Rob, the doc nomad

We have been class mates in the film school, we have lived in the same neigh­bour­hood, we kept in touch, near­ly always by acci­dent, bump­ing into each oth­er. I always took the oppor­tu­ni­ty to catch up. We were in some ways oppo­sites, but the curios­i­ty to learn about the lat­est endeav­ours was always there, as Rob has been just more than an inter­est­ing per­son. He was very ear­ly on, a guid­ance as a teacher, who could fine­ly explain his ped­a­go­gies, and he had – again from day one, a very keen eye as a film­mak­er. His obser­va­tion skills are quite extra-ordi­nary, and that makes him both the excel­lent teacher and wise film­mak­er that he has become.

His is also a very gen­er­ous per­son, as he is the first to share his knowl­edge and his pas­sion, with friends, col­leagues and stu­dents, in so many ways. That was exact­ly what we want­ed to do here and now. Give him not just the one and usu­al win­dow to come and teach doc­u­men­tary film­mak­ing in our school, but give him a mul­ti-facetted set of win­dows, to be able to give him the por­trait he deserves. We hope you all come and dis­cov­er, with gen­uine curiosity.

We sin­cere­ly hope we have made him proud. Wel­come to Rob, on the move, as he often is.

Her­man Van Eyken