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Nic Balthazar is a Director and Scriptwriter Belge born on 24 july 1964 at Ghent (Belgique)

Nic Balthazar

Nic Balthazar
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Nationality Belgique
Birth 24 july 1964 (60 years) at Ghent (Belgique)

Nic Balthazar (born 24 July 1964 in Ghent) is a Belgian film director and a TV/radio personality (presenter, reporter, producer).

His first movie, Ben X, came out in 2007 and has received critical acclaim. The next feature film which Balthazar directed, Tot Altijd, was released in January 2012.

In Flanders he is well known as a movie critic and television presenter. To some extent he is also known as a positive vegetarian activist.

Best films

Ben X (2007)
(Director)

Usually with

An Miller
An Miller
(1 films)
Pol Goossen
Pol Goossen
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Nic Balthazar (3 films)

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Director

Time Of My Life, 1h59
Directed by Nic Balthazar
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about euthanasia, Medical-themed films
Actors Viviane De Muynck, Eva Van Der Gucht, An Miller
Rating71% 3.5907553.5907553.5907553.5907553.590755
The story is set between 1980 and 2002. In 1980Mario Verstraete was a healthy Belgian with big ambitions. Some years later he is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Mario decides to advocate for legalizing euthanasia. He starts up an action group to convince the government to allow the practice under restricted conditions.
Ben X
Ben X (2007)
, 1h33
Directed by Nic Balthazar
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about computing, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Films about school violence
Actors Greg Timmermans, Marijke Pinoy, Pol Goossen, Laura Verlinden, Gilles de Schrijver, Titus De Voogdt
Rating72% 3.646533.646533.646533.646533.64653
Teenage Ben is frequently bullied at school. To escape his harsh reality, he turns to a virtual world by playing an online game, ArchLord. In the game, he is a confident and brave hero. Moreover, he collaborates his adventures with another online user known in-game as Scarlite.

Scriptwriter

IRL
IRL (2013)
, 1h20
Directed by Erik Leijonborg
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Greg Timmermans, Alba August, Magnus Krepper
Roles Novel
Rating54% 2.7117252.7117252.7117252.7117252.711725
Elias (Valter Skarsgård) is a high school junior struggling with constant bullying and torment from his fellow students, especially his neighbour, Agnes (Alba August). Increasingly distant from his divorced father, Stefan, younger brother, Jonas, and his best friend, Adam, he finds solace in the online game The Secret World, where he befriends the avatar Sc4rlet.
Time Of My Life, 1h59
Directed by Nic Balthazar
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about euthanasia, Medical-themed films
Actors Viviane De Muynck, Eva Van Der Gucht, An Miller
Roles Scenario Writer
Rating71% 3.5907553.5907553.5907553.5907553.590755
The story is set between 1980 and 2002. In 1980Mario Verstraete was a healthy Belgian with big ambitions. Some years later he is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Mario decides to advocate for legalizing euthanasia. He starts up an action group to convince the government to allow the practice under restricted conditions.
Ben X
Ben X (2007)
, 1h33
Directed by Nic Balthazar
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about computing, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Films about school violence
Actors Greg Timmermans, Marijke Pinoy, Pol Goossen, Laura Verlinden, Gilles de Schrijver, Titus De Voogdt
Rating72% 3.646533.646533.646533.646533.64653
Teenage Ben is frequently bullied at school. To escape his harsh reality, he turns to a virtual world by playing an online game, ArchLord. In the game, he is a confident and brave hero. Moreover, he collaborates his adventures with another online user known in-game as Scarlite.