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!

Filmography

Year(s) Production Role
2001–2007 X-DuckX Creator
2001–2003 Spaced Out Designer
2004 Woofy Designer
2004 Potatoes and Dragons Creator and designer
2004 Delta State Designer
2005–2008 Robotboy Creator
2005 Zombie Hotel Creator and designer
2006 SantApprentice Creator and designer
2007 Hairy Scary Creator and designer
2008 Matt's Monsters Creator and designer
2009–2013 Gawayn Creator and designer
2010 The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog Designer
2010 The Small Giant Creator and designer
2013 Dude, That's My Ghost! Creator and designer
2013–2014 Vic the Viking Adapted by and art director
2017 Nils Holgersson Developer
2023 Sunnyside Billy Creator

Awards and nominations

Year Award Work Category Result Reference
2007 SACD Awards Animation Award Won

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.


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