XAVIER ROMBAUT [1980] gratuated with a Master
degree in political sciences from the University of Ghent. Concerning film and television
producing, he is an autodidact.
After a carreer in event management, he started
to work in 2005 as a freelance employee for several film and television production
companies. For television, he specialized in oversea shootings. For film, he worked
on different projects as a producer and production manager: CineNoordZuid
(‘Zonder Jou'), Minds Meet (‘Kain' and ‘Lost Persons Area') and Visualantics
(‘Nighthawks').
In 2007, he founded EMERALD FILMS, a emerging
production company that focuses on short films. By now, two shorts have been
produced: ‘El camino del Deseo' by Eva Cools and 'Venus vs Me' by Nathalie
Teirlinck. The latter has been selected for the Berlinale Shorts 2010. At the
moment, EMERALD FILMS is developing two new projects: ‘Las Meninas' by Eva
Cools and ‘OverLeven' by Wim De Moor.
At SAVAGE FILM, he is working on Co(te)lette as
line producer. Co(te)lette is an adaptation of a play by Ann Van den Broeck,
directed by Mike Figgis.