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Christophe van Rompaey (Director)
“Moscow, Belgium” is Christophe van Rompaey’s debut as a feature film director. While still at film school, Christophe (°1970) directed two shorts (“Zap” and “Façade”) and wrote two more. After his studies, he became casting director and assistant director on many shorts, commercials and features. In 1998, Christophe established himself as a first assistant director with the feature “Man van Staal” (directed by Vincent Bal), a credit he was to have on seven more features produced in Belgium and in the Netherlands. All the while, Christophe continued to work on his own stories. He wrote and directed three dark and mysterious shorts: “Grijs” (1995), “Ex.#N°1870-4” (1999) and “Oh my God?!” (2001) which were visually riveting and won awards at various festivals. Christophe went on to direct twelve episodes of the popular relationship series “Team Spirit” (2002). He subsequently co-wrote and directed “Hallelujah” (2004) a comedy series on the romantic misadventures of a guardian angel. In 2007 he directed three episodes of the dark crime series “Vermist” (“Missing”). Christophe is currently preparing his second feature “Blanco” for which he wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Peter Terrin. He is also developing a new project with the writers of “Moscow, Belgium”.
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Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem (Screenwriter and Producer) Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem (°1963) wrote the script of “Moscow, Belgium” with Pat van Beirs. Jean-Claude worked as press officer, TV reporter and journalist, before founding film production company “A Private View”. He made his debut as a screenwriter with “Paper Heroes” a documentary on the history of Belgian comic strips. He produced children’s features “The Ball” (1998) and “Science Fiction” (2002), which he wrote with Chris Craps, followed by the dramatic comedies “A Perfect Match” (2007), which he wrote with Pierre De Clercq, and “Moscow, Belgium”. He also produced the crowdpleasing comedy “Long Weekend” (2005). In 2006, Jean-Claude co-wrote the historical adventure film “Crusade in Jeans” which went on to win the ‘Golden Calf’ Award for Best Dutch Feature Film. Jean-Claude also writes novels with Pat van Beirs. Their award winning “Jonkvrouw” (2005) describes the Middle Ages through the eyes of a young noble woman. The novel has been published in Germany as “Die Erbin von Flandern” and was adapted into a stage play.
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Pat van Beirs (Screenwriter) Pat van Beirs (°1954) has worked as a translator and as a teacher of English, Dutch and Spanish. He wrote the much praised Flemish dub versions of animated features such as “Chicken Run”, “Monsters, Inc.” and “La Prophétie des Grenouilles.” He teamed up with Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem to write three youth-oriented novels and the upcoming graphic series “Betty & Dodge”. “Moscow, Belgium” is their first collaboration on a screenplay.
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Ruben Impens (Director of Photography) Ruben Impens assisted camera legend Walther vanden Ende in Jeroen Krabbé’s “Left Luggage” and “Minoes” by Vincent Bal. He shot about 8 shorts, including Felix van Groeningen’s debut film “50CC”. He continued his career behind the camera of Felix van Groeningens feature films “Steve+Sky” and “Dagen zonder Lief”. He previously worked with director Christophe Van Rompaey on the comic TV series “Halleluja”.
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Tuur Florizoone (Music) Tuur Florizoone (°1978) studied jazz composition and piano at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He learned to play the accordion while living in Brazil, and actually teaches that instrument in the Jazz conservatory of Ghent. Tuur composes mostly for his own musical bands, such as the eclectic jazz-ensemble ‘Tricycle’ with which he performed at festivals over the world. He also performs solo, in trio formations and -as a side man- in many other bands. He composed for dance, circus and theatre companies, short movies and worked for the Belgian television program ‘Man Bijt Hond’. “Moscow, Belgium” is Tuur’s first Motion picture soundtrack.
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Dries Phlypo and Mieke De Wulf (Line Producers) Dries Phlypo (°1977) and Mieke De Wulf (°1960)
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