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s ,f t (Frank Van Laecke) Ovom autoru svestranost je donela zvanje „carobnjaka" u bezbrojnim novinskim prikazima. Pošto je napisao niz TV serija za flamansku javnu televiziju VRT (FC de Kampioenen, Het Koekoeksnest...), stekao je ime kao reditelj drama i opera. Takođe se upuštao u režiranje americkih opereta (Hollywood by night, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jekyll & Hyde) i ekstravagantnih pozorišnih predstava, koje su mu donele priličnu međunarodnu slavu. Ne usteže se ni od estrade: on tačno zna kako da koristi ambiciozni obim i komični sadržaj takvih priredbi. Poslednjih nekoliko godina ostvario je gromoglasan uspeh sa americkim operetama Kuifje en de Zonnetempel (Tintin and the Temple of the Sun), The Prince of Africa, Dracula, Rembrandt - the musical, Pirates Pirates! i Daens, desto u saradnji sa kompozitorom Dirkom Broseom. Frank van Leke kao umetnički direkter i reditelj potpisuje Boohl, omladinsku seriju za VTM, koju je štampa proglasila za najbolji program 2005. Übrzo je usledila i druga serija. Sa najvećom lakoćom se vratio režiji delà čistije estetike, kab što je iskrena predstava na osnovu Ijubavnih pisama Antona Čehova, Jouw hand in mijn (2006). Iste godine je bila premijera Kijk mama, ik dans, monolog režiran zajedno sa Vanesom van Durme. Kasnije je ova predstava gostovala po svetu. Frank van Leke je dobitnik mnogobrojnih nagrada za režiju u Belgiji i van nje. imenovan je za ambasadora grada Genta 2002. godine.

FRANK VAN LEACKE'S versatility earned him the title of 'Wizard' in countless press reviews. After writing a number of TV senes for the Flemish public television broadcasting company VRT (FC de Kampioenen, Het Koekoeksnest..), he made a name for himself as a director of plays and operas Fie also ventured into directing musicals (Hollywood by night, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jekyll & Hyde) and extravagant theatrical productions, which brought him considerable international fame. Neither does he shirk from show business; he Knows exactly how to use the ambitious scope and comical content of such productions to his best advantage. In the past few years, he achieved resounding successes with the musicals Kuifge en de Zonnetempel (Tintin and the Temple of the Sun), The Prince of Africa, Dracula, Rembrandt - the musical, Pirates Pirates! and Daens, often working together with composer Dirk Brossé. Frank Van Laecke signed on as the artistic and actor's director of Booh!, a youth senes for VTM, The series was nominated by the press as the best programme of 2005. A second series soon followed. With the greatest of ease, Frank Van Laecke returned to directing works with a purer aesthetic, such as the sincere theatrical production based on the love letters of Anton Chekhov, Jouw hand in mijn hand (in 2006. That same year saw the premiere performance of Kijk mama, ik dans (Look mummy, I'm dancing), a monologue directed jointly with Vanessa Van Durme. Later on, the production toured the world. Frank Van Laecke received numerous awards, both in Belgium and abroad, for his direction. He was appointed 'Ambassador of the City of Ghent in 2002.

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