Daniel Lambo (10 May 1968) is a Belgian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

, film producer and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

Biography

Lambo directed his first short film, ''dJU!'' in 2002. This

black comedy Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally ...

won the Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Leuven International Short Film Festival. Daniel lambo-1508918666

A few years later he founded the production company Potemkino and produced a number of films, such as the award-winning ''

Small Gods ''Small Gods'' is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' novels, published in 1992. It tells the origin of the god Om, and his relations with his prophet, the reformer Brutha. In the process, it satirises philosophy, religious inst ...

'' (2007). Lambo's first feature film, ''Miss Homeless'' (2010), was written, produced, directed, filmed and edited entirely by himself. This

docufiction Docufiction (or docu-fiction) is the cinematographic combination of documentary film, documentary and fiction, this term often meaning narrative film. It is a film genre which attempts to capture reality such as it is (as direct cinema or ciné ...

about homeless people in Brussels premiered in twelve countries on the

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is an international observance celebrated each year on October 17 throughout the world. The first commemoration, "World Day to Overcome Poverty" took place in Paris, France, in 1987 when 100,00 ...

. His production company Lambo Films emphasizes on socially relevant films. ''Dry Branches of Iran'' (2012) for instance deals with censorship during the

Green Revolution The Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution, was a period during which technology transfer initiatives resulted in a significant increase in crop yields. These changes in agriculture initially emerged in Developed country , devel ...

in Iran. The first Belgian film shot on smart phones. His next film ''De Figurant'' (2016) takes on racial stereotypes with a story about a drug dealer that has acting ambitions. In the documentary ''Breathless'' Lambo investigates the delocalization of the asbestos industry to developing countries. On 13 September 2019 ''Breathless'' won the Ensor Award in the category best documentary film 2019 His latest feature ''Cyclomax'' deals with air pollution. It is also the first Belgian webseries for kids. In addition to his own productions, Lambo remains active as a director and screenwriter for other projects. He co-created the TV series ''Duts'' (2010) and the comedy ''Los Flamencos'' (2013). He was the screenwriter for VTM-series "Crème de la crème" (2013), "Connie & Clyde" (2018) en "Glad Ijs" (2021).

Filmography

* ''Glad Ijs'' (2021): screenwriter * ''Cyclomax'' (2019): producer, screenwriter and director * ''Breathless'' (2018): producer, screenwriter and director * ''Connie & Clyde'' (2018): screenwriter * ''De Figurant'' (2016): producer, screenwriter and director * ''Booster'' (2014): producer, screenwriter and director * ''Los Flamencos'' (2013): screenwriter and director * ''Traumland'' (2013): producer, screenwriter and director * ''Crème de la crème'' (2013): screenwriter * ''Dry Branches of Iran'' (2012): producer, screenwriter and director * ''Duts'' (TV-serie, 2010): co-director * ''Miss Homeless'' (2010): producer, screenwriter and director * ''Where Is Gary'' (2009): producer * ''Vanessa Danse Encore'' (2009): producer * ''Brusilia'' (kortfilm, 2008): producer, screenwriter and director * ''Samaritan'' (kortfilm, 2008): producer * ''Tunnelrat'' (kortfilm, 2008): producer * ''

'' (2007): producer * ''Of Cats & Women'' (kortfilm, 2007): producer * ''Kadogo'' (kortfilm, 2006): producer, screenwriter and director * ''Nightshift'' (kortfilm, 2006): producer * ''Gender'' (kortfilm, 2004): producer, screenwriter and director * '' eLLektra'' (2004): screenwriter * ''Dju!'' (kortfilm, 2002): screenwriter and director

References

External links

Official website Lambo Films

Daniel Lambo in the Internet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lambo, Daniel Belgian film directors Belgian film producers 21st-century Belgian screenwriters Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Belgian male screenwriters