{ "license": "CC0-1.0", "source": "https://www.robrombout.com/en/facts/", "verified": "2026-10-10", "name": "Rob Rombout", "formula": { "en": "Dutch filmmaker and photographer, born in Amsterdam in 1953, based in Brussels since 1975 and in Lisbon.", "fr": "Cinéaste et photographe néerlandais, né à Amsterdam en 1953, établi à Bruxelles depuis 1975 et à Lisbonne.", "nl": "Nederlandse filmmaker en fotograaf, geboren in Amsterdam (1953), opgegroeid in Zaandam, sinds 1975 in Brussel en tegenwoordig ook in Lissabon.", "pt": "Realizador e fotógrafo neerlandês, nascido em Amesterdão em 1953, radicado em Bruxelas desde 1975 e também em Lisboa." }, "bio50": { "en": "Rob Rombout (b. 1953, Amsterdam) is a Dutch documentary filmmaker, photographer and teacher, based in Brussels since 1975 and now also in Lisbon. His films about journeys, vessels and places named after other places have screened at IDFA, Cinéma du Réel and IndieLisboa. He co-founded the Erasmus Mundus master DocNomads.", "fr": "Rob Rombout (né en 1953 à Amsterdam) est un cinéaste documentariste, photographe et pédagogue néerlandais, établi à Bruxelles depuis 1975 et désormais aussi à Lisbonne. Ses films sur les voyages, les navires et les lieux qui portent le nom d’autres lieux ont été montrés à l’IDFA, au Cinéma du réel et à IndieLisboa. Il a cofondé le master Erasmus Mundus DocNomads.", "nl": "Rob Rombout (Amsterdam, 1953) is een Nederlandse documentairemaker, fotograaf en filmdocent. Hij woont sinds 1975 in Brussel en tegenwoordig ook in Lissabon. Zijn films over reizen, schepen en plaatsen die naar andere plaatsen zijn vernoemd, werden vertoond op IDFA, Cinéma du Réel en IndieLisboa. Hij is medeoprichter van de Erasmus Mundus-master DocNomads.", "pt": "Rob Rombout (Amesterdão, 1953) é um realizador de documentários, fotógrafo e professor neerlandês, radicado em Bruxelas desde 1975 e também em Lisboa. Os seus filmes sobre viagens, navios e lugares com o nome de outros lugares foram exibidos no IDFA, no Cinéma du Réel e no IndieLisboa. É cofundador do mestrado Erasmus Mundus DocNomads." }, "bio150_en": "Rob Rombout (b. 1953, Amsterdam; raised in Zaandam) is a Dutch documentary filmmaker, photographer and teacher, based in Brussels since 1975 and now also in Lisbon. Since a 1978 student film he has made some forty works, many broadcast by ARTE, RTBF and France Télévisions: films set in closed worlds that move, such as a night train to Moscow, a transatlantic liner and a North Sea oil rig, and films about places that borrowed a name, among them Amsterdam Stories USA (2012, with Rogier van Eck; IDFA; Audience Award, IndieLisboa 2013) and On the Track of Robert van Gulik (2016). His method is the subject of Marc-Emmanuel Mélon's monograph La mise en scène du réel (2022). He taught documentary directing at Sint-Lukas, now LUCA School of Arts, from 1988 to 2018, and co-founded the DocNomads master. His photographs, collected in PORTRAITS / on the road (2024), have been shown in Paris, Lisbon and Bredevoort.", "facts": [ { "k": "Born", "v": "8 July 1953, Amsterdam; raised in Zaandam", "s": "confirmed", "src": "BnF authority record; IMDb; De Orkaan (2025)" }, { "k": "Nationality", "v": "Dutch", "s": "disputed", "src": "BnF and IdRef: Netherlands. Wikidata and some festival texts: Belgium. Awaiting Rob's confirmation." }, { "k": "Based", "v": "Brussels since 1975; also Lisbon", "s": "confirmed", "src": "Cinemateca Portuguesa (2025)" }, { "k": "Roles", "v": "Documentary filmmaker, photographer, teacher of film", "s": "confirmed", "src": "BnF; Cinemateca Portuguesa; DocNomads" }, { "k": "Works", "v": "Some forty works since a 1978 student film, including about fifteen medium-length and feature documentaries", "s": "reported", "src": "IMDb credits; Rob Rombout's CV" }, { "k": "Film school", "v": "RITCS, Brussels (student film, 1978)", "s": "reported", "src": "Videobrasil (1994); Rob Rombout's YouTube channel" }, { "k": "Teaching", "v": "Documentary directing at Sint-Lukas, now LUCA School of Arts, 1988–2018; co-founder of the DocNomads master and its course director 2012–2019; course director at the Hanoi film school (SKDA) for INSAS, 2010–2020", "s": "confirmed", "src": "CILECT; DocNomads; Rob Rombout CV (2025)" }, { "k": "Best-known film", "v": "Amsterdam Stories USA (2012, with Rogier van Eck), world premiere at IDFA 2012", "s": "confirmed", "src": "IDFA archive" }, { "k": "Award", "v": "Audience Award, feature film, IndieLisboa 2013, for Amsterdam Stories USA", "s": "confirmed", "src": "IndieLisboa" }, { "k": "Retrospectives", "v": "Videobrasil 1994; Guimarães 2016; DOCfeed Eindhoven 2018; Strasbourg 2022; Paris 2024; Cinemateca Portuguesa 2025", "s": "confirmed", "src": "Festival and institution programme pages" }, { "k": "Books", "v": "Monograph by Marc-Emmanuel Mélon (Yellow Now, 2022); PORTRAITS / on the road (Yellow Now, 2024); On the Road – in Bredevoort (2026)", "s": "confirmed", "src": "Yellow Now; University of Liège ORBi; Koppelkerk" }, { "k": "Professional roles", "v": "Vice-president of the Belgian committee of the SCAM, 1998–2005 and 2009–2013", "s": "reported", "src": "CBA; French Wikipedia" } ], "corrections": [ { "date": "2026-10", "text": "Entre deux tours runs 16 minutes, not 52, as shown by the 2025 remaster." }, { "date": "2026-10", "text": "L'Homme qui en disait trop dates from 1985, not 1979." }, { "date": "2026-10", "text": "At Canal Emploi in Liège, Rob Rombout directed films; he did not run the station." } ], "identifiers": { "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15069902", "imdb": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0739157/", "youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/@rrfilms9560", "docnomads": "https://docnomads.eu/people/37-rob-rombout", "wikipedia_fr": "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Rombout", "wikipedia_nl": "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Rombout", "wikipedia_pt": "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Rombout" } }