize - FIPRESCI - Zagreb Motovun Film Festival – Hungary - 2004Selected in 95 festivals
Price of Czech Ministry of education for Youth & Physical Training - Technfilm - 2003Silver Book - 33rd Roshd International Film Festival - 2003First Prize – International Festival of Film on Architecture : « Archfilm 2004 » - Bratislava - Slovakia 2004People’s choice Award – Kiev Festival - Ukraine - 2004Best Director of Photography - Thunderbird International Film Festival - USA - 2002Best Professional Documentary - Thunderbird International Film Festival - USA - 2002Best Documentary - Los Charales Awards - Ajijic International Film Festival - Mexico - 2001Best Documentary - Sydney Changing Images International Film Festival – Australia - 2001Silver Screen - U.S. International Film and Video Festival - Elmhurst, Illinois – USA - 2001Grand Prize FIFA – 19th International Festival of Film on Art - Montréal - Canada - 2001Bronze medal – 41st Monte-Carlo Festival - France - 2001Gran Premio « DOCUMANIA » - Madrid - Spain - 2000Gran Premio - Muestra Intl De Patrimonio Arquitectonico - Alcala - Spain - 2000First Prize – Made in Europe Documentary Festival - Strasbourg - France - 2000People’s choice Award - Made in Europe Documentary Festival - Strasbourg - France - 2000First Prize - Rhode Island International Film Festival – USA – 2000Silver Spire - Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco International Film Festival – USA – 1998Grand Prix - Taiwan International Documentary Festival – Taiwan – 1998Grand Prize - Potsdam Film Festival - Germany – 1996Best Short Film - International Festival of Comedy Film - Vevey - Switzerland – 1996Best Comedy Short - Palm Springs International Short Film Festival - USA - 1996Best Direction - Capalbio International Short Film Festival – Italy - 1996Public Award - Capalbio International Short Film Festival - Italy - 1996French Community Award - Namur International Film Festival – Belgium - 1996Silver Palm - Huy International Short Film Festival - Belgium - 1996Best Actor - Huy International Short Film Festival - Belgium - 1996Best Direction - Bucharest International Short Film Festival - Romania – 1996Youth Award - Stains Youth Short Film Festival - France - 1997Free Style Short Film Award - St-Ouen Train Film Festival - France - 1997Public Award - Beauvais International Film Festival - France - 1998Best Absurd Fiction – Mediawave Festival - Gyor - Hungaria - 1998Best International Short Film - Wine Country Film Festival - USA - 1998Grand Prize – Badalona International Short Film Festival – Spain – 2001Public Award – Badalona International Short Film Festival – Spain - 2001Golden Croissant - “Breakfast Cinema” Brussels - 2001Best Distributed Film in TVB’s FILMETS Program - FILMETS International Film Festival - Badalona - Spain - 2002Belgian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at The Oscars – USA – 1994André Cavens Award - Union of Belgian Film Critics - Belgium - 1993Best Film - La Baule Film Festival - France – 1993Best Actor Josse De Pauw – La Baule Film Festival - France – 1993Youth Award – Best Belgian Film – Belgium - 1993Femina Award – City of Brussels - Belgium - 1993Philip Morris Movie Club Award – Best screenplay – Belgium - 1993Best first film – Montevideo Film Festival – Uruguay - 1994Grand Prix – Aosta Valley Film Festival – Italy - 1994Joseph Plateau Award – Best Belgian Film at Gand Festival - Belgium - 1994Joseph Plateau Award – Best Actor at Gand Festival - Belgium - 1994Joseph Plateau Award – Best Director at Gand Festival - Belgium - 1994Gran Premio - Sorrento International Film Festival - Italy - 1994CD soundtrack of the month elected by Jazz in Time - December 1993Gold Award - International Film and TV Festival of New York - USA - 1984Crystal Antanenna - Best program - Brussels - 1985Gold Award - Creative Club of Belgium - 1985Special Prize for Short Film - Mostra Internacional de Sao Paulo - 1986Special prize , Funny Film festival Boario - 1987Special guest in more than 20 festivals.
Psychology Award - International Scientific Film Festival – Brussels – 1982Best Editing - Super 8 International Film Festival of Brussels - Belgium - 1975
1986 and 1987 – at the ERG (School of graphic research) in Brussels – Belgium
1994 and 2013 – at the EICTV (Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV) San Antonio de Los Banos – Cuba
2013 – Acting teacher in Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo
1998 - Festival du film de Genève « Star de demain » - Switzerland
2002 - President of the jury of Festival International du Film sur L’Art - Montréal - Canada
2011 - Festival du Film Fantastique de Brussels – Belgium
2015 - President of the 48H Film Project – Brussels - Belgium
2003 to 2004 - President du CFA (Centre du Film sur l’Art) – Brussels - Belgium
2002 to 2005 - Member of the Commission Cinéma - Belgium
2013 to 2015 - Member of the Commission Cinéma - Belgium
Since 1997 - Member of the UPFF (Union des Producteurs de films) – Belgium
Since 2007 – Honorary member of CBA (Centre de l’Audiovisuel) – Belgium
2000 to 2006 - Producer of promotional spots for the European Commission .
