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Filmmaker · Belgium

Marion Hänsel

Died in 2020

Marion Hänsel was born in Marseille on 12 February 1949 and grew up in Antwerp. Trained at the Actors Studio in New York and at Annie Fratellini's circus school, she was first an actress, then founded her own production company in 1977. She directed thirteen feature films, including several adaptations of novels. One of her films won her a Silver Lion, a first for a Belgian woman director. She died in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre on 8 June 2020.

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