Michiel Blanchart

Michiel Blanchart is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. His feature debut film, Night Call, earned him four Magritte Awards: Best Film, Best First Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director.

Early life

Blanchart was born to a Walloon father and a Flemish mother. He completed his secondary education in France, where he obtained a literary baccalaureate. He later studied filmmaking at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

In 2021, his short film You're Dead, Hélène, produced by Sam Raimi, was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Film category at the 95th Academy Awards.
In 2024, Blanchart made his feature-length directorial debut with Night Call, a film set during a single night against the backdrop of a Black Lives Matter protest in Belgium. Blanchart co-wrote the film with Gilles Marchand. The film was well received by critics and won the André Cavens Award for Best Film from the Belgian Film Critics Association. It received eleven nominations at the 14th Magritte Awards, winning ten, including Best Film, Best First Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director for Blanchart, holding the record for the most Magritte Awards won by a single film.
In October 2025, it was announced that Blanchart would direct the seventh installment in the Final Destination series.

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2016	L'annonce
2016	Lulu
2018	Dynaman
2018	Cul			Also special effects and producer
2021	You're Dead, Hélène

TV series

Year	Title	Notes
2019	La Vague	Episode "Retours"

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes	Ref.
2024	Night Call			Feature film debut
TBA	Untitled Final Destination film			English language debut