Carl Colpaert
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Carl Colpaert is an American film director and the founder of
Cineville, a production and distribution company based in Los Angeles.
Carl Colpaert was born in Belgium and graduated from the American Film
Institute in 1984. He started his professional career in the post
production department of Roger Corman. Founded Cineville with Christoph
Henkel in 1990 Several actors got their break on Cineville productions
such as Salma Hayek in Mi Vida Loca, Kevin Spacey in Swimming with
Sharks, Viggo Mortenson in the Crew and Renée Zellweger in The Whole
Wide World. Cineville productions have participated in festivals such
as Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Toronto and Venice. Sean Penn won best
actor at the Venice International Film Festival for his performance in
the Carl Colpaert produced Hurly Burly. Carl Colpaert won the grand
jury prize for his film G.I.Jesus in CineVegas 2006. His next film
Black Limousine had its World Premiere at the 2010 Montreal Film
Festival, The film won the audience award at the 2011 Santa Cruz Film
Festival. The film was acquired by Anchor Bay Films and was released in
the US on July 12th 2012.