Author Archives: theoumek

I had my first experience as a 1AD on American ground, from mid-October to the end of December 2021. We shot the feature film “The Wall”, written and directed by Philippe Van Leeuw (aka “Insyriated“), in and around Tucson, Arizona. … Continue reading →

What happened the last years? I’ve worked mainly as a first assistant director these last three years. On short and long features. From Sweden, over Danemark, to Germany, back in Belgium and then to Portugal. Even throughout the Covid Pandemic, … Continue reading →

Indeed ! Yet another year and a half off the records 🙂 Last year 2017 I have mainly been working as a 1AD on an international TV series called The Team for its second season. The project is a co-production … Continue reading →

Again. I see I haven’t been at all active on my blog since more then a year. Well, that is mostly because I haven’t been in need to communicate about my personal activities. In fact, I have been working as … Continue reading →

July and August are the best months in Brussels. Half of the people are on holiday and there are much lesser cars, so the air is pleasantly breathable. With a little luck it doesn’t rain too much neither. These last … Continue reading →

Welcome Home has finally been released in my hometown Brussels. My film came home, at last ! 1,5 years after the world premiere at the Venice film festival, this really feels good. I had some fine (live and recorded) television … Continue reading →

Hoho, it’s been 8 months since I’ve posted news on my blog. Even if I’m not a big fan of Facebook, I seem to leave more sign of life there then on this personal blog. This last half year I … Continue reading →

We’re in the second half of June and since 2 weeks summer has finally arrived in Belgium, following a springtime that felt too much like winter… Now the warm days have arrived it is an ideal moment to close ourselves … Continue reading →

Arrived in San Francisco on the 26th of February at noon. Walked around town all day, with my friend and director Thom Vander Beken, who lives partly here and partly in Belgium. Tried to get a normal sleep after being … Continue reading →