Patrick Conrad

Patrick Conrad (born 16 July 1945 in Antwerp) is a Flemish painter, poet, screenwriter and novelist, and one of the founders of The Pink Poets. He also directed about twenty movies for cinema and television, including – selected for the Cannes Festival - the international cult film Mascara. As a painter and collage artist he showed his Work in about 40 solo exhibitions in Belgium and France and three retrospective exhibitions of his work: in 1975 (Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp), in 2005 (Museum Elzenveld, Antwerp) and in 2022 in the Verbeke Foundation. His work is part of important private collections in France, Belgium, England, Scotland, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Australia and U.S. He lived 34 years in the south of France and moved in 2023 to Porto Alegre (Brasil). In Belgium he is represented by the Paul Verbeke galery which published an artbook about his work.

Filmography

 * Les wagons verts-réséda (1967) Director
 * Un soir, un train (1968) Actor – Le maître d'hôtel
 * Slijk (1972) Director
 * Slachtvee (1979) Director/Writer
 * Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf (1979) Actor – Fregoli
 * Ieder mens die sterft is een museum dat brandt (1982) Director
 * Maria Danneels (of het leven dat we droomden) (1982) Actor
 * Parlez-moi d'amour (1983) Director
 * Na de liefde (1983) Actor – Guido
 * L'agenda d'Agenor (1983) Director
 * Permeke (1985) Director - Writer
 * Mascara (1987) Director - Writer
 * Hector (1987) Actor – Filmregisseur
 * Het sacrament (1990) Producer

Awards

 * Literature
 * 1969 – Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
 * 1971 – Poetry prize of 'De Vlaamse Gids'
 * 1976 – Poetry prize of de Province of Antwerp
 * 2008 – Diamant Bullit Award (Best Thriller of the Netherlands and Belgium) for Starr.
 * 2015 - Hercule Poirot Award (Best Flemish thriller) for ‘Moço’.
 * Film
 * 1967 Prize of the experimental short movie for Les wagons verts-réséda, Benelux Filmfestival.
 * 1985 Prize of the video production for Parlez-moi d'amour, festival of Nyons, Switzerland.
 * 1985 Oecumenique Prize for Parlez-moi d'amour, Festival of Nyons, Switzerland.
 * 1986 Grand prix for Parlez-moi d'amour, Festival Video Réalité, Brussels.
 * 1985 Special Prize of the Jury for Permeke, festival de Nyons, Switzerland.
 * 1985 Prize of the Public for Permeke, festival de Nyons, Switzerland.
 * 1985 Prix Femina for Permeke.
 * 1985 André Cavens Award – Prize for the best Belgian Movie of the year for Permeke.
 * 1986 Bert Leysen Prize (Prize for the best Belgian Television Movie 1985/86) for DadaTristesse.