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Johan Hoogewijs

b. 1957

Composer, sound designer

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Born 1957. Johan Hoogewijs is a Belgian composer and musician.

Johan Hoogewijs (born 22 December 1957, Belgium) is a Flemish Belgian composer and sound designer, best known for his music to Flemish and Dutch TV series such as Heterdaad, Russen and Witse. Hoogewijs composed also the scores for the Dutch movies Zinloos and Winky's Horse with Jan Decleir (2005).

Selected filmography

Television

Boeketje Vlaanderen (1984) Postbus X (1988) Langs De Kade (1988) Lava (1989) Junglebook (1992) Caravas (1992) Niet voor Publicatie (1994) Interflix (1994) Kulderzipken (1996) Heterdaad (1996) Russen (2000–2004) Dutch TV series (42 episodes) Liefde & Geluk (2001) Veel geluk, professor (2001) Alexander (2001) Witse (2001–2007) (with Toots Thielemans) De Vijfhoek (2012)

Film

Mémoures d’une princesse des Indes (1997) De Trein naar Kongo (1998) Verweesde liefdesbrieven (2000) Sin (2000) De Blauwe Roos (2002) L’Homme Qui Voulait Classer le monde (2002) Zinloos (2004) Dutch movie by Arno Dierickx Winky's Horse (Het Paard van Sinterklaas, 2005) Where Is Winky's Horse? (Waar is het Paard van Sinterklaas?, 2005) Mass Moving (2007) Achtste Groepers Huilen Niet (2012) Life as It Should Be (2020)

solo project

Colouring the Keys (2022)

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Who is Johan Hoogewijs?

composer, sound designer

When was Johan Hoogewijs born?

Johan Hoogewijs was born on 22 December 1957.

What is Johan Hoogewijs's occupation?

Johan Hoogewijs is a composer and musician.

What nationality is Johan Hoogewijs?

Johan Hoogewijs is Belgian.

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· Wikipedia: Johan Hoogewijs

· Wikidata: Q6215136

· DBpedia: Johan Hoogewijs

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