Robert Jan Westdijk

Robert Jan Westdijk (born 2 November 1964) is a Dutch film director. He was born in Utrecht. His 1995 directorial debut film, Little Sister , won a Golden Calf for Best Feature Film.

Filmography

• Little Sister (1995, released in Dutch as Zusje) ^[1]
• Novellen: Hollandse held (1996, TV movie)
• Siberia (1998)
• Novellen: Tussen de bomen (1998, TV short)
• Phileine Says Sorry (2003, Phileine zegt sorry)
• In Real Life (2008, Het echte leven)
• The Dinner Club (2010, De eetclub) ^[2]
• Waterboys (2016) ^[3]

Awards

• Little Sister (1995)
  • Golden Calf for Best Feature Film
  • Prize of the City of Utrecht at the Netherlands Film Festival
  • Jury Special Prize at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
  • Audience Award at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
  • Silver Alexander at the Thessaloniki Film Festival
  • Rembrandt Award for Best Film
  • Golden Tulip at the Istanbul International Film Festival (1996)
  • Procirep Award at the Angers European First Film Festival (1996)
• In Real Life (2008)
  • Golden Calf for Best Editing
  • Golden Calf for Best Screenplay of a Feature Film
• The Dinner Club (2010)
  • Golden Film

References

1. Hesselberth, Pepita (2014). Cinematic Chronotopes: Here, Now, Me. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 51–52. ISBN   9781623567668 . Retrieved 16 November 2015.
2. "De Eetclub – Robert Jan Westdijk (review)". NU.nl . Retrieved 16 November 2015.
3. "Robert Jan Westdijk maakt film over Waterboys". RTL Nieuws. Sep 6, 2014. Archived from the original on Nov 17, 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

External links

• Robert Jan Westdijk at IMDb