"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; City of Lelystad 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] 13-part series/16mm, 1977

1977

Dirk van Haveskerke [Paul Cammermans & Teresa Van Marcke] 13-part series/16mm, 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

With dir Paul Cammermans - "Robinson Crusoë"

1980

Robinson Crusoë [Paul Cammermans] ?-part series/16mm

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

1983

Xenon [Jef Cassiers] 10-part series, 1984

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] 26-part series, 1990 & 1992; 1st season, 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); 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 'Le rêve du tigre' dir by José Pinheiro] 46-part series/s16, 1993-2004; 4th season, 1997-98

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 #6 '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, 1999-2001/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, 2004-present; 5th series/HD (Panasonic VariCam), 2009; for VTM-tv

2009

Aspe [13 ep dir by various] 6th series/HD (Panasonic VariCam), 2010; see 2008

2010

Aspe [13 ep dir by various] 7th series/HD (Panasonic VariCam), 2011; see 2008

2011

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

2012

Aspe [13 ep dir by various] 9th series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2013; see 2008


 MISCELLANEOUS

1986

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