Ivan Heylen Biography
(singer-songwriter - producer)
1950-1958 Child
characters
in Flemish musical productions, written, created and directed by
Henri Heylen First
trumpet in Chinese Brass Band,
Assenede, Belgium.
- 1959 Graduated
from music school banjo, accordion, trompet and bugle.
1962
Solo guitar in the rock 'n roll group The
Blue Jeans./Composer Bluejeans
Rock/1966
Bandleader of The Doolies
(Tongeren)
1968 First prize Antwerp Songcontest. Released singles Maria De Spaanse Danseres and De Steenkool .1969 Chief Editor of the Union Carbide Belgium magazine.
1972 First prize Hoeilaart
Kleinkunstfestival (song Gustaaf).
1973
Release single and LP De
Werkmens. GOLDEN RECORD
De werkmens SONG OF THE YEAR 1973 (Belgium)
GOLDEN RECORD
1974 Release single De Wilde Boerendochter. SONG OF THE YEAR 1974 (Holland + Belgium) PLATINA
1975
Release singles Mijn Pintje
(top-ten), Schone Frieda, Mijn Wijveken is de Beste in de Keuken and
Nie Slechtere nie Betere.
De Wilde Boerendochter
release in Germany (Shön
Weibchen).
1976
Release singles Het Lied van de
zwarte Bende, Wie heeft er Mijn Ziele Gezien
and De Beeste
( LP).
1977
Release LP Liefde.1978
Publication of the books Earwig
Verlangen and De
Aarde Voelt.
1979
Release singles Toon Mij de
Weg and Een
kind. opened the Culture Pub De
Muiter in Oosteeklo. Poems.
Nervous breakdown
1982
Released the singles Jef
(top-ten) and Mijn
moedere.
1983
Publication
of the book De
Leeuw van Vlaanderen.
1984
Release LP Wilde Rozen
and the singles Ooit wordt het
Kerstmis and Mijnen
engel.
1985
Talkshow on Belgian TV channel BRTN Op
zoek naar België (scenarist,host,creator). HIGHEST
TV RATINGS OF THE YEAR BRT.
Release of the singles J'aime
bien ma Flandre and Rock
'n Roll.
1986
Talkshow on Belgian TV channel BRTN Op
zoek naar België.1987
Show on Belgian TV channel BRTN Op
zoek naar België. (represented
Belgium in the Montreux Golden
Rose TV Festival).
1988
Talkshow on Belgian and Dutch TV Op
Zoek naar Taal (co-production
NOS-BRTN). Record holder (men) panel NAMEN NOEMEN (100x)
1989
Published
biography of Belgian cycling champion Eddy Planckaert Het
geslacht Planckaert. Best-seller! Actor, leading role in The Line, TIL
Theatre Productions (100 performances).
1990
Signd exclusive contract with VTM (Flemish TV Channel). Released single records We
Got To Win and
New Beat Blues. Opened the
renowned Café Quartier Latin
in Antwerp. Wrote scenario of the comedy VTM TV serial De
Paterkes.
1991Two
pilot TV programs talkshow Ivan for VTM (redaction, host, format).
Released the single De Sportshow.
Panelist on VTM gameshow Blanco.
Wrote scenario of BRTN program HetGeslacht
Planckaert.
1992
Released single record Nee Mama,
nee!. Panelist on VTM gameshow Blanco.
Wrote the scenario of the movie De
Flandrien.
1993
Re-release of the hit single De
Werkmens, produced by Jo
Bogaert. Exposition of paintings at the De Schuur art gallery, Oosteeklo,
Belgium.
1994
Start of pre-production of Ivan
talkshow for channel VT4, Belgium (scenarist,host,creator).
1995
Launch of controversial Ivan talkshow
on VT4 (scenarist, host, creator). HIGHEST TV RATINGS OF THE YEAR VT4 1995.
500th. dept-interview on weekly Panorama.
1996 Talkshow Brussels Zenith Starclub. Talkshow on VT4 Meer
Man Met Ivan (scenarist,host,creator).
HIGHEST TV RATINGS OF THE
YEAR VT4 1996
1997
Ivan Heylen 25 Years of Success Show at Brussels Zenith
Casino(producer,scenarist,host).Release
of De
Werkmens CD collection. Ivan
Interviewt, TVseries, production, host.
1998
Moves to Monaco. Ivan Heylen 25 years of Succes. Show at Brussels Zenith
Casino. /Executive Producer, Director and Scenario of the telefilm De
Wilde Boerndochtere with Eddy
Planckert, Brigitta Callens (Miss Belgium 99) and Iris
Vandekerckhove. Film forbidden by Ghent court before release/Bankrupty
Ivan Heylen Filmproductions
1999
Publication of the romantic novel De
Wilde Boerendochter. Recording
of single Hey'men
in collaboration with André Brasseur (Early Bird). Release single Monaco Blue.
Scenario of cartoon strip De
Schizofrene familie Schiemozzle
(co-pruduction
Rosemarie Heylen). 18 weeks in the Top 3 of the Belgian hit parade with D.
J. Da Rick. Executive Producer,
Creator, Director and Writer of the TV series Monaco
Blue. Novel
"De Flandrien".
2000 Sings world wide distribution contract Monaco Blue. Release single 'Geef ons allemaal iets' with the legandary Roland and Luk Vankessel./Scenario of 26 episodes of Monaco Blue starring Colette Poupon..- Chef Editor GazetInternet/Producer Monaco Soap-O-Scars./Founder ART VALLEY, take care org for Artists & Schizo's/ TOP-100 Holland awards De Wilde Boerndochtere as best original Flemish song ever. /Pre-production of the Telefilm The Kid that saved the World
2001 Pré-Produktie "The other Color of Africa". Sociaal drama. Langspeelfilm. Movie 90' (scenario)/Production and release cd Monaco Blue Sound track. /Book: How to beat the Roulette/Book: The Making of Monaco Blue
2002 Film 90 minutes: The singer (production/direction/scenario)/ Film 90 minutes: Grand Prix (production/direction/scenario)/cd single Ik Hou zoveel van U/Film 90 minutes "De werkende Mens"
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June 24 - June 30, 1974
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