Koen Vermeiren
Member since: 15-08-2009
Status: user
Country: Belgium
Profession: screenwriter
Favourite genres: comedy / crime / drama / historical / thriller
Biography
-°18 december 1953, Antwerp, Belgium
-Diploma: Ph D Literature & Philosophy (University of Antwerp, 1984) with a dissertation on the fiction by Willem Frederik Hermans and the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Teaching experience
-For ten years: Lecturer Writing Techniques and Prose at the Acadamy of Writing (Antwerp).
Published novels and short stories
-De kus van Selena (short story, DAP-Reinaert, Leuven 1983);
-De vrolijke eenzaamheid (novel, Manteau, Antwerpen, 1988);
-Bij nacht en ontij (story)(Manteau, Antwerpen, 1988);
-Schaduwen (novel, Manteau, Antwerpen/Amsterdam, 1991) (Awarded with the August Beernaert Reward 1990-1991 by the Royal Acadamy for Dutch Language and Literature);
-Dood spoor (short story, Manteau, Antwerpen/Amsterdam, 1993);
-De gek op de heuvel (novel, Manteau, Antwerpen/Amsterdam, 1993, was made into a tv-film in 2006);
-Het elfde gebod (novel, Manteau, Antwerpen/Amsterdam, 1995);
-Pat (novel, Davidsfonds Literair, Leuven, 2003).
Published articles and essays
-About 400 articles and essays on modern literature, published in magazines and newspapers;
-Willem Frederik Hermans en Ludwig Wittgenstein (Essay in book), H&S, Utrecht, 1986;
-Willy Spillebeen (monography), Vereniging West-Vlaamse Schrijvers, Torhout, 1988;
-De strikken van het woordenweb, in: Verboden Toegang. Essays about the literary work of Willem Frederik Hermans, De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 1989;
-De Spiegel van Narcissus (study about the Characters of W.F. Hermans), Kreatief-themanummer, Wevelgem, 2000.
Plays
-Geheimen uit de biechtstoel (radio play, 1987);
-De droomexpres (play, 1991. Awarded with the Visser-Neerlandiaprijs 1990 from the Algemeen Nederlands Verbond);
-Luchtkastelen (play, 1993);
-Herr Ludwig (play, 1995. Awarded with the Nestor de Tièreprijs '94-'95 by the Royal Acadamy for Dutch Language and Literature;
-De Gek op de Heuvel (play, 1999, based on my own novel).
Television- and Filmscripts
-Since 1990 I am a professional screenwriter.
Tv-scripts
-About 70 scripts for all kinds of sitcoms (FC De Kampioenen, De Burgemeesters, Verschoten & Zoon…)
-Hof van Assisen (Law Court Drama);
-Gilliams & De Bie (crimi, own concept, 16 episodes, 50’ each);
-Awarded with the ASLK Public’s Trophee voor TV-Scripts 1996;
-Co-scriptwriter for the VRT-crimi WITSE (series 2, 3, 4, 5);
-Feature Film for television: The Fool on the Hill (adaptation of my own novel);
-Co-scriptwriter for the series 4 and 5 from Zone Stad (crimi).
Music
-Several own compositions.
Published CD’s
-Demogorgon (label JazzHalo);
-Dialogue (Kay Records):
-Paintings (Kay Records):
-Sculptures (Kay Records);
-Landscape with Pigeon (Kay Records):
-Step by Step (Kay Records).
References
Worked several years for the National Belgian Television and with known Production Houses (Menuet, D&D, Studio A...).
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