Fred van Doorn is widely known as a film and jazz journalist in the Netherlands for, among others, Het Parool and HP de Tijd, Skoop, and Filmfan, of which he was a co-founder in 1972.

 

He has published various articles about cinema, with topics such as the Nouvelle Vague, Westerns, Journalists in Film, Film and Pop Music, and Film and Jazz.

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After graduating from the Dutch Film Academy - which he attended around the same time as Director Paul Verhoeven (Robocop), and Director/Cameraman Jan de Bont (Speed) - he made two short films: The Length of a Star and Objectively Seen.

 

He worked for many years as a director, editor, and creator of successful television programs and was a co-presenter of various programs.

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Fred did many interviews with actors like John Wayne, Charlton Heston etc, and made a number of TV films about authors, including Alberto Moravia, Georges Simenon, and Hugo Claus.

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From 1991-1998, he was Head of Entertainment for KRO television in the Netherlands.

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He is a passionate jazz enthusiast, and wrote about jazz for, among others, Haagse Post and Jazz/Jazzism, and was a guest on several radio programs.