Samy Szlingerbaum
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Samy Szlingerbaum was a Belgian screenwriter, actor and film director.
Szlingerbaum began his career as a director by co-directing the 1973 film Le 15/8 with Chantal Akerman
. Then in 1980 he wrote and directed Brussels Transit, a feature film in Yiddish which tells of his parents moving to Brussels
and making their life there after World War II. The film starred Hélène Lapiower and Boris Lehman
.
Szlingerbaum began his career as a director by co-directing the 1973 film Le 15/8 with Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Anne Akerman is a Belgian film director, artist, and professor of film at the European Graduate School. Akerman's best-known film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles , exemplifies a dedication to the ellipses of conventional narrative cinema.-Early life:Akerman was born to...
. Then in 1980 he wrote and directed Brussels Transit, a feature film in Yiddish which tells of his parents moving to Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
and making their life there after World War II. The film starred Hélène Lapiower and Boris Lehman
Boris Lehman
Boris Lehman, , is a Belgian author-filmmaker of experimental cinema. Lehman initially studied piano, but in the early 1960s became interested in photography and cinema...
.