Richard Olivier


Richard Olivier was a Belgian filmmaker and documentarian. Internationally, he is best known for his 1981 documentary about soul singer Marvin Gaye's stay in Ostend, Belgium, titled Marvin Gaye Transit Ostende. In 2012, Olivier released an expanded version of this documentary.
He was also active as a playwright, writing the satirical play Big Daddy Dada about Idi Amin, which comic artist Jean-Louis Lejeune adapted into a comic strip.
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Filmography

Short films

  • I’m Fed Up with Bananas
  • Sheep as Far as You Can See
  • The Tapdancer
  • Phantasma
  • Violent Mass
  • The Motor Cyclist of the Apocalypse
  • Plato
  • Marvin Gaye Transit Ostende
  • The End
  • The Fantastic Goal-Scorer
  • Splendour and Decadence of a Department Store
  • Black, Yellow and Red
  • Heavy Harted
  • The Convicted Judge
  • ''The Solitary of the Ventoux Mountain''

Full-length films