Carl Colpaert is an American film director and the founder of Cineville, a production and distribution company based in Los Angeles.

Background

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. He has produced over thirty independent films including Hurly Burly (Venice Film Festival), Swimming with Sharks (Telluride Flm Festival), Mrs.Palfrey at the Claremont (Seattle Film Festival), Gas Food Lodging (Sundance Film Festival), The Whole Wide World (Sundance Film Festival). Several actors had their break on Cineville productions such as Viggo Mortensen, Kevin Spacey, Renée Zellweger, Salma Hayek. He received the grand jury prize at CineVegas 2006 for his film GI Jesus. In 2006 Carl Colpaert took a 50% interest in Keystone Studios.

Filmography

Producer

• Gas, Food Lodging (1992) - Executive producer (as Carl-Jan Colpaert)
• Mi Vida Loca (1993) - Producer (AKA My Crazy Life)
• Swimming with Sharks (1994) - Executive producer: Cineville, Uncredited (AKA The Boss, AKA The Buddy Factor)
• Cafe Society (1995) Executive producer
• The Whole Wide World (1996) - Producer (as Carl-Jan Colpaert)
• Casualties (1997) - Executive producer (as Carl-Jan Colpaert)
• Nevada (1997) - Executive producer (as Carl-Jan Colpaert)
• The Velocity of Gary (1998) - Executive producer (as Carl Jan Colpaert)
• Hurlyburly (1998) - Executive producer
• Operation Splitsville (1999) - Executive producer (as Carl Jan Colpaert)
• Cement (1999) - Executive producer (as Carl-Jan Colpaert)
• One Eyed King (2001) - Executive producer
• Glam (2001) - Producer, Uncredited
• Where Eskimos Live (2002) - Co-producer: Cineville (AKA Tam, gdzie zyja Eskimosi (Poland))
• Within Without (2004) - Executive producer
• Surviving Eden (2004) - Executive producer
• Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) - Producer
• Steal Me (2005) - Executive producer
• Hoop Realities (2006) - Post-production, Executive producer
• Crude (2007) - Pre-production, Producer
• The Beauty of Jane (2007) - Pre-production, Producer
• Man Ray (2008)
• Lucky Star (2008)

Director

• Delusion (1991)
• The Crew (1994)
• Drowning on Dry Land (1999)
• Facade (2000)
• The Affair (2004)
• G.I. Jesus (2006)
• The Land of the Astronauts (2007)
• Gliese 581 c (2008)

Miscellaneous crew

• Roller Blade (1986) - Assistant editor

External links

• Cineville homepage
• Westlake Entertainment

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