Demoreel 2023
Pure magic
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been addicted to animation. Disney, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera or Pingu, everything I watched with great enthusiasm. The way you could find a deep psychology in stylized characters… it sounds like a cliché, but this was pure magic to me.
As I grew up, the love of animation continued to grow. At the age of seven, I made my first real animated film with pieces of paper at W*A*F* in Ghent; a dream came true.
It didn’t stop there: in primary school, I made stop-motion videos with a second hand video camera. Later on, I made some Flash animations and at the age of 19 decided to go to the RITCS film school in Brussels, to follow their Animation course.
Fast forward to the present: I graduated and have been in the business of animation for 7 years.
Wonderful, isn’t it?
Click here to read my resume
Click here to read a reference letter from Yael Ozsinay (producer for “Where is Anne Frank”)
Projects
Quentin Blake’s ‘Box of Treasures’ (2022 - 2023)
2D Traditional Animator
‘Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures’ is a unique collection of six animated stories from the world-famous illustrator and master storyteller.
Tv • In Production
Director: Gerrit Bekers
Royals Next Door (2021 - 2022)
Toonboom Cut-Out Animator
Crown Princess Stella has just received the best news ever!
Due to water damage in the castle the royal family has to move out. Queen Kat sees it as the perfect opportunity to modernise. In line with King Bob’s royal motto “Closer to the people” they decide to live in a normal house in an ordinary suburb.
It’s time to show the people that the Royals are just like everyone else.
Tv • Released
Director: Veronica Lassenius
Toink! (2021)
Animator (mix of traditional and cut-out animation)
In a world full of strange creatures, a collection of abnormally normal animals have to find the meaning of what it is to be different.
Short • Released
Director: An Vrombaut
Script: Bert Lesaffer and An Vrombaut
Where is Anne Frank? (2021)
2D Traditional Animator
Kitty, the imaginary girl to whom Anne Frank wrote her famous diary, comes to life in the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.
Her memories reawakened by reading the diary, believing that if she's alive, Anne must be alive as well, she sets out on a quest to find Anne.
Film • Released
Written & directed by: Ari Folman
Huggleboo - The Animated Series (2019)
Toonboom Cut-Out Animator
Huggleboo is a four and a half years old, wayward little girl. She experiences small adventures in and around her house, in which she lives with her parents and her newborn baby sister Elisabeth. Together with her doll Fluffy, she explores things that seem to be normal to us but are extraordinary to her.
TV • Released
Director: Anneke de Graaf
Script: Burny Bos, Tamara Bos, Ilka De Bisschop
Urbanus - Cash For Trash (2019)
Animator
Animated feature based on the Flemish comics created by Willy Linthout and Urbanus
Because of the greed of the adults, everyone in the village of Tollembeek has lost their savings. Urbanus and the children revolt and take power.
Film • Released
Directors: Erik Verkerk, Joost van den Bosch
Script: Jimmy Simons, Urbanus
Panta Rhei (2018)
Assistant Animator
A humpback whale strands onto the Belgian coast. For marine biologist Stefaan it sets off a chain reaction of inner turmoil.
He tries to keep his head above water, although his redemption might lie deep within.
Short • Released
Written & directed by: Wouter Bongaerts
The Night (2017)
Assistant Animator
When Steffan's mother died, he felt nothing. No sadness, no sense of relief. How did it come to this? The Night is director Steffan Strandberg's story of growing up with an alcoholic mother, and the night that changed everything for him and his little brother. Delving into a Pandora's box of buried memories, he uncovers both innocent adventures and painful ordeals. Through archive and animation, the film combines Steffan's adult reflections with his childhood experience as he attempts to reconcile himself with his mother and his past.
Film • Released
Written & directed by: Steffan Strandberg
From The Snow Covered Hill (2015)
Assistant Animator
Left behind at an isolated boarding school, young Will quickly becomes a target for bullying. Only the friendship from a small bird brings him solace. But as the bullying worsens, Will’s means of escaping the world grow darker.
Short • Released
Written & directed by: Matty Jorissen, Wijnand Driessen
Inside (2015)
Director
I made this short back in 2015 as my final exam for my master’s degree in animation, in Belgium.
It’s a story about a worm, a beetle and a very hungry bird.