Steve Oen

BIOGRAPHIE

Biography Steve Oen Ever since Steve Oen was a young boy he was fascinated by film. Dreaming one day he might make his very own movies. At the age of 13 he started to experiment in filmmaking. He presented his school assignments as movies, which he wrote, shot, acted and edited himself. From that year on, he made a movie every year, and he was dubbed Spielberg by his peers. One of the most memorable moments during filming, was that Steve and his crew got arrested by the police. People thought that the rehearsals for the scenes were actual gunfights and the story arrived on the front page of the local newspaper. When Steve wasn’t accepted to the Film Academy in Amsterdam in 1996, he arranged his own internship (with the help of the front page news article of his “film” arrest) as production assistant for a daily (broadcasted nationally) live news show. After 5 years he decided to quit being a producer and focus on becoming a tv director. Steve had a succesful carreer of 15 years as a TV director for numerous famous TV shows (Big Brother, Idols, The Voice), and directed various music videos, commercials and corporate films. And after 20 years he finally had the courage to make his first shortfilm for the 48 Hour Film Project Amsterdam 2018 “No Way Out”. His debut film received the Audience Favourite Award and Award for Best Actress. The shortfilm also received many nominations, such as Best Movie and Best Director. The next year in 2019 he decided to make another shortfilm for the 48 Hour Film Project Amsterdam named “JOY”. The shortfilm took the festival by storm by winning numerous awards: Best Film, Audience Favourite Award, Best Script, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and was honoured with several nominations: Best Director, Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Sound Design and Best Use Of Prop. In 2020 the shortfilm “JOY” will compete at the 2020 Filmapalooza in Rotterdam, The Netherlands against all the other city winners of the 48 Hour Film Project Worldwide 2019.

FILMOGRAPHIE