Jan Van Rijsselberge

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 edit

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

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

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