Discover Top Production Companies in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Maarten van Rouveroy is a documentary filmmaker. Having graduated in cinematography and marine biology, his main interests are the natural world, the environment, human rights and other global political issues. Through his company NOCTILUCA, Maarten has created a range of documentary and corporate productions, handling the entire process from script, shoot, edit and distribution. NOCTILUCA documentary productions have been picked up by broadcasters and film festivals around the world. Maarten also regularly shoots and produces commissioned projects for clients such as Business Insider, Bloomberg, CNN, Al Jazeera English, Greenpeace, World Wildlife Fund, IUCN, Medecins Sans Frontieres, TBD Media, APTN, GEOMAR and the European Commission.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Company
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Sound Mixer
• Gaffer
• Corporate Videographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director

Issa Shaker is an independent filmmaker with a passion for breathing life into untold stories. Over the course of his career, he has become widely recognized for his ability in generating viral content, 250 million views and counting. As well as his coaching and consulting skills for up-and-coming journalists and online personalities. Some of the organizations Issa has served with his media productions include the BBC, Al Jazeera, AJ+, Russia Today, RNW Media, University of Vienna and University of Wolverhampton. Currently, Issa owns Shaker productions and is working on different documentary and video projects in Dutch, English and Arabic. No matter the topic or scope of the project at hand, Issa is not afraid to get his hands dirty. Few things excite him more than the opportunity to explore themes of social responsibility, government and humanity. Issa strongly believes that stories are the best way to deliver the message. Together with his technical expertise and storytelling techniques, he offers the complete package. Issa holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Indianapolis. When he’s not on set, he enjoys photography, traveling, cooking, and volunteering.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• Production Company
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Sound Mixer

Jialu is a Chinese media professional based in the Netherlands. At the age of 21 her documentary ‘Alive’ won the Best Documentary Awards in 7th Beijing International Collegiate Video & Film Festival and was screened in 29th VGIK in Russia and 23rd FIPA in France in 2009. From 2010 until 2014, she worked as the production manager for CCTV6 China Movie Channel, in charge of ‘World Film Report’ a weekly program & daily news production, featuring the diversity of the international cinema through on-site shooting and live coverage. Jialu filmed over 70 episodes of TV programs in 40 different countries, including the live report from the Oscar's red carpet, Cannes, Venice and Berlinale film festivals. Since 2014, she worked as a freelancer for multiple media and film companies including Caixin, Phoenix TV, Cinephilia, Media Aisa Film, Merken Bezielen, Weda and Rwanda film festival. She graduated from University of Amsterdam with a MA in political communication.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
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• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Production Assistant
• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist

As a freelance director and cinematographer, I specialize in character-driven storytelling for documentary, branded and corporate content. It’s humans that bring purpose, emotion and colorful details to each story. I love connecting with all kinds of people – finding the elements that build their story, fine-tuning characters and scenery when necessary. My approach is adaptive, allowing me to dive into wildly different subjects, ranging from Olympic windsurfing to warehouse logistics and migrants in Africa. In recent years I worked with clients such as Amazon, StoryTel, Foam Museum, Videoland, Booking.com and UN Migration (IOM). My work has been selected for film festivals, public TV and on demand platforms. As the founder of Story Collective, I’m also directing a team of talented creatives, producing TV commercials, branded and corporate content. We work with many agencies in Amsterdam as well as directly for brands. Do you want to tell tour story well? I am always in for new collaborations with creative agencies, production companies and brands. If you want to tell your story well, don't hesitate to get in touch.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
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• Fixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Corporate Videographer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Executive Producer

In 1988 Gilles Frenken graduated at the National Film Academy in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as a cameraman (D.o.P.), documentary film director and film editor. In the past 30 years he made, as a director with his camera on his shoulder or tripod, about 150 tv documentaries and films. Some of these films were broadcasted in more than 50 countries. As a cameraman Gilles Frenken worked for various film directors, and made more than 100 documentary films in more than 100 different countries. Some of these films won first prizes on various film festivals. As a director and D.o.P., he also made a movie, 'Little Treasures of Lombok'. This film about streetchildren in Indonesia, filmed without a budget, has been seen by more than 4.7 million people on YouTube. In the last 5 years he made more than 15 documentary films about art and artists. Gilles Frenken is both based in Amsterdam and Oosterbeek (near Arnhem).

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• Commercial DP
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist

Fonk Film began with 3 producers who met while studying at the Dutch Film Academy – Kasper van Beek, Felix van Es and Isidoor Roebers. During their 2nd year of Film School they began working on their own projects, which led them to create Fonk Film. They had already broken into the industry by working with seasoned professionals on features, short films, commercials and television pilots. Due to their diverse and skilled network of young and experienced talent they have now emerged into a full fledged production company that is offering top quality and performance for a variety of projects: big or small. Kasper, Felix and Isidoor bring all their abilities and love of storytelling to every project they take on.

• Commercial DP
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Production Company
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

Brindusa is an award winning filmmaker and multimedia journalist, co-founder of Springroll Media. Two of her videos went viral in India and Russia reaching over 1,5million views in 1 week. She has worked with Der Spiegel, The Ferret, Zinc, Economy UK, Pear Video, CCTV, TV Brasil, arte. Her short film have been screened at festivals in the UK, Germany, Romania, USA, Portugal, Spain, Serbia, Greece, France, India, Argentina and Macedonia. Her web-documentary 'Goodnight Stories' has been nominated for the most prestigious journalism award in Germany - ReporterPreis in 2017.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Fixer
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Audio Storyteller

Cameraman, director, interviewer and editor. Master in communication science at University of Amsterdam and Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona. Fluent in Dutch, English and Spanish. Freelance camjo at public broadcast channel VPRO.nl. Gear: Sony fx9 6K, Sony fs7 4K camera, Canon 24-70mm f2.8 usm II, Canon 70-200mm f2.8 usm II, Sony 24-70 mm F2.8 GM incl. 2x Sennheiser lavelier set and LED lightset.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
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• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• TV News Producer
• Sound Designer
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Creative Director

Owner of content studio Tjibbe(7 years). Wide range of services from documentary to animation, live production to tv-commercials and social content to photography. I have my own recording studio here in The Hague with a 6x6x3.8m limbo with a truss grid and soundproofing/acoustics within a 90m2 space. Studied communications.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Production Company
• Creative Director
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• HD Live Operator
• Full-Service Live Production
• Digital Content Creator
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Colorist
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Post-Production Manager
• Gaffer
• Grip
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer

With over ten years of experience as a self-taught filmmaker I have worked on projects for numerous small en bigger clients. From local businesses to big institutions like the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
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• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - News
• Commercial DP

My start in the audio-visual/media industry began with completion of Sound Engineering studies at the SAE in Amsterdam, while still working as an accountant for a large international corporation. After completion of my studies I began working as a freelance sound technician and eventually was able to take on lighting technician projects. Then my interest in moving images took me to The International Film School, San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba were studied Digital postproduction for film, after which I began to take on more camera operator and video editing work. My video editing work eventually led to me working as video editor on a permanent basis for an international media agency. From my initial position as editor I moved up to chief editor, responsible for mentoring and overseeing work of editing departments in Amsterdam, Kenya and Ghana, and eventually attaining the position of Executive Producer.

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• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

I'm a young motivated journalist with a rich knowledge in Middle East foreign affairs. Passionate storyteller with a talent for delivering attention-grabbing, high-quality news reports and human stories. I want to tell more stories from the inside of Arab communities in the Middle East. My background and language skills open a lot of doors which stay closed for a lot of western journalists. I am fluent in Arabic, Dutch and English. I'm currently working for one of the leading Dutch quality papers called ‘de Volkskrant’. My job is to tell our Dutch readers/viewers about the current situation and the ongoing troubles in the Middle East, framed in a way that it fits the Dutch view. My stories have mainly been exclusive stories about the Syrian conflict, the refugee crisis, the marginalised and minority communities in the Middle East. One of my stories got nominated for 'de Tegel', the most important award for journalism in the Netherlands. This story on human trafficking networks in the Turkish city of Izmir was very important for me to work on. It showed the way traffickers work and gave us insight into the dark-side of these shady networks. I've also published an award-winning story on Syrian refugee child workers in Dutch daily quality newspaper 'de Volkskrant'. The footages I shot and produced were broadcasted by the BBC ten o’clock news. With experience in investigative (video) journalism, my online-media savviness and my passion of telling the stories of the marginalised voices, I am confident I will be an asset to your team and channel.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• Production Company
• Reporter / Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant

With over 20 years in the business, Sjoerd is one of Hollands most experienced reportage/documentary producers and media fixers. Based in Amsterdam he offers a wide variety of journalistic or production services to international and national media, or companies. Since 1993 he has advised on themes, topics and approach, completed in-depth research, set up, planned and accompanied filming, found and purchased archive footage, arranged licenses, and booked camera crews, satellite feeds, SNG vans, rental cars and hotel rooms. Sjoerd is also regularly hired as a director, interviewer and provides high quality HD footage as a filming journalist. Sjoerd can work alone with collaborators for media acquisition or independently produce, and for delivery he can organise and accompany the satellite/ftp feed, or get the video footage to you by courier. For more information, please visit www.featurez.com.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Production Company
• TV News Producer
• Translator
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Field Producer
• Production Assistant

As director of DUTCH PICTURE INDUSTRY I focus on the unique story behind human beings, their experiences and their spectacular surroundings. We are an awarded media production company. Born from our involvement and our vision to create interesting and inspiring documentaries, we created a diversity of concepts for different media platforms. The focus on unique individual stories is what we are acknowledged for and what makes deepeei film productions unique. Our international track record has provided us with the appropriate network and contacts to work all over the world. We make feature length storytelling items, films, virtual reality on adventure, environmental and social issues, as well as short promotional films assigned by clients. Our productions have been broadcast in the Netherlands and in many countries abroad.

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Video Editor - News
• Translator
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Production Company
• Sound Designer
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist

Made in Germany, raised in Shanghai, and now living in the Netherlands, my life has been a journey of flexibility, research, and innovation. It's been a lifelong theme that travelled with me into adult life. Graduating with a BSc in Industrial design at the TU/e (2011-2014) and working as a Product designer at form+function studio (2015-2016). Every design project was always a perfect opportunity to make a video. I spent my formative years making visual pitch videos, crowdfunding campaigns, and product demonstrations, you name it. With Drop of Lemon, I hope to use this unique insight for technically-oriented companies. Communicating on the same level, and understanding manufacturing, materials and techniques - will allow us to make the most effective video that can accurately represent your brand's identity.

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• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Commercial DP
• Sound Designer

Still going strong in 2023 Off the Beaten Track Productions has been the production partner for a wide variety of media projects in The Netherlands for over a decade OTBT Productions is a Fixer Service and an overall media production service company based out of Amsterdam and is founded and run by Dutch local producer and fixer Simon van Gorcum. Supported by a team of seasoned professionals his company has many years of experience collaborating with clients from around the globe on a wide variety of productions ranging from celebrated TV shows to award-winning Indie documentaries and many exciting media ventures in between. Hopefully we may be your partner on the ground In Amsterdam or The Netherlands for your next project! --- Simon van Gorcum also provides International Field Production.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
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• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location

The Culturosity movement is an initiative led by Charlotte Alexandra , CEO and founder of Eleven11 Media Networks. Eleven11 Media Networks is an international production company based in Amsterdam, specialising in branded content development and strategic media marketing. Collaborating and representing an international portfolio of talented and creative producers, film makers and media professionals from all over the globe who are connected by the same passion! Our passion is to use the power of media to help people feel empowered! We create marketing campaigns & media productions that spread positivity and help people around connect and collaborate with the common goals of making the world a better place. Eleven11 Media Networks Keizersgracht 214 1016 EA Amsterdam NL857267528 Kvk: 68017553

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• Fixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary

Anouk Stilkenboom is a passionate and committed director of documentaries and tv series. With her team, she won the Silver Medal Award in New York for the Dutch TV program The New Stradivarius, for which she served as director and chief editor. She is currently working on a documentary about negative work behavior. She is also developing an audiovisual platform for children who are dealing with loss. Besides her work for broadcasting companies, she produces with FirmAnouk videoproductions shoots for companies, brands and NGO's. She has a great network of good crew but if the budget is smaller, she can also film herself. Anouk is enthusiastic, driven, interested in everyone and she will always try to bring out the personal story in the film because she is convinced that this will stick with the viewer.

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• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
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• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Executive Producer
• Senior Editor

Tamara Shogaolu has worked in film and media in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the United States. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Egypt, where she conducted socioeconomic research and co-organized the first Cairo Refugee Film Festival. Her latest animated short, HALF A LIFE, was selected to screen at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)’s Doc Fortnight and the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Tamara’s work has been featured at festivals in the United States, Europe, and Asia. She was also a Academy Nicholls Fellowship Semifinalist, in addition to placing in other top screenwriting competitions. Tamara holds an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where she was a Burton Lewis Endowed Scholar for Directing.

• Documentary DP
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• Field Producer
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture

By Nature Films foundation is an award-winning (non-profit) organisation. We make storytelling documentaries about people and non-profit organisations that dare to be influential and bring about positive change for a fairer world. We are passionate about our commitment to social justice and the protection human rights and in particular of indigenous peoples, natural ecosystems and endangered species. In a changing world, By Nature Films foundation has been a stable, progressive force in making compelling documentaries that has expressed the world in creative, complex, cinematographic, and provocative ways, and has created real cultural and social impact around some of the most pressing issues of our time.

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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant