Jan Van Rijsselberge

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Jan Van Rijsselberge is a Belgian creator, designer and producer, who is credited on multiple animated TV series, including Robotboy , Hairy Scary and Santa's Apprentice. After getting a diploma in Animation Film Directing in Gent (Belgium), Jan Van Rijsselberge began his career as an animator and a supervisor. In 1996 he co-directed Lil' Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers . For over a decade he has been the creative director at Alphanim in Paris, where he created series such as Robotboy , Hairy Scary , X-Duckx , Zombie Hotel , Sophie, Spaced Out , Gawayn , Delta State , Matt's Monsters , Potatoes and Dragons , Ralf the Record Rat, The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog , The Baskervilles , Spencer, The Small Giant , and Santa's Apprentice . [1] Jan Van Rijsselberge is currently Studio 100's creative director, working primarily at their Paris office. [2] One of his specialties as of 2010 is taking traditional 2D animated shows such as Maya the Bee and Vicky the Viking and modernizing them for a full CG animation production. In 2013 he created the show Dude, That's My Ghost!

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Filmography

Year(s)ProductionRole
1997–2000 Animal Crackers Animation supervisor
2000 The Baskervilles Designer
2001–2002 X-DuckX Creator
2002 Spaced Out Creator, designer
2003Ralf the Record RatCreator, designer
2003Cosmic CowboysCreator, designer
2004 Potatoes and Dragons Creator, designer
2004 Delta State Designer
2004WoofyDesigner
2005–2008 Robotboy Creator
2005 Zombie Hotel Creator, designer
2006 SantApprentice Creator, designer
2007 Hairy Scary Creator, designer
2008–2014 Matt's Monsters Creator, designer
2009–2013 Gawayn Creator, designer
2010 The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog Designer
2010 The Small Giant Creator, designer
2013 Dude, That's My Ghost! Creator, designer
2013–2014 Vic the Viking Adapted by, art director
2015–2016 Heidi Creator, art director, animation director
2015–2016 The Adventures of K3 Art director
2017 Nils Holgersson Developer
2021–present The Smurfs Production consultant (season 1)
2023Sunnyside BillyCreator

Awards and nominations

YearAwardWorkCategoryResultReference
2007SACD AwardsAnimation AwardWon

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References

  1. "Gaumont Alphanim :: Cartoon Studio". Archived from the original on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
  2. "Studio 100 Launches Paris Toon Shop". 12 February 2009.