CineDOC Summerschool Gori-Georgia

I graduated as a photographer and video artist from the Willem de Kooning Art Academy in Rotterdam, and obtained my Master in directing and scriptwriting at the
National Film & Television School in the UK. After, I received a Nipkow Fellowship to work in Berlin. I attended EAVE and the Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam, and participated in the Story Editing workshop by Franz Rodenkirchen and the Sources 2 Workshop for script editors. I live and work between The Netherlands and Georgia.

Script & production coaching

In addition to my own professional practice as a writer/director I coach young filmmakers in the development phase of their projects. Currently I am project coach on Holy Electricity, the first feature of Georgian filmmaker Tato Kotetishvili (HBF, BoostNL and Cinemart 2021). As a project coach I support writer, director and producer in the development of theior project, and to prepare the dossier to be sent out to international co-producers. 
For Georgian producer Nushi Film I am script coach on Bees Buzz, the first feature of visual artist Vajiko Chikhiani and Vika, the third feature film of director Tamar Shavgulidze (Comets, 2019). 
In 2021 I was year-mentor to Dutch/Moroccan filmmaker Aiman Hassani in the framework of the Dutch Directors Guild Mentoring Scheme, creating the possibility for Aiman to discuss much broader topics than just one project.

Consultancy & workshops

As a consultant I read and assessed numerous international scripts, filmplans, directors visions and artists concepts for funds, festivals and individuals. I was involved in Mediafonds, Dutch Film Fund, Flemish Audiovisual Fund, Creative Europe, and the Hubert Bals Fund.

For 4 years I was teaching audio-visuals at the Liberal Arts faculty at ArtEZ in Arnhem. I conducted a series of annual documentary- and writing workshops as part of the curriculum at the Masters' for Photographers and Designers in Breda, I was Head of Studies at the first edition of the CineDOC Summerschool in Georgia, gave an IDFA-Masterclass on the signature of the filmmaker, and last year a Lecture on hybrid filmmaking at the Amsterdam Film Academy. 

Studio recording for The Nation, adapted & directed by Jeroen Stout

Here I also want to introduce my partner Jeroen Stout, who is an experienced scriptwriter, radiomaker and sound artist. Jeroen has been teaching young radio makers and writers, and, given his background as a researcher and film journalist, has been advising for several funds.