Writer-director. Arthouse meets genre with a distinctly European sensibility.
Jacques's second fiction feature, WOLFKIN aka KOMMUNIOUN (prod: Les Films Fauves / Novak), a horror drama exploring inherited family trauma, was picked up by WTF sales and made the rounds of the international fantastic film festival circuit in 2022 (FrightFest, Sitges, Imagine, MotelX, BIFFF) before being released to cinemas in Luxembourg and several other countries. It won the Filmpräis 2023 for best national feature and for best artistic/technical contribution (Amandine Klee, DoP).
He is currently in active development on LIZARD QUEEN, an adaptation of Tullio Forgiarini's novel — a dark, feminist supernatural thriller produced by Amour Fou as a Luxembourg/Belgium co-production.
Alongside his film work, Jacques runs Cinélunatique (2011-), a ciné-club dedicated to genre and midnight cinema, and has presented academic work on horror film at the Luxembourg City Film Festival.
Jacques saw the light in tiny LUXEMBOURG on February 15th, 1980 (as you can see on the photo, he was the life of the party!).
After two years of medical studies, he enrolled at IAD ("Institut des Arts de Diffusion", Belgium) to pursue the craft of film. Fed up by the rainy weather, he took a trip to California to participate in the « directing intensive » summer workshop at the prestigious UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (2003), attending lectures by actor William H. Macy.
In 2008, Jacques co-wrote (with Xavier Seron) and directed his first professional short WITH THE DUST ("En compagnie de la poussière"). This story of a failed gay romance, exploring the intersection of love and death, screened in the official short competition at Locarno Film Festival and in numerous international festivals — Les Films du Monde in Montréal, Ghent, Dresden Filmfest, Torino LGBT — and on ARTE.
His first fiction feature MAMMEJONG (2015), a drama about a man-child trying to sever the unhealthy ties that bind him to his mother, premièred at Max Ophüls Festival in Saarbrücken and screened at New Filmmakers NYC, Chicago European Union Festival, and the Francophone Film Festival in Rome.
Jacques co-created the RTL documentary series routwäissgro (2015-2018) and directed one of its most controversial episodes — an intimate yet critical portrait of young right-wing politician Joe Thein. His documentary work also includes SWEETHEART COME (2013, Red Lion), tackling unconventional sexuality and relationships in Luxembourg, and the 40-minute LISTEN (2017), an aesthetically powerful triptych shot in Sénégal and Guinea-Bissau for West African NGO Enda Santé.
He also co-directed the first season of COYOTES (2020) with Gary Seghers ("Public Enemy"), released as part of Netflix Originals.
Eager to continue life-long learning, Jacques has attended workshops by Peter Webber ("Hannibal Rising") and script doctor legend John Truby.
