"Matroesjka's" [2002]

               

 MICHEL VAN LAER   SBC

Born: 11 October 1942, Etterbeek, Belgium.

Education: Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst [Industrial Engineering], Brussels, Belgium [1960-64].

Career: Ph news items in Israel [Sabena Plane Hijacked], Chile [The End of Allende], Argentina [Peron's Return] & Afghanistan [The Russian Invasion]. Ph doc's in Borneo, Surinam, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Peru, Guatemala, USA, Rwanda, Kenya, etc.

Appeared in the doc 'Ne faites pas de cinéma!' [d: Oren Nataf; ph: François Brey & Ernesto Giollitti; on the making of 'Le festin de la mante'].



 FILMS

1984        Bultaco 125cc [Jacques Servaes] c; short/?m

1984        Wildschut/Stronghold [Bobby Eerhart; 2ud: Stijn Coninx] c; 2uc; ph: Paul van den Bos

1985        Springen/Jumping [Jean-Pierre De Decker] s16/c

1988        Dr. Tritsmans [Erik Van Looy] c; short/8m

1988        Boerenpsalm [Roland Verhavert] c

1988        De kollega's maken de brug!/Les collègues font le pont/A Three-Day Weekend [Vincent Rouffaer] c

1988        Gaston & Leo in Hong Kong [Paul Cammermans] c 

1990        Janssen & Janssens draaien een film/Dupont et Dupond font du cinéma [Robbe De Hert & Luc Pien] c; doc/108m;

                    cph: Paul De Cock, Anton Illegems & Maurice van Bavel

1993        Mirrors [Marc Levie] c; short/8m

1993        The Killer [Marc Levie] c; short/8m

1994        Max [Freddy Coppens] c

1994        My Fair Dolly [Marc Levie] c; short/8m

1995        Gaston's War/Gaston's oorlog/La guerre de Gaston [Robbe De Hert] c

1996        Jingle Bells/Crimineel [Dirk Beliën] c; short/13m

1996        Blazen tot honderd/The Dandelion Game [Peter van Wijk] s16-35bu/c; cph: Danny Elsen, Willy Stassen & Jules

                    van den Steenhoven

1997        Oesje! [Ludo Cox] c

1997        Straffe koffie/Black Coffee [Dirk Beliën] s16-s35bu/?; short/14m

1999        The Dynamic World of Verhoef [Tony Dirne] DigiBeta/c; comm doc/45m

1999        Building Bridges [Tony Dirne] DigiBeta/c; comm doc/17m

1999        Kazungu, le métis [Georges Kamanayo] DigiBeta/c; doc/51m; cph: Michel Clickermaille

1999        De kapster/The Haircut [Tom Theunis] s35/c; short/14m

2000        Delta in beweging [Tony Dirne] DigiBeta/c; doc/60m

2000        Pauline & Paulette [Lieven Debrauwer] s16-35bu/c; cph: Chris Renson

2001        Mauvais genres/Transfiction/Transfixed/Gender Bias [Francis Girod] Hawk Scope/c; 2uc; ph: Thierry Jault

2001        Le festin de la mante/The Praying Mantis [Marc Levie] s35/c

2001        Vlissingen door en door. Impressies van een stad in beweging [Tony Dirne] DigiBeta/c; city promotion/40m

2005        Een zee voor ruimte [Tony Dirne] DigiBeta/c; Lelystad city promotion/18m

2005        Overijssel [Tony Dirne] DigiBeta/c; doc/20m

2005        Exotisch fruit [Tony Dirne] DigiBeta/c; doc/20m

2008        De storm [Ben Sombogaart] s35/c; co-cinematographer; ph: Piotr Kukla; 2uc: Luc Brefeld; splinter unit ph: Rolf Dekens


 TELEVISION

1976        Circus Rondau [Jef Ceulemans] series

1977        Dirk van Haveskerke [Paul Cammermans & Teresa Van Marcke] 6-part series, 1978

1977        Het gezin van Paemel [Anton Stevens & Hugo Van Den Berghe] tvm

1978        De Belgische republiek [Freddy Coppens] 4-part doc series

1979        Brussel, een vreemde stad [Anton Stevens] doc/?m

1980        Robinson Crusoë [Paul Cammermans] series

1981        Suite flamande [Anton Stevens] doc/?m

1982        Ballade van de Japanse steenhouwer [Anton Stevens] tvm

1982        Ieder mens die sterft is een museum dat brandt [Patrick Conrad] doc/55m

1984        Xenon [Jef Cassiers] series

1985        De moeder van George T. - Een verhaal van liefde [Jan van Hamme] doc/45m; cph: Ralf Boumans; ep BRT-tv

                    series 'Ommekaar'

1987        Het ultieme kerstverhaal [Vincent Rouffaer] tvm

1987        De zoete smaak van goudlikeur [Patrick Le Bon] tvm/51m

1988        Zonderlinge zielen [Jean-Pierre De Decker] tvm

1989        De schietspoeldynastie [Marc Lybaert] tvm/60m

1989        Commissaris Roos [Eddy Asselbergs, Jaak Boon, Patrick Le Bon & Bert Struys] series, 1990

1989        Maman II [Frank van Mechelen] tvm/65m

1989        Sarah? Sarah [Jan Keymeulen] tvm

1990        De Helman factor [Roland Verhavert] tvm/60m

1990        Mama mijn papa/Mijn papa, mama [Jean-Pierre De Decker] tvm

1990        Niet voor publikatie [various] series, 1990 (3 ep), 1993 (10 ep) & 1994 (10 ep) for VRT-tv; other ph: ?

1991        Rikkie [Luc Coghe] tvm

1991        Moordterras [Roland Verhavert] tvm/16mm

1991        Dierbaar [Jean-Pierre De Decker] tvm/60m

1991        De grijze man [Paul Schellekens] tvm

1992        Het glas van roem en dood [Roland Verhavert] tvm/55m

1992        Bex & Blanche [Peter Simons, Frank Van Passel, a.o.] 17-part series/16mm (1993)

1992        De wereld van Ludovic/Le monde de Ludovic [Jean-Pierre De Decker] tvm

1993        Les kilos en trop [Gilles Béhat] tvm

1994        De opvolger/L'enfance volée [Jean-Pierre De Decker] tvm

1994        La fête des pères [Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe] tvm

1994        Oude botten breken niet [Jean-Pierre De Decker] ep series 'Eindeloos leven'

1995        Ons geluk/Fate & Fortune [Serge Leurs & Frank van Mechelen] 26-part series/DigiBeta, 1996

1996        Diamant [Jean-Pierre De Decker] 6-part series/s16

1997        L'instit/Le Prof [ep #19 dir by José Pinheiro] series/s16

1997        La balle au bond [Williams Crépin] tvm/s16

1998        Une leçon d'amour/Pense-bête/Post-it [Alain Tasma] tvm/s16

1998        Mission protection rapprochée/M.P.R./Les Amazones [ep 'Gardiennes d'ange' dir by Gilles Béhat] series/s16

1998        Une sirène dans la nuit [Luc Boland] tvm/s16; 2uc; ph: Jan Vancaillie

1998        Les monos [ep #2 'La responsable' dir by Didier Grousset] 8-part series, 1999-01/s16

1999        Tombé du nid/Max et les bouffons [Edouard Molinaro] tvm/s16

1999        La petite absente [José Pinheiro] tvm/s16

1999        Un enfant, un secret [Paolo Barzman] tvm/s16

2000        Luis Barragan [G. Debruyn] doc/60m/s16

2000        Léopold [Joël Séria] tvm; cph: Louis-Philippe Capelle

2000        Le violon brisé [Alain Schwartzstein] tvm/s16

2000        Les monos [ep #8 'Force 2' dir by Luc Boland] see 1998

2001        La torpille [Luc Boland] tvm/s16

2001        Dennis [Guy Goossens] 13-part series, 2002-03/s16; other ph: Frank Van den Eeden

2002        Team Spirit, de serie [Jan Verheyen & Christophe Van Rompaey] 6-part series, 2003/s16

Actor Stany Crets - M. van Laer - dir Mark Punt - "Matroesjka's"

2002

Matroesjka's/Matrioshki [10 ep dir by Guy Goossens & Mark Punt] 20-part series/s16, 2005 & 2008; 1st series, 2005 (10 ep); filmed 2002-03; for VTM-tv

2004

Marc Dutroux - De verklaring [Renaat Coppens] 4-part docudrama/DigiBeta

2004

De wet volgens Milo [various] 13-part series/DigiBeta (2005)

2004

Hollywood aan de Schelde [- Deel 2] [Robbe De Hert] 10-part (9x 12-15m/1x 100m) doc series for VTM-tv; cph: David Vereecke; sequel to series 'Hollywood aan de Schelde' (2001; for ATV-tv)

2004

The Blessed House/Kind van de holocaust/Cutting the Cord [Daniel Syrkin] doc/52m/DigiBeta

2005

Vleugels/Wings [Julie De Clercq] tvm/HD (Panasonic HD VariCam); ep 7-part VTM-tv series 'Faits divers'

2005

Steve Stevaert, de politicus [Emmanuel Riche] doc/52m; cph: Renaat Lambeets; ep #1 Canvas-tv doc series (1st series/6 ep) 'Hoge bomen'

2005

Waregem Koerse, de paardenkoers [Mieke Struyve] doc/48m/dv; cph: Jean-François Boucher, Renaat Lambeets, a.o.; ep #2 Canvas-tv doc series (1st series/6 ep) 'Hoge bomen'

2005

Johan Vermeersch, de president [Manu Riche] doc/52m/DigiBeta; ep #3 Canvas-tv doc series (1st series/6 ep) 'Hoge bomen'

2005

Fernand Huts, de koopman [Manu Riche] doc/52m/DigiBeta; ep #6 Canvas-tv doc series (1st series/6 ep) 'Hoge bomen'

2005

Booh! [13 ep dir by various] 26-part series/HD, 2005-06 & 2008; 1st series, 2005-06; for VTM-tv

2006

Sara [various] 200-part series, 2007-08; for VTM-tv

2007

Matroesjka's/Matrioshki [Guy Goossens & Mark Punt] 2nd series, 2008 (10 ep: 1x70m & 9x50m); see 2003

2008

Aspe [13 ep dir by various] series/HD, 2004-present; 5th series (2009); for VTM-tv

2009

Aspe [13 ep dir by various] 6th series (2010); see 2008

2010

Aspe [13 ep dir by various] 7th series (2011); see 2008

2011

Aspe [13 ep dir by various] 8th series (2012); 2uc: Diego Dezuttere; see 2008


 MISCELLANEOUS

1986

Het gezin van Paemel/The Van Paemel Family [Paul Cammermans] c.op; ph: Lex Wertwijn