Belgium

Samuel Tilman is a Belgian director and producer. He received a master's degree at Oxford University and a PhD in History at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His doctoral thesis was awarded by the Academy of Sciences. He is also co-initiator of the project digitizing and repatriation of archival for which he is prizewinner of the Bernheim Foundation. Samuel Tilman co-scripted and produced Joachim Lafosse's film Ça Rend Heureux, which won the Grand Prix at the Premiers Plans Festival in Angers in 2007. His second short film, Sleepless Night, won the Magritte award for Best Short Film in 2011. In 2015, he directed The Last Stand, shown on prime-time France 2 television (3.5 million viewers). It is the first fiction-documentary shot entirely in motion capture for television. He co-wrote and staged the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Magritte Awards ceremony in Belgium, presented by Fabrizio Rongione, then Charlie Dupont. Along with Fabrizio Rongione, he co-wrote two solo shows for stage in 2002 and 2009. Along with Marie Besson, Nicolas de Borman, Fabrizio Rongione and Stephane Heymans, they created the production company, Eklektik Productions, in 2005.

Filmography

An Extraordinary Struggle (2006)
Mfumu Matensi, l’oncle missionnaire (1996)
Kongo: 50 Years of Independence - The Unbridled Race (2010)
Voix de garage (2008)
A Sleepless Night (2010)
Black Heart, White Men (2012)
Le dernier Gaulois (2015)
The Benefit of the Doubt (2017)