{{Short description|Belgian film director (1942–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Robbe De Hert | image = Robbe_de_Hert_(2006).png | image_size = | alt = | caption = De Hert in 2006 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1942|9|20}} | birth_place = Farnborough, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|8|24|1942|9|20}} | death_place = Antwerp, Belgium | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Film director }} '''Robin François De Hert''' (20 September 1942 – 24 August 2020) was a Belgian film director.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inkijk in de Belgische filmgeschiedenis met Robbe De Hert|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20191222_04778294|website=Het Nieuwsblad|language=nl-BE|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref>
Next to feature films, De Hert also directed short films, series and documentaries, most of Flemish origin.
De Hert won the André Cavens Award for Best Film in 2000, with his film ''Lijmen/Het Been''.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Cavens-prijs voor 'Le Fils'| work = De Morgen| access-date = 2023-11-08| date = 2002-12-21| url = https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/cavens-prijs-voor-le-fils~b0a2199e/| language = nl}}</ref>
He died on 24 August 2020 at the age of 77 due to complications of diabetes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Regisseur Robbe De Hert (77) overleden: "Een vechter, maar hij was uitgevochten"|url=https://www.hln.be/showbizz/regisseur-robbe-de-hert-77-overleden-een-vechter-maar-hij-was-uitgevochten~a34c10276/|website=Het Laatste Nieuws|language=nl|date=24 August 2020}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== *''Camera Sutra'' (1973) *''De Witte van Zichem'' (1980) *''Le filet américain'' (1981) *''Maria Danneels'' of ''Het leven dat we droomden'' (1982) * ''Zware Jongens'' (1984), featuring the comedy duo Gaston en Leo *''Trouble in Paradise'' (1989) *''Blueberry Hill'' (1989) *''Brylcream Boulevard'' (1995) *''Elixir d'Anvers'' (1997) *''Gaston's War'' (1997) *''Lijmen/Het Been'' (2000)<ref>{{Cite web| last = Moors| first = Celien| title = Robbe De Hert heeft zijn film en zijn ster, en dat volstaat: "Of ik droomde van een Oscar? Zwaanst nie!"| work = Het Laatste Nieuws| access-date = 2023-11-08| date = 2018-09-15| url = https://www.hln.be/film/robbe-de-hert-heeft-zijn-film-en-zijn-ster-en-dat-volstaat-of-ik-droomde-van-een-oscar-zwaanst-nie~a8e9eb28/| language = nl}}</ref> *''Hollywood aan de Schelde'' (2018)
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Association ! Category ! Work ! Result |- | rowspan="3"|1989 | Mystfest Festival Italy | Best film | Trouble in Paradise | {{nom}} |- | Valladolid International Film Festival | Best film | rowspan="2"|Blueberry Hill | {{nom}} |- |Joseph Plateau Awards |Best Belgian Director | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"|1997 | Shanghai International Film Festival | Golden Goblet-Best Film | rowspan="2"|Gaston's War | {{nom}} |- |Joseph Plateau Awards |Best Belgian Director | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"|2001 | rowspan="2"|Joseph Plateau Awards | Best Belgian Director | rowspan="2"|Lijmen/Het Been | {{nom}} |- | Best Belgian Screenplay | {{nom}} |- | 2012 | Film by the Sea International Film Festival | Grand Director award | Career | {{won}} |- | 2018 | Ostend Film Festival | Lifetime achievement award | Career | {{won}} |- | 2019 | Ostend Film Festival | Best Documentary | Hollywood aan de Schelde | {{nom}} |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|name=Robbe De Hert|id=0208862}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:DeHert, Robbe}} Category:1942 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Flemish film people Category:Belgian film directors Category:Belgian comedy film directors Category:People from Farnborough, Hampshire Category:Diabetes-related deaths Category:English people of Belgian descent