WeFilm Directors

Wouter Keijzer (1986) is a director at Wefilm. After graduating from the Willem de Kooning Academy with a bachelor degree in advertising, Wouter knew his love for film made him want to not just think of ideas, but also develop and direct them into small films and commercials.

So, after working briefly at some ad agencies, he joined two friends in From Form, starting with the main titles for design festival OFFF, one of the great honors in title design. It got Wouter nominated for the Young Director’s Award in Cannes and a spot on the prestigious ADC Young Guns list.

After two wonderful years with From Form, it was time to do his own thing. Wouter developed himself into a director, writer and creator that always strives to find innovative and new visual styles to tell powerful stories. 

Beer ten Kate (1986) is director and writer who graduated in 2009 from the Utrecht School of Arts with a bachelors degree in audiovisual media. He spent several years working as an assistent director while developing his own unique style of comedy. This came to fruition in 2015 when he co-created and directed TOON, a critically acclaimed comedy drama for KPN Presenteert: Its first exclusive fiction series. TOON ran for two seasons and was nominated for the prestigious Golden Nymph for Best International Comedy at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.

His debut commercial with Wefilm for Stivoro won Silver at the ADCN Awards. His focus is mainly on comedy projects, defined by hyperrealistic acting and a surreal edge. He loves to use humor to take viewers to an uncomfortable place and hopefully discover something new and true there. 

Jan Boon (1980) is a director at Wefilm. At the age of 17, Jan got a degree at the Academy of Arts in Anderlecht specializing in quick sketching, lithography and photography. In 1998, Jan studied at the two major film schools in Brussels: RITS and NARAFI. Jan has a true passion for storytelling and also graduated from the Flemish Script Academy, majoring in screenplay writing in 2002.

Jan has experience in different aspects of the industry, working as both a director, a screenwriter and a photographer. When he got the opportunity to direct his first commercial, he instantly fell in love with the short-format storytelling of commercials. The love was mutual: his commercial got instantly picked-up by international film festivals earning him a second place at the Young Director’s Award in Cannes. Jan is known for his visual storytelling, his aesthetic style and his very particular ‘high-brow’ comedy. Next to his work at Wefilm Jan writes and directs fiction films. 

Martijn de Jong (1982) is a director at Wefilm. He graduated with honors at the Willem de Kooning Academy in 2004 and worked as a creative for several advertising agencies. He decided to go to the Dutch Film Academy, after which he was asked to join Wefilm. The live twitter film Martijn made won the Grand Prix at the ADCN awards 2013 for most outstanding campaign that year.

At the Film Academy he made several short films, all subtle and elegant. He won advertising awards such as Spinawards, ADCN Awards, VCP Kodak Award, Esprix and a Cannes Lion. Martijn specializes in realistic commercials and online films dealing with the small inconveniences in life. Next to his work at Wefilm, Martijn directs and writes fiction films. 

Joeri Holsheimer (1976) is a director at Wefilm. He studied cinematography at the Dutch film academy and started directing commercials and short films right after his graduation. He won the Grand Prix Loerie for his Snickers Don’t Stop commercial in 2007 and directed his first tv-drama in 2011.

Joeri has extensive international experience, and made films for Snickers, Vodafone and Sony. Last year only, Joeri shot for Dubai, Germany, Bucharest and Paris. Joeri is a visual style director. He likes to make the fantastic credible and the unbelievable realistic. He joined Wefilm in 2012, after working for 10 years for Czar Amsterdam. His first two films at Wefilm both got over 5 million YouTube views within 2 weeks. 

Joris (1973) graduated in 1996 from the University of Amsterdam on the subject of Economy and Ethics. Using the theory of Karl Marx he tried to prove the inevitable introduction of the basis income system.

During his studies he started working as a slow-motion operator for live sports events, ultimately ending up directing Eredivisie soccer matches and talk shows about sports.

In 2013 his debut documentary FC Rwanda premiered at IDFA and afterwards went all over the world, from Ivory Coast to Denmark and from Canada to Italy.

Always digging just that little bit deeper to find the stories that lie hidden underneath the surface, Joris directed commercials for Zilveren Kruis, Hartstichting, British Petroleum and ABN AMRO. Joris joined Wefilm in 2016. 

Lennart Verstegen (1985) is a director at Wefilm. In 2009, he graduated from the Dutch Film Academy with a degree in cinematography. In his first year as a director, he won the Young Directors award at ADCN 2010 and was shortlisted for the Young Directors award at the Cannes Lions 2011. His commercial for Megafon was awarded best Russian commercial in 2013.

Moreover, he won the VCP Kodak commercial award for best student commercial. After his studies, Lennart was the cinematographer for feature films like Rabat and Wolf. Lennart loves to find beauty in small things in life and the honesty of candid real images. For his commercial ‘Love life. Fight cancer’, Lennart was shortlisted for the Young Director’s Award at the Cannes Lions 2011. In 2012, Lennart directed the 4G commercial for the Russian brand Megafon. On some Russian weblogs, this commercial was called "one of the best Russian ads ever".