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Rien van Wijk
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands2 credits
Rien van Wijk is an influential Dutch director and producer, who is best known as the 'father' of Toppop. He has had a major influence on the development of music on Dutch television.Rien van Wijk is an influential Dutch director and producer, who is best known as the 'father' of Toppop. He has had a major influence on the development of music on Dutch television. Furthermore, his characteristic, experimental style with the use of many image effects has been widely imitated; Until then, making television in the Netherlands was mainly a matter of 'recording' without any frills. Toppop was chosen by readers of Televizier at the beginning of this century as the best television program of the 20th century.Show more
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