Wim T. Schippers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Wim T. Schippers

Dutch artist, comedian, television director, and voice actor

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1942

Place of Birth: Groningen, Netherlands

Profession: screenwriter, actor, writer, television presenter, painter, sculptor, television director, film director, program maker, visual artist, performance artist, presenter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Wim T. Schippers

  • Willem Theodoor "Wim T." Schippers (Dutch: [??m te? 'sx?p?rs]; born 1 July 1942) is a Dutch artist, comedian, television director, and voice actor.
  • During the 1960s, he worked mostly as a visual artist, associated with the international Fluxus-movement.
  • As a television writer, director, and actor he is responsible for some of the most notable and controversial shows on Dutch televisions from the 1960s to the 1990s, creating a number of lasting characters and enriching the language with terms and expressions first coined in his shows.
  • In addition, he voiced the characters of Ernie and Kermit the Frog on the Dutch version of Sesame Street.
  • For his shows, he has written over three hundred songs, and his reputation has changed from being Dutch television's "enfant terrible" to an acknowledged master in a variety of genres.

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