Born on July 8, 1953, in Amsterdam, Rob Rombout is professor at St. Lukas and INSAS in Brussels; Paris VII; and ONM in Holland. He has produced a number of educational television shows (Télévision de Liège, N.I.A.M., Holland). His video, Le pouvoir d'achat des chômeurs, won the prize for Best Script at the Festival Jeunes Cinéastes, Bruxelles in 1983. He has also produced several documentary-portraits aired on various European television stations: Nord Express and Transatlantique, Queen Elizaberth 2.