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Documentary

  • Before it’s too late (Voor het te laat is), Documentary. Two women suffering from Alzheimers’s disease take action in the process of euthanasia. KRO-NCRV, 2016, 55 minutes
  • The disaster at DSM (De DSM ramp), KRO-NCRV Kruispunt. 2015, 24 minutes
  • Compassion (Medeleven) Commissioned film for NVVE (Dutch association for issues on euthanasia). 2012, 70 minutes
  • The Way to Klezmer (De Weg naar Klezmer) 4-part road movie to the origin of the Klezmer music, an ancient genre almost extinct in Eastern Europe but having a revival in the US and in recent years rediscovered in Israel. Music as a source of identity. NTR 2012, 4 parts of 43 minutes
  • The Miracle of the Letter (Het Wonder van de Brief) Love letter found behind a cupboard in the city of Amersfoort, leads after sixty years back to the 2nd World War hiding place of the now 91 years Ferdi van Dam. Her parents who both died in Auschwitz wrote the letter. Commissioned Film ‘History Week’, 2009, 30 min http://www.joodseomroep.nl/:artikel/het+wonder+van+de+brief.html
  • A Dutch Remembrance (Een Hollandse Herinnering) The Dutch past in a Polish Province. Commissioned Film IDTV / TV Noord Holland, 2007, 30 min
  • Nurse where are You? (Zuster waar ben Je) (series of 3) During the economic boom in the late 90s little Dutch chose a profession in nursing. There was a heavy workload in the nursing homes and as a result import of Polish and Indonesian nurses. How did their transfer to the Netherlands take place and what happened to them next? NCRV Dokument 2004, 3×50 min
  • The Price of a diamond (De Prijs van Diamant) Illiteracy as a result of diamond mining in Congo. CMC, 2004.
  • Man on the Flats (Man op het Wad) The life of a man who voluntarily chose the solitude of the flats on the northern shores of Holland as his residence. NCRV Dokument 2002, 40 min
  • The Green Gold (Het Groene Goud) (series 4) The Dutch and their urge to make even the garden cosy. Recorded in Almelo and Yokohama, Japan. RVU 2001 4×25 min
  • Old Scars (Oud Zeer) Three-part series on geriatric psychiatry. For one year, patients in a clinic for geriatric care where filmed in their hard struggle for recovery. NCRV Dokument 2000, 3×50 min www.ggzconsult.nl/shw_art.php?id=100
  • The New Dutch (Nieuwe Nederlanders) An Afghan dentist, a Chechen actress and Uzbek artist trying to find their way in their new home country. NCRV, 2000, 30 min
  • Spakenburg (series 4) The local bread factory also will run on Sundays, so there are many otherwise diligent locals refusing to work on the day of God. The Islamic villagers solve the case, because their holy day is Friday. Series about these and other perils in a typically Dutch Ijsselmeer Village. RVU 1999 4×25 min
  • Stepping Out (Uitgestapt) Self-chosen career stops for the benefit of health and well being in four portraits. RVU 1999, 50 min
  • Will this War ever End? (Gaat die Oorlog ooit nog Over?) War victims of WW II, Iraq and Bosnia. RVU 1999, 30 min
  • Angel Deaf Dumb AIDS patient at Mulago Hospital Uganda, is named Angel because of her predicted short life. Growing up being aware of her illness. RKK 1999, 30 min
  • The Social Pension (Het Sociaal Pension) Portrait of Salvation Army shelter in The Hague. RKK 1998/1999, 2×30 min
  • Reports from Uganda (Berichten uit Oeganda) Observations of missionary Harry Tullemans after 30 years of missionary work, RKK 1998, 30 min
  • Love Work (Liefdewerk) Series portraits of people in a special way taking care of their environment. KRO 1997 6×5 min
  • A Building Named The Ocean (Gebouw de Oceaan) About the disappearance of the subculture of “free men” in the Amsterdam Borneokade. KRO 1997, 50 min
  • Ground Floor (Begane Grond) Series about the Dutch landscape and it’s history. KRO 1996 3×40 min
  • Tobacco (Tabak) (research an camera) Huge fraud with subsidies within the EU. KRO Reporter 1996, 35 min
  • In Search of Silence (Op Zoek naar de Stilte ) Series about people in silence business. From nun to Zen teacher. KRO 1996 10×10 min
  • The Magistrate (De Politierechter) (research) Rotterdam magistrate Lensink Bosman filmed during her last working days in courtroom. KRO 1995, 35 min Farmers Adrift (research) Dutch dairy farmer immigrates to Canada. KRO Reporter, 1995, 40 min
  • Fatal Therapy (De Fatale Therapie) (research) trial against homeopathic healer that caused the death of one of his patients. KRO 1995, 35 min
  • Man Puts Himself on Fire (Man Steekt Zichzelf in Brand) (research) Report after reading of this newspaper headline. The fate of an Iranian asylum seeker. KRO 1994, 35min