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Dutch filmmaker and photographer, born in Amsterdam in 1953, based in Brussels since 1975 and in Lisbon.
| Fact | Statement | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 8 July 1953, Amsterdam; raised in Zaandam | Confirmed | BnF authority record; IMDb; De Orkaan (2025) |
| Nationality | Dutch | Being checked | BnF and IdRef: Netherlands. Wikidata and some festival texts: Belgium. Awaiting Rob's confirmation. |
| Based | Brussels since 1975; also Lisbon | Confirmed | Cinemateca Portuguesa (2025) |
| Roles | Documentary filmmaker, photographer, teacher of film | Confirmed | BnF; Cinemateca Portuguesa; DocNomads |
| Works | Some forty works since a 1978 student film, including about fifteen medium-length and feature documentaries | Reported | IMDb credits; Rob Rombout's CV |
| Film school | RITCS, Brussels (student film, 1978) | Reported | Videobrasil (1994); Rob Rombout's YouTube channel |
| Teaching | 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 | Confirmed | CILECT; DocNomads; Rob Rombout CV (2025) |
| Best-known film | Amsterdam Stories USA (2012, with Rogier van Eck), world premiere at IDFA 2012 | Confirmed | IDFA archive |
| Award | Audience Award, feature film, IndieLisboa 2013, for Amsterdam Stories USA | Confirmed | IndieLisboa |
| Retrospectives | Videobrasil 1994; Guimarães 2016; DOCfeed Eindhoven 2018; Strasbourg 2022; Paris 2024; Cinemateca Portuguesa 2025 | Confirmed | Festival and institution programme pages |
| Books | Monograph by Marc-Emmanuel Mélon (Yellow Now, 2022); PORTRAITS / on the road (Yellow Now, 2024); On the Road – in Bredevoort (2026) | Confirmed | Yellow Now; University of Liège ORBi; Koppelkerk |
| Professional roles | Vice-president of the Belgian committee of the SCAM, 1998–2005 and 2009–2013 | Reported | CBA; French Wikipedia |
Last verified 2026-10-10
Corrections
Facts we have changed, and why.
- 2026-10 · Entre deux tours runs 16 minutes, not 52, as shown by the 2025 remaster.
- 2026-10 · L'Homme qui en disait trop dates from 1985, not 1979.
- 2026-10 · At Canal Emploi in Liège, Rob Rombout directed films; he did not run the station.
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