Jean Brismée (August 20, 1926 – January 18, 2024) was a Belgian film director, author of documentary and fantasy films,Jean Brismée, profile at the Belgian Cinema website best known for the 1971 cult horror film The Devil's Nightmare.Un demi-siècle avant les Tuche, le château d'Antoing a accueilli le tournage d'un film d'horreur
He was born at , Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium.
He authored about 40 films, but The Devil's Nightmare was the only full feature film of his.
In 1962 he was among the founders of Institut national supérieur des arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion, a Belgian film school.Entretien avec Jean Brismée à propos de « La Plus Longue Nuit du Diable » (interview, republished post mortem), February 29, 2024
He obtained a degree in mathematical sciences from the Free University of Brussels.Jean Brismée, publisher's note After that he became passionate in filmmaking and pioneered making educational shorts, starting with Le théorème de Pythagore (1955, about the Pythagorean theorem).Paul Davay, Cinéma de Belgique, 1973, pp.80-82
His short Monsieur Plateau received a unanimous Special Jury Prize of Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.Retrospective. Année 1965, Cannes Film Festival
In 1995 he published the book Cinéma: cent ans de cinéma en Belgique.
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