Jan Van Rijsselberge

Jan Van Rijsselberge is a creator, designer and producer from Belgium 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, 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!

Writing credits

Production	Notes	Broadcaster
X-DuckX	78 episodes (2001–2006)	France 3 Fox Kids Jetix
Spaced Out	Unknown episodes (2002)	France 3
Woofy	27 episodes (2004)	France 5
Potatoes and Dragons	77 episodes (2004)	ITV
Robotboy	23 episodes (2005–2008)	Cartoon Network France 3
SantApprentice	5 episodes (2006)	Starz Kids & Family YTV
Zombie Hotel	17 episodes (2006)	CBBC Starz Kids & Family
Maya the Bee	78 episodes (2012)	TF1
Dude, That's My Ghost!	7 episodes (2013)	Disney Channel

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result	Reference
2007	SACD Awards	N/A	Animation Award	Won

References

External links

• Jan Van Rijsselberge at the Internet Movie Database