Pierre van Dormael
Composer · Died September 3, 2008, aged 56 · Bruxelles, Belgium
Pierre Van Dormael (24 May 1952 – 3 September 2008) was a Belgian jazz guitarist and composer. In 1988, he played in the James Baldwin Project with David Linx and Deborah Brown (vocalists), Slide Hampton (trombone), Diederik Wissels (piano), Bob Stewart (tuba), and Michel Hatzigeorgiou (bass guitar). Van Dormael was also a member of Nasa Na Band, a jazz band known as the precursor of Aka Moon. He recorded soundtracks for films directed by his brother Jaco Van Dormael (Toto le Héros, Le Huitième Jour, Mr. Nobody). In 2007, he received the Belgian Golden Django Award. Posthumously he received the Magritte Award for Best Original Score for his work in the movie Mr. Nobody. He died from cancer at age 56 on 3 September 2008. Source: Article "Pierre Van Dormael" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 24, 1952
- September 3, 2008 (aged 56)
- Bruxelles, Belgium
- Composer
- 3 on MovieCove · 5 credits in all
What are Pierre van Dormael's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Pierre van Dormael's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on The Roku Channel (1).
Subscription and free streaming for Pierre van Dormael's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
5 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Mr. Nobody(2009)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Try Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Eighth Day(1996)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Toto the Hero(1991)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Maedeli the Breach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Career shape
A full career of 5 titles from 1979 to 2009.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Pierre van Dormael's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 3 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved3
Reviewers score the sound and music 72/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 60. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Pierre van Dormael work with?
People who share at least 2 of Pierre van Dormael's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jaco Van Dormael shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Jaco Van DormaelShared titles: Mr. Nobody (2009), The Eighth Day (1996), Toto the Hero (1991)See all 3 shared titles with Jaco Van Dormael
Cinematographers and editors
- Susana RossbergShared titles: The Eighth Day (1996), Toto the Hero (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Susana Rossberg
- Walther van den EndeShared titles: The Eighth Day (1996), Toto the Hero (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Walther van den Ende
Producers
- Philippe GodeauShared titles: Mr. Nobody (2009), The Eighth Day (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Philippe Godeau
