Eshref Reybrouck

Eshref Reybrouck (°1981) is a director of fiction and commercials. He graduated as a director in 2006 from the Royal Institute of Theatre, Cinema and Sounds in Brussels. Eshref started his professional career as an assistant director working for many well-known Belgian directors. In 2013 he directed Marsman, together with Mathias Sercu. The series was a big success and was nominated at international festivals such as Prix Europa, Festival Tous Ecrans and the Potsdam International Film Festival. Marsman won the Prix Italia for Best TV Drama and 2 awards at FIPA in Biarritz. In Belgium the series received several awards. In 2015 Eshref directed 2 episodes for De Bunker, a Belgian crime-series. He is also the director of the second season of Cordon, a Flemish series which had a US remake as Containment. After Cordon Eshref engaged in a different genre with the sketch comedy What If?. In 2017 Eshref made his international debut directing 2 episodes of the Swedish-Belgian series Hassel, starring Ola Rapace and produced by Malte Forsell. Later this year Eshref will be shooting a new drama series Undercover for national broadcaster Eén. Eshref and Mathias Sercu are currently (2017) securing the financing of their first feature film J'aime la vie and he's also developing a second feature film De Kennedytunnel together with Mathijs Scheepers.