Jaap van Heusden was born in 1979, in Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. As the son of a preacher " he was surrounded by stories right from childhood. At the age of eight he had trashed his first Nikon camera. And, by the age of twelve he b... (Full Biography Below)
We found 11 films starring Jaap van Heusden.
Jaap van Heusden was born in 1979, in Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. As the son of a preacher " he was surrounded by stories right from childhood. At the age of eight he had trashed his first Nikon camera. And, by the age of twelve he burnt his first novel because it was so bad. At fifteen, he was convinced he would become a major player in European politics. He gift up acting at seventeen because he found out there is a place where people who were actually any good at it. Before going to film school, he lived and worked in Ouagadougou, West Africa, where he shot a series of most enlightening, traffic, safety, instruction, videos, and co-founded a platform for young film makers that grew into the biggest human rights film festival on the continent, but only after he left. At the turn of the century, he entered the Dutch Filmacademy where he focused on fiction. He graduated (after a fling with philosophy at the university, and a screenwriting course in Hollywood), as a director in 2005 with his film, A complicated story, simply told, showing to the last, intense three months in the lives of two friends, before one of them dies. The film was shortlisted for the Student Academy Awards, it was in competition at the Cannes film festival's Cinefondation, and it has won prices at festivals around the world. His short documentary, Who showed his psychotic friend By battling the madness of his mother. The film was warmly received by the press, and distributed at the national theatre. In the United States, it was shown at the Tribeca film festival and AFI Silverdocs. In 2008, he teamed with the famous Dutch actor, Barry Atsma, to create Ever, is a psychological drama about a mentally disabled man living with his mother. The film's individual-at the Netherlands film Festival, it was called 'a jewel' by the press, and was nominated for the Golden Calf.
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