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Bert

Longing to go to Russia.

About Me

"Onderzeeboot" OUT NOW.

Bert's books [order online]
In het donker
Soms zit het mee, soms zit het tegen
Meester van de Schaduw
Een piraat van nix (Zwijsen abonnementencircuit)
NEW: OnderzeebootBert's movies
Stille waters (2005)
Benny Nijlhoorn (2005)
The happy life (2006)
Solomon Grundy (2006)
Passe-vite (selected at "Leuven Kort")
Sand (online soon...)

Bert's links
Visit Zonnebloemblaadjes vzw
Visit de Eenhoorn
Visit Carll Cneut
Visit escalade à Milly-la-Forêt

My Interests

..Drawing, illustration, animation, graphic design, climbing (at Milly La Forêt), hiking (in the Alps), music, reading, playing the guitar, learning, Zonnebloemblaadjes vzw .

I'd like to meet:

..marcel.
Gertie the dinosaur.

Music:

..is essential. Especially Chet Baker, Wes Mongomery, Milt Jackson, Cannonball Adderly, Erik Truffaz, Philippe Catherine, Wynton Kelly, CocoRosie, Emilie Simon, M. Ward, Sol Seppy, The Whitest Boy Alive, Tindersticks, Mira, Under Byen, Mogwai, Mono, BB King, Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Jimi Hendrix, Roland Van Campenhout, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, The Pixies, The Sisters of Mercy, B. Fleischmann, Icarus, Mùm, Pilote, Polar, DJ Teebee, Emir Kusturica, Alberto Iglesias, Ojos de Brujo, Paco de Lucia, Jerboa, Roots Manuva, Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, Bl!ndman Quartet, Metallica, Life of Agony, Gus Viseur, Django Reinhardt, Amon Tobin, Cinematic Orchestra, Up Bustle & Out, DJ Krush, Coldcut, DJ Vadim, Jaga Jazzist, Kid Koala, Wagon Christ, Paul Simon, The Ramones, Rencontrez l'amour, Cream, New Model Army, The Scabs, Morphine, Dick Dale, The Ventures, The Shadows, Boards of Canada, Anthony Carney, Autechre, Wisp, Jef Neve, Jamie Lidell, Esbjörn Svensson, Tord Gustavsen, ...

Movies:

..are fun too: Ray, Un long dimanche de fiancailles, Volver, De kleine jager, Amores Perros, La mala educacion, Les triplettes de Belleville, Administrators, LA Confidential, Miller's crossing, Sheepwolf, Sin city, everything by Ben Verschooris, Jolly Roger, Village of idiots, No rest for the brave, Lord of war, Black cat white cat, Hable con ella, La meglio gioventu, Neuves reinas, The Bourne identity, The Bourne supremacy, Corpse Bride, L'homme qui a mangé du taureau, Wallace and Gromit, Dagen zonder lief (+ tears), Perfume, ...

Books:

.. In het donker , Soms zit het mee, soms zit het tegen , Meester van de Schaduw , Narziss und Goldmund, Jazz, Ibicus, A short history of progress, Beloved, De grap, Een schitterend gebrek, A short history of time, Guardians of the kingdom, La colmena, Maus, A hundred years of solitude, O monster, don't eat me, Strohonden, The incredible book eating boy, ...

Heroes:

..D. Afalgan, Annelies Rosseel, Ben Verschooris, Astrid Yskout, Dries Bastiaensen, Pascal Rabaté, Tom Gauld, Egon Schiele, Carll Cneut, Malik Dombrecht, Alain Verster, Philippe Catherine, Chet Baker, Roman Klochkov, Jeroen Bosch, Pascal Vansteenkiste, Django Reinhardt, Klaas Verplacke, Rencontrez l'amour, Barry Blitt, Géraldine Alibeu, Sara Fanelli, Robert Johnson, Mark Ryden, Marlene Dumas, ...

My Blog

Passe-Vite wins prize at Russian Krok-festival

Passe-Vite (stop-motion film with bananas and tangerines by Ben Verschooris, Korneel Detailleur and myself) has won another prize... at the Russian KROK animation film festival. Passe Vite won the 'Di...
Posted by Bert on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:49:00 PST

The voice of America

Waw... my one-minute animation "The Happy Life" just got on YouTube's homepage as a featured video, and now I'm drowning in comments! Reading through them it made me very happy to see that it made a l...
Posted by Bert on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:50:00 PST

"In het donker" goes international :-)

I just got the news that my very first illustrated children's book: "In het donker", written by Karla Stoefs, is to be translated and will appear in Denmark and Sweden! I'm almost on top of the world ...
Posted by Bert on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:08:00 PST

Passe-vite

Following it's success at the Annecy International animated film festival - wonderful experience to see it on the big screen in front of so many excited people :) - 'Passe-vite' by Ben Verschooris, Ko...
Posted by Bert on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:19:00 PST

Annecy, here we come!

Our animated short "Passe-vite", a title cooked up by the genius Luc Degryse, a film written and animated by the virtuosos Ben, Korneel and my humble self. Featuring extremely talented actors inside c...
Posted by Bert on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:37:00 PST

Sketchcrawl

Last Saturday I went to Ghent to join the "Sketchcrawl". When I arrived in the afternoon, the whole of Ghent was swarmed with sketching artists. One of them, Joris "Mr. Sketchcrawl" Bergmans got us al...
Posted by Bert on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:21:00 PST

Drawing with the kids.

I had my share of fun again yesterday. I got to visit another school to tell kids about children's books and illustration! Always a great experience. You really get to see your book and drawings come ...
Posted by Bert on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:11:00 PST

Press release

Vanaf nu zondag in "de Zondag" (bij de bakker).
Posted by Bert on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:52:00 PST

New book: "Onderzeeboot" now available!

This morning, the mailman came, and he didn't have to ring twice! He brought me box with the first printed editions of the new book! So "Onderzeeboot" should be available in Belgian stores within a fe...
Posted by Bert on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:57:00 PST

"Sailors are good birds"

I just finished a new painting. "Sailors are good birds", a sister painting to "Birds are good sailors".I had to do some minor restorations already since it fell to the ground and I fell on top of it ...
Posted by Bert on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:05:00 PST