Stephan Brenninkmeijer

BIOGRAPHIE

Stephan Brenninkmeijer; director of the controversial but critically acclaimed feature movie Swingers (2002). He collaborated with famed Dutch director Paul Verhoeven on the user generated and international Emmy award winning “The Entertainment Experience” in 2013. Native of the Netherlands’, Brenninkmeijer graduated from the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam in 1992. He specialises in drama and thrillers with an emphasis on strong female leading roles. He started his career as main editor on the highly acclaimed TV series ‘Pleidooi’ (‘Called to the Bar’), which was awarded the Nipkow Disc, a prestigious biannual Dutch award for outstanding TV production as well as the Dutch Golden Calf award for best television drama. In 1999 he directed the hit series ‘Westenwind’, which won the Dutch audience award ‘Televisierring’. His directorial feature-debut came in 2000 with his movie ‘De stilte van het naderen’ (‘The Silence of the soul’), which took the Golden Crown Award at the Atlanta ICVM Festival for Best International Film. In 2011 he produced and directed the movie Caged, which was sold to America. Since 2014 he has been very active coaching new talent with his participation in the "48-hour film project".

FILMOGRAPHIE