Daan Veldhuizen

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Daan Veldhuizen
Born
Daan Veldhuizen

1982
Nationality Dutch
Occupation Filmmaker
Years active2007–present
Website http://www.daanveldhuizen.com

Daan Veldhuizen (born 1982), is a Dutch director, editor and cinematographer. [1] He is best known as the director of the critically acclaimed documentaries Stories from Lakka Beach, Banana Pancakes and the Children of Sticky Rice and Laos - Alles hat seinen Preis.

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Personal life

He was born in 1982 in Bussum, Netherlands.

Career

He holds a degree in audiovisual arts from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. [2] During his studies, he simultaneously started working in the field as a director, cinematographer and editor. [3] After his initial focus on fiction narratives he eventually directed his attention to documentary filmmaking.

In 2011, he released his first feature documentary Stories from Lakka Beach about a forgotten beach resort town in war torn Sierra Leone. He produced, directed, filmed and edited the film. The documentary received critical acclaim, was nominated at IDFA for Best Dutch Documentary [4] and was aired nationwide by PBS in the US.

His second documentary Banana Pancakes and the Children of Sticky Rice is set in Laos. [5] The documentary looks at tourism from a cleverly balanced perspective: as backpackers visit a small village in remote northern Laos, the inhabitants of the village discover the attractions of the West. They find themselves on a crossroad of their respective desires. [6] The documentary premiered at IFFR and was theatrically released in The Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. ARTE broadcast the film under the alternative name Laos, alles hat seinen preis.

For the acclaimed future affairs series VPRO backlight, he directed the episodes Invasion of the Drones, The End of Cheap Nature, Human in Command and Surviving Chaos. [7]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
2007VersusDirector, producer, editor, writerShort film
2009Tini TinouDirector, producer, editor, writerDocumentary short
2011Stories from Lakka BeachDirector, producer, editor, writer, cinematographerDocumentary
2015Banana Pancakes and the Children of Sticky RiceDirector, editor, writer, cinematographer, visual effectsDocumentary
2015Laos - Alles hat seinen PreisDirector, editor, writer, cinematographerTV movie documentary
2015The Alphabet of FearEditorDocumentary
2016Song of ExileEditorDocumentary
2016The Passing YearsEditorDocumentary
2016Buba & SharonCinematographerDocumentary short
2016–19VPRO BacklightDirector, editor, writer, cinematographerTV series documentary
2018Loss won't pay the billsEditorDocumentary

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