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Stephan Brenninkmeijer
Stephan Brenninkmeijer
Born	27 June 1964 (1964-06-27) (age 45) Doorwerth, Netherlands

Stephan Brenninkmeijer (born June 27, 1964) is an Award winning Dutch film director, producer, film editor and screenwriter.

Life and career

Stephan Brenninkmeijer was born and raised at the picturesque Medieval Doorwerth castle, Netherlands. At the age of 8 his family moved to Apeldoorn, Netherlands. From 1988 to 1992 he studied at the Dutch Filmacademy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Although aiming to direct feature films, he first focused on storytelling through editing.

In 1992, he started his professional career editing television series and films. As an editor he worked with Dutch directors like Academy Award winner Mike van Diem.

He directed his first feature film in 2000, The Silence of the Soul which won a Golden Crown Award at the ICVM festival in Atlanta, U.S..

The same year he co-directed the TV series Westenwind which won the Dutch equivalent of the Golden Globe.

In 2002 he has written, produced and directed the motion picture Swingers. A controversial low budget production that had theatrical releases in the Benelux countries and was sold internationally.

Filmography

Feature films

• Swingers (2002) (as producer, director)
• The silence of the soul (2001) (as director, editor)
• Kool (1997) (as editor)
• Een roos uit Afrika (1996) (as editor)

TV series

• De band (2004) (as editor)
• Bon bini beach (2003) (as director)
• Westenwind (2000) (as director, editor)
• Toscane (1999) (as editor)
• Echt waar (1999) (as director)
• Blauw blauw (1999) (as director)
• 't Zal je gebeuren... (1998) (as director, editor)
• Crash! (1994–1998) (as director)
• De keerzijde (1998) (as editor)
• Voor hete vuren (1995) (as director, editor)
• The right to know (1996) (as director, editor)
• Called at the bar (1993) (as editor)

Short films

• Italian Connection, The (2007) (as producer, director)
• My 9/11 (2006) (as editor)
• 12:24 A.M. (2006) (as producer, director)

Trivia

• Named his son Timo, a tribute to Joep Sertons' character in Swingers.
• Related to the famous Brenninkmeijer clan, the richest family in the Netherlands known from the C&A international chain of clothes stores.

External links

• Stephan Brenninkmeijer at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website