Nic Balthazar
Nic Balthazar made his first steps on international podia at a very young age, when the children musicals in which he played even hit Broadway. Even before graduating from university he became a theatre- and later a well known film critic. First for newspapers, then for radio.
Then came a successful television career as a cultural journalist, director, presenter, talkshow-host for a variety of programs at the most important Belgian national television broadcaster VRT.
The impact of his literary debut “Niets was alles wat hij zei” (“Nothing was all he said”) brought about an adaptation of the same story to the stage. The multimedia-play ‘NIETS’ (‘NOTHING’), written, produced and directed by Nic Balthazar was an even bigger success with more then 210 sold-out shows.
When MMG bought the film rights of the book and play they not only asked him to write the screenplay, but also to direct the film himself.
Ben X is Nic Balthazars first feature film as a director.