Christophe Dirickx (1961) studied screenwriting at the Sint Lukas Filmschool in Brussels, Belgium and at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England. He has written six produced features films, two of whom where in Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival. He won Best Screenplay Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival in New York and Best Screenwriter at the Flemish Film Awards In Ostend in 2010.