Miel Van Hoogenbemt (b. 1958, Ukkel, Belgium) directed documentaries and TV series for almost 20 years, and taught documentary filmmaking at the Sint Lucas film school in Brussels. The Flemish screenwriter, director and producer made his feature debut in 2005 at the age of 47 with the social drama Miss Montigny, which he shot in Wallonia in French. His Flemish film debut followed in 2007 with A Perfect Match. Van Hoogenbemt: "I don't make that much of a distinction between film genres. The first step in feature film is quasi-documentary in any case. If you want to make a film about a man looking for a wife via the Internet, you have to do your research anyway, so you know what's possible, what's acceptable and what you want to achieve. Make honest films and you know you are making the best films you can. Commercial ambitions aside, for me, film is still the seventh art."
MFF Karlovy Vary
