question: Who directed the Belgian crime drama for which Jean-Claude Van Damme was best known? 
answer: Mabrouk El Mechri
context: Title: The Shepherd: Border Patrol
  Passage: The Shepherd: Border Patrol is a 2008 American action film directed by Isaac Florentine and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Lord, Natalie J. Robb, Gary McDonald, Scott Adkins and Jean-Claude Van Damme's real life daughter Bianca Van Varenberg.  The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on March 4, 2008.
  Title: Jean-Claude Van Johnson
  Passage: Jean-Claude Van Johnson is an upcoming series produced by Amazon Studios.  It was officially picked up to series on September 27, 2016.  The story centers around a retired martial arts and action movie star played by Jean-Claude Van Damme who begins working as a private undercover agent.  The cast features Van Damme, Kat Foster, Ian Fisher, Moisés Arias, and Phylicia Rashad.
  Title: Pjetër Malota
  Passage: Peter Malota (born Pjetër Malota Lulgjuraj; 4 July 1959 in Lofka, Malësia, Albania) is best known for his appearances in films starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.  He has over 40 years Tae Lwon Do/Hapkido experience.  In 1984, Malota made his film debut in a small role in "Furious" and then played a member of a syndicate gang in the action movie "Ninja Turf".  In 1991, Malota began to work with Van Damme.  1991's Double Impact, where he played an assassin with kicking skills with knives in his shoes. " Nowhere to Run", in which he is seen playing the convict Van Damme tries to free, but is killed.  In 1996's "The Quest".  In this film, Malota puts his kicking skills to use again as he played the Spanish fighter that Van Damme fights in the tournaments.  He returns as a costar in Van Dammes Honor.
  Title: Jean-Claude Van Damme
  Passage: Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (born 18 October 1960), professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme and abbreviated as JCVD, is a Belgian actor, martial artist, screenwriter, film producer, and director best known for his martial arts action films.  The most successful of these films include "Bloodsport" (1988), "Kickboxer" (1989), "Lionheart" (1990), "Double Impact" (1991), "Universal Soldier" (1992), "Hard Target" (1993), "Street Fighter" (1994), "Timecop" (1994), "Sudden Death" (1995), "JCVD" (2008) and "The Expendables 2" (2012).
  Title: In Hell
  Passage: In Hell is a 2003 American prison action film directed by Ringo Lam.  It stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Lawrence Taylor.  It is the third and final collaboration between Jean-Claude Van Damme and Hong Kong film director Ringo Lam.
  Title: Kickboxer: Retaliation
  Passage: Kickboxer: Retaliation is an upcoming American martial arts film directed and written by Dimitri Logothetis.  Logothetis was attracted to the original Jean Claude Van Damme’s Kickboxer because of his martial arts background and that’s what inspired him to pursue the rights to the original, develop a reboot of the franchise and ultimately write, produce and direct a contemporary version of the pop culture, iconic Kickboxer.  It was important that Logothetis to convince Van Damme to step into the role of mentor to ordain a new, high octane Kickboxer who has a sixth degree black belt in BJJ, Alain Moussi.  Because Kickboxer: Vengeance was such a successful independent feature in the world market, it generated a sequel.  It is a sequel to the 2016 film "".  The film stars Alain Moussi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Christopher Lambert, Ronaldinho, Mike Tyson and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson.  Aside from Moussi and Van Damme, Sara Malakul Lane and Sam Medina are reprising their roles from the previous film.
  Title: JCVD (film)
  Passage: JCVD is a 2008 Belgian crime drama film directed by French Tunisian film director Mabrouk El Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a semi-fictionalized version of himself, a down and out action star whose family and career are crumbling around him as he is caught in the middle of a post office heist in his hometown of Brussels, Belgium.
  Title: Replicant (film)
  Passage: Replicant is a 2001 American science fiction action film directed by Ringo Lam, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Michael Rooker.  It is the second collaboration between Jean-Claude Van Damme and Hong Kong film director Ringo Lam, and the fifth time that Van Damme has starred in a dual role.  The film had a limited theatrical release in many European countries, and was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on September 18, 2001.
  Title: Derailed (2002 film)
  Passage: Derailed is a 2002 American action film directed by Bob Misiorowski, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tomas Arana, Laura Harring and Jean-Claude Van Damme's real life son Kristopher Van Varenberg.  The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on October 15, 2002.
  Title: Universal Soldier: Regeneration
  Passage: Universal Soldier: Regeneration (also known in some countries as Universal Soldier: A New Beginning) is a 2009 American sci-fi action film directed and edited by John Hyams (the son of director Peter Hyams, who previously worked with Jean-Claude Van Damme on three films, 1994's "Timecop", 1995's "Sudden Death" and 2013's "Enemies Closer"; in this film Peter is the director of photography).  The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, who both reprise their roles from the first film.  It is the third theatrical installment in the "Universal Soldier series".  The film is a direct sequel to the original "Universal Soldier" from 1992, unrelated to the two "Universal Soldier" television sequels that were produced in 1998 and completely ignores the events from the 1999 theatrical sequel "".
citations: Jean-Claude Van Damme JCVD (film)