Biography
Erik Van Looy was born on April 26, 1962 in Deurne, Flanders, Belgium as Erik Ludovicus Maria Van Looy. He is a director and a writer, known for the classic Belgian films, De Zaak Alzheimer/The Memory of a Killer (2003) and Loft (2008). He's also directed the US-remake of The Loft (2014). Between writing and directing movies, he is the host of De Slimste Mens Ter Wereld/The Smartest Person in the World, a hugely successful game show on Belgian TV.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Verslaafd!
2022
as Zichzelf
'Addicted!' is Erik Van Looy's first theater show in which he talks candidly about the addiction he has struggled with all his life: his addiction to ...
Hollywood on the river Scheldt
2018
as Self
Overview of the history of cinema in Flanders.
The Prime Minister
2016
Director, Writer
The Belgian PM is abducted and he finds his wife and children taken hostage. If he wants to see them again – alive – he has to kill the person he is m...
The Loft
2014
Director
For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead bo...
Dossier K.
2009
Screenplay
Vincke and Verstuyft are detectives of the Antwerp police department. This time they have to deal with the Albanian mob and some problems in their own...
Loft
2008
Director
Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there a...
The Memory of a Killer
2003
Director, Writer
Vincke and Verstuyft are one of the best detective teams of the Antwerp police force. When they are confronted with the disappearance of a top officia...
Shades
1999
Director, Screenplay
In this film within a film, a Belgian serial killer escapes prison and finds that a filmmaker is making a movie about his life. A maverick director, ...
Ad Fundum
1993
Director, Scenario Writer
Sammy Raes, a nice, naive law-freshman from a simple family, dies in a form of hazing known as the 'flying carpet'. The father of the arrogant fratern...
Yuppies
1991
Director, Writer
A succesfull busninessman who has it all is looking for a new challenge and decides to hire a contract killer to assassinate him.