Jan Theys is both the Managing Director of Bravado Fiction and the “executive producer” of the Bravado Fiction projects.

Vintage 1954, married with Rita Van Keymeulen, painter, we have 2 sons and 5 grandkids,

Master in Political Sciences @ RUG (University Ghent), post-graduate degree @ Vlerick School for Management / Ghent,

1976 - 1982 : rock festival promotor, copy-writer, rock radio host, music journalist,

1982 – 1990 : BMG / Bertelsmann : promo-boy, marketing manager, finally managing-director (discovered Vaya Con Dios, Helmut Lotti etc),

1990 – 1997 : D&D Media Group : managing partner @ Talent Factory, Double T Music, nWave Pictures…

1997 – 2001 : founding partner Double T Music, rock-label (discovered K’s Choice, Ozark Henry, Arid etc), sold to Sony Music,

1997 – 2005 : building & managing biodynamic wine-property Caiarossa, Riparbella, Tuscany, sold to Dutch entrepreneur Eric Albada Jelgersma,

1997 – 2014 : co-managing partner (with Eric Wirix) of Skyline Film & TV, producing feature films such as “De Hel van Tanger” and “FC De Kampioenen”, tv-series such as “Stille Waters”, “Aspe”, “Salamander”, “De Rodenburgs”, “Albert II” etc, sold to De Mensen in 2014,

2014 – 2019 : De Mensen : executive producer international co-productions : Professor T, Beau Séjour, Team Chocolat, Undercover, Crossroads, Diamonds…

August 2019 : creation of new production company Bravado Fiction,

Since 1990 board member of the Flemish audiovisual producers’ associations VOTP, VFPB, VOFTP

2014-2019 : President of the Belgian audiovisual producers’ collecting societies BAVP and Procibel.