Biography

Fien Troch was born on May 11, 1978 in Londerzeel, Flanders, Belgium. She is a director and writer, known for Home (2016), Someone Else's Happiness (2005) and Kid (2012). She is married to Nico Leunen. They have one child.

For her 2016 film 'Home' Troch won the award for Best Director in the Horizons section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.

Daughter of the editor Ludo Troch.

Fien Troch was born in 1978 and studied as a film director at the Saint Lucas High Institute. She finished her studies in September 2000.

Her first full-length film Someone else's happiness [1] is a psychological drama film that deals with how a fatal car accident affects a small village in Flanders. The film was nominated for the Grand Prix (2005) at the Flanders International Film Festival Ghent and for the Joseph Plateau Award (2006) for Best Belgian Director and Best Belgian Screenplay. Moreover, in 2005 at Thessaloniki Film Festival it won the Golden Alexander and an award for Best Screenplay. At the 62nd edition of the Torino Film Festival it also won the prize for Best Actress.

After graduating from the Sint-Lukas art academy in Brussels in 2000, she achieved several nominations and awards in her chosen career.