Cecilia Verheyden (°1985) is a young Belgian director and screenwriter.
She graduated in 2007 with her short movie 'Ou Quoi'. This film got
selected for many film festivals and won several awards on festivals such as
the International Short Film Festival in Louvain, the Brussels Film Festival and the Potsdam Student Film Festival.
From 2007 onwards Cecilia directed commercials, music videos and
television shows.
Her documentary 'Climbing Spielberg' was selected for the IDFA, Docville and Planete Doc Review and her second short film 'Bluf' was selected for various short film festivals.
Besides being a director Cecilia also worked as a casting director
and a third assistent director for Belgian movies and television series
including 'Dossier K', 'Code 37', 'Vermist', 'Zot Van A' and
'Smoorverliefd'.
Currently, Cecilia focuses on her work as a screenwriter and director. She received financial support from the Flanders Audiovisual Fund for writing the script of her feature film 'Bastaards' and the production of her short movie 'Robyn O. (14)'. This film will be released in March 2012.
Cecilia's favorite movies? Dogville, Central Do Brasil, Happiness, The Usual
Suspects, The Return, The Burning Plain, Le Silence De Lorna, Berlin
Calling, Fish Tank & The Fall.
Her favorite bands? Cocorosie, Architecture in Helsinki, Belle & Sebastian,
Amon Tobin, Angus & Julia Stone, Great Lake Swimmers, Bright Eyes, Devendra Banhart,
The XX, Death Cab For Cutie & Hanne Hukkelberg.
And favorite writers? Paulo Coelho, Elvis Peeters, John Boyne, Esther J.
Ending & Astrid Lindgren.
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