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Overview

  • 2 references
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Director / allround jobhopper in the belgian movie industry
  • Film (arts)
  • From Belgium
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

eating spinach!

ABOUT ME

Writing a text about myself isn't my cup of tea.

In the past I was a scout, I played guitar in a highschool metalcore band but swapped the guitar when getting older for a computer to make some hiphopbeats. I was DJ Danny-D for a funny local hiphop band. Nowadays I swapped music making for film making.
In 2009 I graduated as a master in audiovisual arts (which basically means as a director).
Getting a job in the belgian film bussiness is quite hard so I made some music videos for free. I worked as an assistant on some film sets and founded my own production house: the Filmkabinet.
And so this is what I'm doing right now in life.

Always in for a laugh. Some dry humour. Like with films, I don't like predictability in life. Always in for some last moment stuff. I like to travel, eat, drink, nature and some historical stuff, art, not the biggest disco-goer (the opposite of these Jersey Shore people I think), but always in for a party.

Check out http://www.filmkabinet.be
Or my personal portfolio on my alter ego's website: http://www.thenuc.tv

Interests

Film, travel, music, art, photography.

  • arts
  • writing
  • photography
  • film making
  • partying
  • drinking
  • movies
  • tv
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The beastie boys, The Dandy Warhols, Goose, School is Cool - Crystal Fighters, Michael Jackson, Balthazar, Aeroplane, Justice, The Brain Jonestown Massacre, The XX, The Black Keys, Boys Noize, And so on...

Film: Danger: Diabolik!, Donnie Darko, The Abyss, The Special effects of Avatar, The Fountain, The Grizzly Man, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Psycho, Twin Peaks, Lost Highway, Terry Gilliam, Jim Jarmusch; Free Willy made me cry, Belle De Jour, The Shining, Groundhog Day!...

Books: I the 4th year of primary school I was reading champion of the year. Nowadays I don't read a lot anymore. I like Philip Roth books, especially The Breast because it's so small and good.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Beastie Boys in Brussels, 2007.

Teach, Learn, Share

Potting soil is the base of everything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Iceland, Sweden, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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