Nicolas Provost

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Nicolas Provost
Born1969
Ronse, Belgium
Occupation(s)Film and video artist

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

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[edit]

Shorts[edit]

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[edit]

  • 2011 (2011): The Invader

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b "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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