Martijn Winkler (1978) is a writer, director and digital creative from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He specializes in fiction with a tragicomic edge, working on several films, teleplays and TV-series that have garnered international acclaim. His work has been selected at film festivals such as Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival, Palm Springs Film Festival and Cannes. During his career he has steadily built a strong expertise in online and new media by working as a creative director in the digital agency field. In 2012 he founded VERTOV digital storytelling, and went on to create and produce award winning viral videos, commercials and social media campaigns for international brands, reaching millions of people around the globe. In 2014 he won a prestigious Gold SABRE Award for the viral 'Rituals: Laughing Buddha' and in 2016 he won a Silver Dolphin in Cannes for Best Viral, for 'ANWB: Winter Is Coming'. His latest short film, #tagged (2017, 12 minutes, production: VERTOV, writer/director: Martijn Winkler), has been selected in competition at numerous international film festivals, and won Best International Short Film at Dublin Web Fest 2017. taggedfilm.nl He is president of the Dutch Directors Guild, contributor to leading Dutch communication/tech blog Frankwatching, guest lecturer at the Dutch Film and Television Academy and the University of Amsterdam, and is debuting with a novel at publisher Atlas Contact in 2018. www.vertov.com www.martijnwinkler.nl http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519370/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm https://www.linkedin.com/in/martijnwinkler/