Patrick Conrad, born 1945 in Antwerp, is a Flemish poet, screenwriter, film director and novelist. He directed over twenty films for cinema and television, including - selected for the Cannes Festival - Mascara with Charlotte Rampling and Michael Sarazin. He lives in Provence, in the south of France. Limousine, a previous novel, is being made into a film in the US to be released in 2012.