# Jacques Ledoux

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**Jacques Ledoux** (1921 – 6 June 1988) was a Polish-born Belgian cinema specialist, the first curator of [the Royal Film Archive of Belgium (Cinémathèque royale de Belgique)](/source/Cinematek) from 1948 to 1988[1] and the founder of the [Cinema Museum in Brussels (Musée du cinéma de Bruxelles](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_du_cin%C3%A9ma_de_Bruxelles)) in 1962.[2] He was born in [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw) and died in [Brussels](/source/Brussels).

## Awards and honors

Ledoux received the [Erasmus Prize](/source/Erasmus_Prize), a Dutch award for contributions to art in 1988.[3]

## References

1. ["About us - CINEMATEK"](https://www.cinematek.be/en/about-us). *www.cinematek.be*. Retrieved 2022-01-17.

1. Thompson, Kristin & Bordwell, David (1989). ["Jacques Ledoux: 1921-88"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1224855). *Cinema Journal*. **28** (3): 4–7. [ISSN 0009-7101](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0009-7101)

1. ["Erasmusprijswinnaars"](https://erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates/jacques-ledoux/). *Praemium Erasmianum Foundation*. Retrieved 2022-01-17.

## External links

- "[Cinémathèque, son doux souci](https://web.archive.org/web/20110706133539/http://www.cinergie.be/cinergie/revue0/ledoux.html)" (interview), *Cinergie*, vol. 0, 1993. (in French)

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