Monheim, Luc

(June 23, 1941, Mortsel, Belgium-May 15, 1986, Paris, France)

   A prize winner of the Antwerp Arts Academy in 1962, he was mostly a sculptor and painter. He entered films as a set decorator (1968 Shogun, short, also actor, Willy Verlinden, Belgium; 1970 De Blauwe Planeet, also screenwriter, dialogist, actor, Willy Verlinden, Netherlands / Belgium; 1973 Het Dwaallicht, Frans Buyens, Netherlands / Belgium; 1974 Wondershop, Frans Buyens, Guido Staes, Dirk Van den Eyden, Belgium) before directing three movies. He wrote the screenplay of an André Soupart short (1971 Les Marais, Belgium). He died of cancer at age forty-four.

 Filmography

1974 ◘ Berloren maandag / La Gueule de Bois (also screenwriter, dialogist; Belgium / France)

1978 ◘ Deus lo volt / Dieu le veut (also co-screenwriter; France / Belgium)

1986 ◘ Exit-Exil (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Italy)