Julien Vrebos

Julien Vrebos (31 May 1947 in Elsene – 14 October 2022)[1] was a Belgian television program and movie director from Brussels. At the Joseph Plateau Awards 1998 he won the award for best movie director.

Biography

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In 1998, Vrebos made his first movie Le bal masqué. It included the attacks of the Bende van Nijvel. With this movie he became the best movie director at the Joseph Plateau Awards 1998. In 2003 followed The Emperor's Wife, and in 2004 De Garnalenpelster, after a book of Nilgun Yerli.

Vrebos also made television programmes and paid attention to social aspects. In 2007 his "De 8" was broadcasted, een documentary soap about eight students of the SIBA school in Aarschot. In 2010, his documentary soap Kukeleku [nl] was published at één.

Around Christmas in 2010, Eén broadcasted his trilogy programme Onder de sterren (English: Under the stars), in which the living environment of the Brussels homeless, the non-profit organization Chez Nous, and the occasional restaurant Zazou were shown.[2]

Between 2006 and 2010, Vrebos cooperated on the online political satireseries TV Belgiek [nl].[3]

Vrebos died on 14 October 2022 at the age of 75.[4]

Movies

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  • 1998: Le Bal masqué
  • 2003: The Emperor's Wife
  • 2004: De Garnalenpelster

Music clips

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  • The Scabs - Hard Times

References

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  1. ↑ "Julien Vrebos (75) is overleden: filmregisseur en Brusselse "ket" met weelderige snor". VRT NWS (in Dutch). 14 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Humo-verslag over Onder de sterren
  3. ↑ TV Belgiek, archived by Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Julien Vrebos, door en door Brussels regisseur

Other websites

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