Marc-Henri Wajnberg

Marc-Henri Wajnberg is a Belgian film director born in Brussels in 1953. He is also a screenwriter, an actor, a producer and the co-founder and CEO of Wajnbrosse Productions. His work is diverse and eclectic.

Wajnberg has made over 2700 short films – including the famous collection Clapman broadcast worldwide in the 1980s. His short film Le Réveil (The Alarm Clock) starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus won an award in Cannes in 1996 as well as 18 other international prizes.

Wajnberg's first feature film Just Friends (1995) was the Belgian submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards. He also directed and produced numerous award-winning documentaries including Oscar Niemeyer, An architect committed to his century (2001), and Evgueni Khaldei, photographer under Stalin (1997). He coproduced the Lars Von Trier movie,The Five Obstructions (2003).

More recently, Wajnberg directed and produced the feature film Kinshasa Kids (2012), which premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, and the documentary I am Chance (2022) which was nominated for an award at the États généraux du film documentaire and at the 12th Magritte Awards ceremony.

Wajnberg also created, directed and produced the VR 360 film Kinshasa Now (2020) which premiered at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.