DOCUMENTARIES
2026
Producer, director & editor of the documentary TINEKE POSTMA, In Her Own Way (52 min) about the female jazz composer & saxofonist of international fame.
2013
Co-director, editor & co-producer - The Forgotten Crime (54 min), about the traumatic impact of the chemical attacks on the Iranian nation by Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) with support of the West. Screened at MIT, Harvard and Ahwaz Film Festival, Iran
2010
Director, producer, editor & camera - Art of Life (32 min) showing the art of Austrian visual artist Sebastian Holzhuber. For use in his Vienna museum exhibition
FILMOGRAPHY
SHORTS
2011
Director & editor - Polder Nomad - four episodes for multicultural program The Half Moon - Commissioned and broadcasted by Dutch Public Broadcasting.
2003-2008
Director, producer & editor - 50> cultural and news items for Dutch Public Broadcasting.
2006
Editor - Dodo Expedition (10 min), about a scientific expedition to the island of Mauritius, for an exhibition in the Museum of Natural History Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands.
2004
Director & editor- Item about Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner. Shot on location in Iran. Commissioned and broadcasted by Dutch Public Broadcasting.
2001
Scriptwriter, director & co-producer- The Third Bullet , a 10 min. drama, unfinished.
SCRIPTS
1999
TV-drama Lost Luggage (50 min), developed in the Script Workshop at the Maurits Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam, coached by wellknown director George Sluizer.
1998
Research and script for The Light and the Dark, a feature length documentary, about Iranian Cinema after the Iranian Revolution, funded by the Dutch Film Fund.
EDITING
2014
Editor - We Zijn Hier (65 min), documentary about the struggle of a group asylum seekers in Amsterdam, for Xela Films.
2012
Editor – Traveling Hyacint (55 min), documentary about the cultural relationship between The Netherlands & Turky through a flower. For Lasso Film & TV Production. Broadcasted by Dutch Public Broadcasting.
2011
Editor - Different faces of Willemstad, Curacao (50 min.) documentary about the architecture of Willemstad as a world heritage city. For XELA Film, Broadcasted by Dutch Public Broadcasting.
2010
Editor- Different faces of Willemstad, Curacao (75 min) for XELA Film. Theatre release
2008
Editor- Sinan, A Divine Architect (52 min), about the 16th century Ottoman architect, For Lasso Film & TV Production. Broadcasted by Dutch Public Broadcasting.
IRAN
1988-1990
Member of the Commission for Stimulation of the Quality of Iranian Cinema, appointed by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (Ershad)
1980-1990
Co-owner & director of the Centre for Cinematography Studies, a Film & Music Archive
1984
Assistan director of Row, feature film commissioned by the Dept. of Culture of the People’s Institute,
Forbidden
1982
Costume designer for Infinite Man, feature film commissioned by the Ministry of Arts and Culture, Forbidden
1979
Director, scriptwriter & producer of The Witness, documentary about the Iranian writer & islamic philosopher Dr. Ali Shariati, commissioned by Iranian State Television, Forbidden
1978-1979
Researcher, scriptwriter & assistant director of Searching for the Life of Water, a 7-part documentary series, commissioned & broadcasted by Iranian State Television
1978
Director, scriptwriter & producer of Waiting Room, documentary about homes for the old aged, commissioned by Iranian State Television, Forbidden
1978
Assistant director Dirty Hands, Guilty Hands, documentary about the history of the Iranian judicial system, commissioned & broadcasted by Iranian State Television
1977
Director, scriptwriter & producer of A Day with the Sun, S8 documentary about daily life in Tehran, Forbidden
1977
Assistant director Spring Behind the Window, feature film, commissioned & broadcasted by Iranian State Television
1976
Assistant director & costume designer for Artist, feature film, commissioned by Iranian State Television, Forbidden
1974-1975
Assistant director & co-costume designer for Dear Uncle Napoleon, a 17-part drama series, commissioned & broadcasted by Iranian State Television.
1973
Costume designer for Abdollah, an American/Iranian feature film (unfinished)
CORPORATE & COMISSIONED WORKS
2024
Producer, director & editor of a documentation (23 min) of the Jungian Institute - Rump Academy for Depth Psychology for Alea Press
2018
Camera work at the seminar Imagine # 18 for Swedish company Föreningen Fanzingo
2016
Producer, camera & editing of 6 short videos for Buma Boy Edgar Tour for Stichting T-JAZZ Music
2014
Producer, director, editor of the promotion video Song for Protected Plants (8 min), commissioned by NVBT
2014
Producer, director & editor of the documentary One Hand (25 min), about violence against women, for the website of Radio Zamaneh, an Amsterdam based multi media organization.
2013
Producer, director & editor - Advanced Video, a 7-part teaching program for the website of Zamaneh Media.
2012
Director, editor & camera – The Formation of The New School For Information Services, (25 min’) for it's 25th anniversary.
2012
Camera – a series of portraits of known artists and successful business women from Amsterdam for New York based Jane Applegate Media; Small Business Network & Fabulous Famous Female
2011
Editor – a promotional film for Windroos Bouwsysteem, showcasing a new system of housing on water.
2009
Director & editor- Living Country (Leefland) (20 min), presenting a design for a sustainable urban area in the Dutch town of Almere. Assigned by building corporation Stadgenoot. For Lasso Film & TV Production
2000
Camera & director - Short portraits of a florist and a chocolate maker in Amsterdam, for Apple Getaway Media, NYC.
SELECTION OF OTHER ACTIVITIES
2016
Lecture on the Iranian film Taxi Tehran for Het Nutshuis
2005
Mirror World, solo photo exhibition in Villa Republica Gallery, The Hague
2004
The Vicious Circle, article on Iranian cinema in the Sharqiyat magazine.
1999-2002
Lectures on Iranian films in different Art Cinemas in The Netherlands
1998
Lectures on Iranian films for the Rotterdam Film Course of the International Film Festival Rotterdam
1998-2004
Dutch subtitles for Iranian feature films The Apple by Samirah Makhmalbaf & Woman’s Prison by Manizeh Hekmat, screened in Dutch film theatres
1998
Essay on Iranian film director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad at the occasion of her winning the Prince Claus Award, published in the Prince Claus Fund Awards Book
STUDIES
1997-1998
Film & Television Science, University of Amsterdam, Specialization: New Media
1994-1997
Philosophy, University of Utrecht & University of Amsterdam
2008
Director & producer - Voice of Peace (29 min), about the South African singer-songwriter Zain Bhikha. Commissioned & broadcasted by Dutch Public Broadcasting.
2006
Director & producer - The Noble Struggle (30 min), a portrait of the female Afro-American Muslim philosopher, scholar and active feminist Prof. Amina Wadud, Commissioned and broadcasted by Dutch Public Broadcasting, Screened at International Bunker Film Festival, Italy, Freedom Film Festival, Malaysia, African American Women Firefighter Museum USA, Amnesty International special screening, Malaysia,
2004
Director & editor - An Iranian Romance (36 min), about an Iranian woman who was forced to give up her baby to her husband, who makes secret international billion dollar trade deals for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Broadcasted by Dutch Public Broadcasting.
Director & producer - Portraits of Pakistani-German Islamic scholar Jamal Malik, (28 min), and of the Iranian reformist Islamic Scholar Abdolkarim Soroush (29 min). Part of the series Negotiating Identity, 4 portraits of modern philosophers of Islam. Commissioned and broadcasted by Dutch Public Broadcasting.
2002
Director - Medium of Love (54 min), about the rise and fall of an Iranian cleric who fell in love with cinema. Shot on location in Iran. Broadcasted by Dutch Public Broadcasting & BBC Persian. Screened at the London Film Festival & ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts in London). Special Mention, Asiatica Filmmediale, Rome 2003
