Patrick Conrad
Patrick Conrad 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, in 2005 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. In Belgium he is represented by the Paul Verbeke galery which published an artbook about his work.
Filmography
- Les wagons verts-réséda Director
- Un soir, un train Actor – Le maître d'hôtel
- Slijk Director
- Slachtvee Director/Writer
- Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf Actor – Fregoli
- Ieder mens die sterft is een museum dat brandt Director
- Maria Danneels Actor
- Parlez-moi d'amour Director
- Na de liefde Actor – Guido
- L'agenda d'Agenor Director
- Permeke Director - Writer
- Mascara Director - Writer
- Hector Actor – Filmregisseur
- Het sacrament Producer
Awards
- 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 for Starr.
- 2015 - Hercule Poirot Award for ‘Moço’.
- 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 for DadaTristesse.