Laurent De Maertelaer

Laurent De Maertelaer studied German languages at the University of Ghent, and Anglo-Irish Literature at the University College Dublin. In 2000 he organised a complete Aki Kaurismäki retrospective at the Studio Skoop in Ghent. Since 2001, De Maertelaer is one of the programmers of the Brussels Filmmuseum, now called the CINEMATEK, where he also coordinates Age d’Or.