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.
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 Date:2025-01-31
Character:Self - Coach
Episode Count:1
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 Date:2025-01-07
Character:Self - Special Guest
Episode Count:1
Release Date:2024-10-26
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:2
Release Date:2024-09-30
Character:Self - Sidekick
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:2
In the brand new version of the iconic program 'Come and Eat' we sit down with familiar faces from the Play programs.
Release Date:2024-09-02
Character:Self
Episode Count:4
Release Date:2024-09-01
Episode Count:6
Release Date:2024-05-25
Character:Presentator
Episode Count:7
Vote Count:1
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 Date:2024-01-31
Character:Self - Guest
Episode Count:1
Release Date:2023-08-07
Episode Count:1
Release Date:2023-03-15
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1
Release Date:2022-12-22
Character:Panel
Episode Count:2
Release Date:2022-04-18
Character:Self
Episode Count:3
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 Date:2022-02-21
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:4
'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 Date:2022-02-03
Character:Zichzelf
Vote Count:1
Release Date:2021-11-25
Character:Self
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:1
Release Date:2021-05-18
Character:Self
Episode Count:5
Release Date:2021-04-19
Character:Self
Episode Count:24
Release Date:2020-12-23
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1
Release Date:2020-09-18
Character:Radijsje
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:3
Release Date:2019-10-23
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1
Release Date:2019-09-03
Character:Himself
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:7
Release Date:2019-05-02
Episode Count:6
Overview of the history of cinema in Flanders.
Release Date:2018-12-27
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
Release Date:2017-12-25
Character:Jury
Episode Count:13
Vote Count:2
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 Date:2017-04-20
Episode Count:3
Release Date:2016-04-20
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
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 Date:2016-03-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:84
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 Date:2015-10-20
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2
Release Date:2015-09-10
Episode Count:1
Release Date:2015-09-02
Character:Self - Panelist
Episode Count:23
Vote Count:2
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 Date:2014-10-14
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1457
Release Date:2014-09-03
Episode Count:1
"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 Date:2013-10-30
Character:Principal
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:10
Release Date:2013-08-31
Character:Self - Guest
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:4
Release Date:2012-12-25
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:2
Release Date:2012-10-21
Character:Self
Episode Count:3
A quizshow presented by Philip Freriks and one-man jury Maarten van Rossum.
Release Date:2012-07-23
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:2
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 Date:2012-04-15
Character:Self
Episode Count:5
Vote Count:3
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 Date:2009-12-09
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:46
Release Date:2009-03-26
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:1
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 Date:2008-10-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:396
Talk show hosted by Matthijs van Nieuwkerk containing a mixture of news, information, television bloopers and general entertainment.
Release Date:2005-10-10
Character:Self
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:6
Release Date:2004-12-15
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:1
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 Date:2003-10-15
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:145
Release Date:2003-09-01
Character:Self - Host
Episode Count:773
Vote Count:11
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 Date:1999-10-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:6
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 Date:1998-12-06
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:9
Vote Count:16
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 Date:1993-10-06
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:16
A succesfull busninessman who has it all is looking for a new challenge and decides to hire a contract killer to assassinate him.
Release Date:1991-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director