Marc-Henri Wajnberg (born in Brussels, 1953) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, and co-founder and CEO of Wajnbrosse Productions.[1] His work is diverse and has received over 100 international awards.
Wajnberg made 2700 short films – including the famous collection Clapman broadcast worldwide in the 1980s. His short film Le Réveil (The Alarm Clock) starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus won an award in Cannes in 1996.
Wajnberg's first feature film Just Friends (1995) was the Belgian submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards. He also directed and produced numerous award-winning documentaries including Oscar Niemeyer, An architect committed to his century (2001), and Evgueni Khaldei, photographer under Stalin (1997). He coproduced the Lars Von Trier movie,The Five Obstructions (2003).
Wajnberg also created, directed and produced the VR 360 film Kinshasa Now (2020) which premiered at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.
Filmography
1978: Writes, directs and produces Happy as a child in water – Documentary – 50' on the birth of violence
1980–1981: 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 countries
1984: 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 project
1987: 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 Bitalis
1988:
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 countries
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 - 86' feature-length film
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 SQUAD
Awards
I am Chance
The documentary was nominated for an award at 41 festivals worldwide, including the renown États généraux du film documentaire and the 12th Magritte Awards ceremony. It won 13 international awards.
Kinshasa Now
The film was nominated for an award at 44 festivals worldwide, including the Venice International Film Festival, where it premiered. It won 18 international awards.
Sorcerer children of Kinshasa
Public Award – Ciné Droit Libre Festival – Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso – 2014
Special Mention of the Jury - Ciné Droit Libre Festival – Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso – 2014
