Fabrice Bollen

Chemin Fie -24 7040 Aulnois (Belgique) T +32 476 470 710 CURRICULUM VITAE E [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] D 22/05/65 Professional experience & achievements:

2013 to present : Grand les Yeux (Art and Facto snc) – www.grandlesyeux.com – – Conception & Creation of Show C.E.O. & Creative Producer Main Projects : • Closing Ceremony of 2015 European Capital of Culture • Set design of resident show « Gaulois-Romains the battle» - Parc Asterix - Achievement : • Creative Producer, Director of Creation, Set designer 2011 to present : Impossible Factory – www.impossiblefactory.eu – / Belgium – Event Show Production C.E.O. & Creative Producer Main Projects : • Opening & Closing Ceremonies of FIFA World Cup Brasil 2014 • Celebration of 40th Anniversary for -Belgium Relationship - /China Achievement : • Creative Producer & Director of Creation

2001 to 2013 : Entertainment Group – www.dragone.com – Belgium – Show Creation & Pro- duction Head of Show Unit Main Projects : • Opening ceremony of XI – Medellin/ • Award Ceremony of 7 Natural Wonders Portugal - Ponta Delgada/ • Cutty Sark events – Spanish Tour • Opening show of Calatrava’s train station – Liège/Belgium • Urban Opera : Décrocher la Lune (4 editions) – La Louvière/Belgium • Crown Hotel Opening – Macau/China • Belgacom Xmas show – /Belgium • Anniversary – Bilbao/ Achievement : • Direction of Creation of each concept • Production and delivery of high quality corporate & public event’ show with budget up to 3 millions € • Hiring and management of international artists & experienced team. Vice-President Artistic & Creation Achievement : • Set-up of artistic departments in a multi-projects strategy for the company. • Management of the artistic resources (creation, artistic direction, casting, illustration, …) for permanent, touring and event shows.

Associate to Vice-President Production & Production Manager Main Projects : • “Le Reve”, permanent show created by Dragone at Wynn Las Vegas. • Operations of “A New Day”, permanent show of , at Caesar Palace, Las Vegas. Achievement : • Associate to Delegate Producer for “Le Reve”, an over $100 millions budget and four years production project. • Set-up of operational process for permanent show “Le Rêve” and “A new day”

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General Manager & Partner Main Projects: • Jean-Michel Jarre : Oxygen tour 97 • Daft Punk : Daft & Direkt tour 97 • David Bowie : Drum & Bass tour 98 • Les Enfoirés : Tour 2000 () • 850th anniversary of Moscow city • 50th anniversary of Indian Republic • I-Mac launch – Apple - Paris : 1st 3D Live concert • Millenium Concert – JMJ – Cairo (2000 Egypt) Achievement :

• General Management of the Company – especially business and strategy aspects – with 99 % of international activities and contacts. The grow-up of this company has been “spotlighted” by several Medias. • Partnership agreement with Venture Capitalist and several local Public Invest Com- panies. • Strategic Conception of e-commerce activities for the first Belgian company having distributed “on-line” products with 4 different currencies. • Start-Up project development: within 3 years, an innovative concept of visual pro- cessing became a multimedia company, internationally awarded (20.000 e-con- tacts/day). Education - Assets w Master in Business & Finance – ICHEC – Brussels w Specifics Management Trainings – Krauthammer – Switzerland - (Time, Stress and Meeting management, …) w Daily practice with latest computer technologies for audiovisual production and project management. w French: Mother tongue. w English : Fluent w Portuguese : Professional w Dutch, Italian & Spanish : Basic

References Check proposed links below for further details on creation & production :

• http://www.wbi.be/fr/news/news-item/mons-2015-capitale-europeenne-culture-cest-maintenant#.Vs3vXceg424

• http://www.asterix.com/actualites/evenements/le-parc-ouvre-avec-idefix.html

• http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_le-mondial-du-bresil-est-aussi-belge?id=8288737

• http://fotos.sapo.pt/gentetv/albuns/?aid=88

• http://archives.lesoir.be/-deux-jours-pour-les-repetitions-_t-2009

• http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/1/19_mil_personas_p…s/ 19_mil_personas_pagaran_para_ver_la_inauguracion_de_juegos.asp

• http://equinoxejmjarre.free.fr/concerts/html/fr/1998-07-14_Nuit_Electronique.html

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