Jo Röpcke

Jo Röpcke
Born (1928-10-04)4 October 1928
Ghent, Belgium
Died 25 May 2007(2007-05-25) (aged 78)
Cannes, France
Occupation Television host, film journalist, director and critic

Jo Röpcke (4 October 1928 – 25 May 2007) was a Belgian film critic, film journalist, director and television host.

Premiere

Over more than 30 years, from the 1960s through to the 1980s, Jo Röpcke was popular, especially in the Flanders and The Netherlands, as the TV host of the film magazine, 'Premiere, at the Belgian state television BRT, the former VRT (the publicly funded broadcaster of Flanders at the northern part of Belgium). With Röpcke, Premiere became more than an ordinary promo-program sponsored by film distributors, as Röpcke used a dry but charming presentation style with critical, and sometimes funny and slightly ironical side remarks.

Academic and journalistic career

Röpcke gained international respect as an eminent filmjournalist and critic. He was a researcher at the ULB, the French Free University of Brussels between 1953 and 1958 and at the R.U.G. University of Ghent from 1958 until 1962. He was professor of film analysis and rector at the Brussels' filmschool H.R.I.T.C.S. He was president of the Film Festival of Brussels.

Director

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