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name: "Jan Matthys"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1968"
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updated: "2026-09-17T15:23:22.096514+00:00"
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# Jan Matthys

Director. Born 1 January 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1968
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2323645, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1573573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1426310

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shetland*](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md) (62)

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## Biography

Jan Matthys is a Belgian film and television director. He began his career directing non-fiction programmes before moving into fiction with series such as *Katarakt* (2007) and *De Smaak van De Keyser* (2008).

Matthys has directed episodes of several British series, including three episodes of *Shetland* (2013) in 2016, for which he received a BAFTA Scotland nomination. His other credits include *Quiz Me Quick* (2012), *In Vlaamse Velden* (2014), *Baptiste* (2019), *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022) and *Outlander* (2014). His feature-film debut was *Vele Hemels boven de Zevende* (2017).

*Sources: imdb.com, nl.wikipedia.org, shetland.fandom.com, vrt.be.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022), series, Director
- *Before We Die* (2021), series, Director
- *GR5* (2020), series, Director
- *Baptiste* (2019), series, Director
- *Vele hemels boven de zevende* (2017), Director
- *Outlander* (2014), series, Director
- *In Flanders Fields* (2014), series, Director
- *Shetland* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Quiz Me Quick* (2012), series, Director
- *Van As & Sons* (2012), series, Director
- *Red Sonja* (2011), series, Creator
- *Katarakt* (2007), series, Director
- *Aspe* (2004), series, Director

## Gallery

- ![Jan Matthys](https://film.one/media/person/749964/gallery-b772aae65cab.jpg) Jan Matthys — Michiel Hendryckx, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Jan_matthys_675.jpg/1280px-Jan_matthys_675.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jan Matthys (c) Diego Franssens (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/749964/gallery-59a6dbebd55f.jpg) Jan Matthys (c) Diego Franssens (2013) — Emyleedr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Regisseur_Jan_Matthys.jpg/1280px-Regisseur_Jan_Matthys.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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