Jakob Verbruggen

Jakob Verbruggen
Born1980 (age 44–45)
Merksem, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
EducationRITCS
Known forFilm & television director
Notable workHouse of Cards, Black Mirror: "Men Against Fire", The Alienist
AwardsJoseph Plateau Award
2002

Jakob Verbruggen (born in Merksem in 1980) is a Belgian television and film director. He studied at the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) in Belgium.[1]

Career

He has directed episodes of The Fall, London Spy, and House of Cards.[2] In 2016 he directed "Men Against Fire", an episode of the third series of the anthology series Black Mirror.[3] In 2017 he directed the first three episodes of the event series The Alienist.[4] Deadline revealed in August 2020 that Verbruggen joined as director and executive producer of Invasion.[5]

Filmography

Year Title Episodes
2013 The Fall All episodes from "Series 1"
2015 London Spy All 5 episodes
2016 House of Cards "Chapter 51" and "Chapter 52"
Black Mirror "Men Against Fire"
2018 The Alienist "The Boy on the Bridge", "A Fruitful Partnership" and "Silver Smile"
2019 The Twilight Zone "Six Degrees of Freedom"
2021 Invasion "Crash", "The Last Day, "Full of Stars", and "First Day"
2024 Dark Matter "Are You Happy in Your Life?", "Trip of a Lifetime", and "The Box"

References

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Jakob Vebruggen Archived 2016-01-23 at the Wayback Machine - RITCS
  2. ^ "The Fall Guy". flandersimage.com. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Black Mirror Season 3 Will Premiere Sooner Than We'd Thought". The Verge. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. ^ McLehman, Cindy (September 26, 2016). "The Alienist: Jakob Verbuggen Replaces Cary Fukunaga as Director of TNT Series". TVseriesfinale.com. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2020-08-27). "Simon Kinberg & David Weil's Apple Series 'Invasion' Resumes Production With Cast Led By Sam Neill & Shamier Anderson". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-23.