Jonas Geirnaert (born July 28, 1982) studied animation at the KASK in

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. In May 2004 he won the

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Jury Prize at the

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with his animated short ''Flatlife'' (11 min). Of the copy he sent in for selection only the first minute had sound. This is because this was his graduation project, and it wasn't completely finished at the final date for selection entries. Although ''Flatlife'' has no political message, Jonas' previous movie, ''The All-American Alphabet'', clearly has one. On stage in Cannes, Jonas had a message for all Americans: "Don't vote Bush". At that moment such statements were very popular, however his political preference has to be situated in the extreme-left corner as he is a militant for the marxist party

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. In the fall of 2005 Geirnaert made the TV comedy series '' Neveneffecten'' for Canvas (public Flemish television) with his fellow comedians Lieven Scheire, Koen De Poorter and Jelle De Beule. In 2011 this same group of four made the television show ''BASTA'' which also offered satirical critique on current cultural phenomenon, like help desks, uncritical journalism, television call games, the production of meat and internet scammers. Through their actions some of the more fraudulent abuses have been put to a stop, e.g. the de facto illegal television calling games have been banned from television in Flanders.

Filmography

*'' Basta'' (2011) *''

Kabouter Wesley Kabouter Wesley (English: Gnome Wesley) is a Flemish/Belgian series of comics and short animated cartoons about a grumpy and violent kabouter ( gnome), made by Jonas Geirnaert. Both the drawing style and the content are purposely made naive a ...

'' (2009) *''

Willy's en marjetten ''Willy's en Marjetten'' is a Flemish comedy TV series created by Neveneffecten and Bart De Pauw. The first season aired on Eén in 2006. The program was produced by Woestijnvis. Each episode takes the form of a broadcast made by a fictional pi ...

'' (2006) *'' Neveneffecten'' (2005) *'' Flatlife'' (2004) *'' The All-American Alphabet'' (2002)

References

External links

Kabouter WesleyOfficial Site
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Neveneffecten
1982 births Living people Belgian film directors Belgian animated film directors Belgian television directors Belgian animators Belgian comics artists Belgian male actors Belgian male comedians Belgian television presenters Belgian surrealist artists People from Wachtebeke {{animator-stub