Guy Lee Thys

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Guy Lee Thys (b. 20 October 1952, Antwerp, Belgium): Belgian film producer, director, screenwriter.

Guy Lee Thys is known for his giallo-pastiche The Pencil Murders (1982), Cruel Horizon (aka Boat People, 1989), Shades, as screenwriter and associate producer, starring Mickey Rourke, directed by Eric Van Looy (1999), Kassablanka (2002), a Romeo and Juliet story set in an Antwerp working class district where Muslims and white supremacists clash, Suspect, emo-drama on phony incest victims, released in 2005.

In 1981 Guy Lee Thys, whose nickname in the Belgian media is "enfant terrible of Flemish Cinema", established Skyline Films, changed into Fact & Fiction in 1992. The small production company produces moderate budget feature-length fiction and documentaries. Fact & Fiction' home base is Antwerp, Belgium. Thys's personal website is tuinkabouters.com ("Tuinkabouters" is Dutch for lawn gnomes.)