Erik Van Looy was born on April 26, 1962 in Deurne, Flanders, Belgium as Erik Ludovicus Maria Van Looy. He is a director and a writer, known for the classic Belgian films, De Zaak Alzheimer/The Memory of a Killer (2003) and Loft (2008). He's also directed the US-remake of The Loft (2014). Between writing and directing movies, he is the host of De Slimste Mens Ter Wereld/The Smartest Person in the World, a hugely successful game show on Belgian TV.
Release Date2017-12-25
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Episode Count13
Vote Count2
Release Date2020-09-18
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Episode Count2
Vote Count3
Release Date2023-02-08
Charactersd Ben Jacobs
Episode Count8
Vote Count3
"Safety First" is a hilarious work place mockumentary set at the heart of a security company. Discipline, dedication and friendship, that's what work is about. Oh, and falling over, making a mess, accidentally making a total fool of yourself and then picking yourself up to get back in the game.
Release Date2013-10-30
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Episode Count1
Vote Count11
Release Date2015-03-07
Charactersd Erik Van Looy
Episode Count1
In Geub, the wife of fictional Philippe Geubels runs off with the charismatic Dutchman William Van Bronkhorst, who is thirty years her senior. In addition to being eligible for retirement, William is also an almost too sympathetic man who seems impossible to anger. However, that doesn't stop Philippe from regularly trying. Deeply humiliated and depressed, Flanders' most popular comedian turns to his mother Sonja, who supports him with advice and laundry baskets full of ironed clothes. Philippe's entourage also includes his regular technician Dikke Dirk and his best friend Pannenkoek. They do what they can to cheer Philippe up, but unfortunately, that's not much.
Release Date2019-09-03
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Episode Count1
Vote Count7
Release Date2024-05-25
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Episode Count7
Vote Count1
Release Date2022-12-22
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Episode Count2
'Addicted!' is Erik Van Looy's first theater show in which he talks candidly about the addiction he has struggled with all his life: his addiction to movie stars... Juicy stories, crazy jokes and great videos: we really get to know everything about Erik, his films, his often crazy encounters with movie stars and... the taste of hairspray.
Release Date2022-02-03
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Vote Count1
Do we still sing the praises of folly like Erasmus, or is it trendy again to be smart? And if so, who is the smartest? Who can talk about the medals won at the Olympic Games in London, but at the same time knows who Captain Haddock is? Who knows whether Lacan was a hair growth product or a psychoanalyst and can also program their own digital television? Who has déjà vu when leafing through the Encyclopedia Britannica and when reading the interviews with the new Miss Waregem Koerse? Who, oh who, is the smartest person in Flanders, Belgium, Europe, and by extension, the world? That is determined by a fierce battle between three fellow human beings. Every day, someone is eliminated, someone who may not be the smartest, but who is perhaps cherished in their family circle because of their many other talents. The others advance and are joined by a new challenger every day.
Release Date2003-09-01
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Episode Count813
Vote Count11
Talk show hosted by Matthijs van Nieuwkerk containing a mixture of news, information, television bloopers and general entertainment.
Release Date2005-10-10
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Episode Count2
Vote Count7
Release Date2013-08-31
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Episode Count1
Vote Count4
Destadsbader in a new music program 'I ask it', in which he asks BVs about their favorite song and then asks them to perform it live.
Release Date2024-01-31
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Episode Count1
Arjen Lubach dives through the issues of the day past inspiring guests to the bottom of the news. Everyone always wants to go from the issues of the day to deepening. Arjen is really looking forward to the issues of the day.
Release Date2022-02-21
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Episode Count1
Vote Count6
Every episode, one interesting Belgian visits "The House" ("Het huis") for 24 hours. In this imposing house with a pool, surrounded by a forest, in an unknown location, the visitor is "locked away" from the rest of the world for 24 hours. They are interviewed, dissected, confronted by the interviewer.
Release Date2015-10-20
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Episode Count1
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Overview of the history of cinema in Flanders.
Release Date2018-12-27
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Vote Count1
Release Date2021-11-25
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Episode Count2
Vote Count1
Release Date2012-10-21
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Episode Count3
Release Date2022-04-18
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Episode Count4
Release Date2015-09-02
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Episode Count23
Vote Count2
Release Date2020-10-17
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Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Lieven Scheire wanders like a forensic blood hound on planet science and all her secondary planets. Faithfully assisted by Googleman and his one-man house orchestra Stijn Cole.
Release Date2012-04-15
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Episode Count5
Vote Count3
Dries Mertens and Jan Vertonghen are behind a brand new football competition: Masters of Madness. This completely new competitive experience focuses on entertainment, visual innovations, creative game changers and innovative rules. 8 teams of 10 talented players are coached by duos from different backgrounds from the sports, media or digital world. Masters of Madness is a competition that gives football extra oxygen by playing short, fast and entertaining on a smaller field. And especially with a whole series of innovative and sometimes slightly distorted rules.
Release Date2025-01-31
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Episode Count1
JAMES & Co is a true roller coaster with James Cooke at the controls. He gets complete carte blanche for his brand new show. 2 days a week, with 3 special guests each time from an impressive studio, with a live band, an impressive audience and a considerable dose of show, James delivers the entertainment moment of the year.
Release Date2025-01-07
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Episode Count1
In the brand new version of the iconic program 'Come and Eat' we sit down with familiar faces from the Play programs.
Release Date2024-09-02
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Episode Count4
Release Date2024-09-30
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Episode Count16
Vote Count2
Release Date2020-12-23
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Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Release Date2021-04-19
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Episode Count24
Release Date2021-05-18
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Episode Count5
Release Date2024-10-26
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Episode Count14
Vote Count2
Release Date2016-04-20
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Episode Count1
Release Date2010-11-02
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Episode Count1
For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are gripped by paranoia as each one suspects another. Friendships are tested, loyalties are questioned, and marriages crumble while fear and suspicion run rampant.
Release Date2014-10-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1530
The Belgian PM is abducted and he finds his wife and children taken hostage. If he wants to see them again – alive – he has to kill the person he is meeting later that day. And that person is no less than... the president of the United States.
Release Date2016-03-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count85
Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.
Release Date2008-10-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count423
The Mole is a reality television game show which was originally created in 1999 by Woestijnvis. It was conceived by Michiel Devlieger, Bart de Pauw, Tom Lenaerts and Michel Vanhove, and won the famous Rose d'Or in Montreux, Switzerland, in 2000. The format has been licensed in 40 countries from all around the world. The show aired on TV1 (now VRT 1) for 3 reasons between 1998 and 2003; in 2016 it was revived and moved to VIER (now Play4).
Release Date1998-12-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count9
Vote Count18
Vincke and Verstuyft are detectives of the Antwerp police department. This time they have to deal with the Albanian mob and some problems in their own police division.
Release Date2009-12-09
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count49
Vincke and Verstuyft are one of the best detective teams of the Antwerp police force. When they are confronted with the disappearance of a top official and the murder of two prostitutes, the trail leads to the almost retired assassin Angelo Ledda. Since Ledda starts showing symptoms of Alzheimer's, it's getting more and more difficult to complete his contracts. When he has to murder a 12-year old call-girl, he refuses and becomes a target himself. While Vincke and Verstuyft are chasing him and counting the corpses, Ledda is taking care of his employers.
Release Date2003-10-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count152
In this film within a film, a Belgian serial killer escapes prison and finds that a filmmaker is making a movie about his life. A maverick director, a merciless producer, an insubordinate star, and a conviced serial killer all try to survive the deadliest place on Earth: a movie set.
Release Date1999-10-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count7
Sammy Raes, a nice, naive law-freshman from a simple family, dies in a form of hazing known as the 'flying carpet'. The father of the arrogant fraternity president Guy Bogaerts who ordered this reckless procedure abuses his connections to prevent a judicial homicide conviction, while the college authorities prefer to avoid a scandal in the press. However Sammy's freshmen friends Tom Smits and Denn
Release Date1993-10-06
DepartmentWriting
JobScenario Writer
Vote Count17
A succesfull busninessman who has it all is looking for a new challenge and decides to hire a contract killer to assassinate him.
Release Date1991-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Release Date2004-12-15
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
Release Date2012-12-25
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count2
Release Date2019-05-02
Episode Count6
Release Date2014-09-03
Episode Count1
Release Date2010-12-05
Episode Count2
Vote Count3
Release Date2009-03-26
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
A quizshow presented by Philip Freriks and one-man jury Maarten van Rossum.
Release Date2012-07-23
Episode Count6
Vote Count2
Release Date2023-03-15
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Release Date2019-10-23
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Control Pedro is a humorous panel show on Flemish television, presented by the always enthusiastic Pedro Elias. In this show, Pedro and four well-known 'internet users' dive into the worldwide web. They search for the funniest, most bizarre, and surprising videos, apps, and other internet phenomena.
Release Date2017-04-20
Episode Count3
Release Date2015-09-10
Episode Count1
Release Date2003-01-19
Vote Count2
Release Date2023-08-07
Episode Count1
Release Date2024-09-01
Episode Count6
