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Boudewijn Koole
Boudewijn Koole in 2017
Born1965 (age 60–61)
OccupationFilm director

Boudewijn Koole (born 1965) is a Dutch director and producer. He is mostly known for his drama film Kauwboy (2012).

Koole was born in Leiden in 1965 and spent his childhood in Nuenen, North Brabant. He studied at Delft University of Technology, where he earned a master’s degree in industrial design.[1] As a self-taught filmmaker, he began his career making documentaries for the Dutch television program Villa Achterwerk, broadcast by the VPRO.[2] Some of his most notable documentary works include Tommie (2000), In Belfast is a Wall (2001), Zooey (2004), and Gilliard (1996), which was nominated for an International Emmy Award.[3]

After several years of producing and directing documentaries, Koole expanded his repertoire to include fiction films. In 2012, he made his fiction feature debut with Kauwboy, which was a national and international success, was selected as the Dutch entry for the Academy Awards, and won the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.[4] In 2016 he won the Dutch Award for Best Direction for Beyond Sleep (2016),[5] and the following year his film Disappearance (2017)[6] received the Cineuropa Award at the Les Arcs European Film Festival

The characters in his fiction films often explore existential and universal themes such as loss, fear, and death.[2] In an interview with CineSud, Koole stated that he is particularly interested in the parent-child relationship and the interplay between what originates from the individual and what is shaped by the environment.[7]

Witfilm: Creative producer and Co-founder

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Koole is a co-founder of Witfilm (2006), a production company dedicated to innovative, artistically driven films together with Iris Lammertsma. Witfilm focuses on creative, social, and youth documentaries, as well as arthouse films. Under Koole’s leadership as creative producer, Witfilm has produced and co-produced films that have been nominated for and won awards,[8] including: -       International Emmy Award (Arts Programming) for Dance or Die (2019)[9]

-       Best Doc at Prix Europa 2021 for Shadow Game (2021)[10]

-       Best Dutch Children's Film Award at CineKid for Liefjes (2024)[11]

-       Best Short Documentary at Dutch Academy awards for Mijn Vader, Nour en ik (2023)[12]

-       Best Documentary at IDFA for Dood in de Bijlmer (2020)[13]

Besides his producing work Koole also coaches’ filmmakers, nationally and internationally, in writing and directing.[14]

Filmography (Selection)

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Upcoming projects

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Title[15] Type Status Director Producer Link
Tower Stories Feature Film Post-production Peter Greenaway Facing East Entertainment, Witfilm, Jumpy Cow Pictures, The Family. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7675204/
Meis Feature Film Development Boudewijn Koole Witfilm, Kärnfilm, Umedia. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40642675/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_1_unrel_cdt_t_1

Feature Films

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Year[15] Title Function Type Awards/Notes
2024 Hokwerda’s Child Writer, Director & Producer Feature film, 124 min Adaptation of the novel by Oek de Jong. Screenplay and direction. Witfilm.
2022 Modern Love Amsterdam Writer & Director TV series episode Amazon Original series. Screenplay and direction. NL Film.
2017 Disappearance Director Feature film, 80 min Cineuropa Prize (Les Arcs), Best Film (French jury).
2016 Beyond Sleep Writer & Director Feature film, 90 min Dutch Academy Award for Best Direction, opening film IFF Rotterdam.
2012 Kauwboy Writer & Director Feature film, 80 min First Feature Award (Berlinale), European Discovery Award, numerous international awards.

Documentaries

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Year[15] Title Type Function Awards/Notes
2019 Dance or Die Documentary Creative Producer International Emmy Award (Arts Programming), Nomination Golden Rose Award
2002 Delusion Documentary Camera & Direction On the necessity of imagination in schizophrenic patients.
2001 There is a Wall in Belfast Documentary Camera & Direction Runner-up Golden Gate Festival San Francisco.
1996 Gilliard Documentary Direction Runner up for the International Emmy Award.

Awards and Nominations (Selection)

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Jaar[15] Prijs Festival Film Uitslag
2017 Audience Award European Film Festival of Lecce Disappearance won
2017 Special Jury Award European Film Festival of Lecce Disappearance won
2017 Award for special contribution for the northern cinema Noordelijk Film Festival Disappearance won
2017 Cineuropa Award- best film by French Film Critics Film Festival Les Arcs Disappearance won
2017 Screened Film festival Toronto Disappearance selected
2016 Opening film Rotterdam Film Festival Beyond Sleep selected
2016 Best Director Dutch directors guild Beyond Sleep nominated
2016 Best Director Dutch academy awards Beyond Sleep won
2013 Best short dance film- Audience Award Cinedans Off Ground won
2013 Golden Calf Dutch academy awards Off Ground nominated
2012 Award for best Youth Film Berlinale Kauwboy won
2012 Best First Feature Award Berlinale Kauwboy won
2012 Grand Prix of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Berlinale Kauwboy won
2012 European Discovery - Prix Fipresci European Film Awards Kauwboy won
2012 Young audience award European Film Awards Kauwboy won
2014 Golden Calf Best Editing Happily Ever After won
2007 Golden Calf Best television drama Drawn Out Love nominated

References

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  1. ↑ "Personen in de Nederlandse filmsector". Nederlands Film Festival (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Nooit meer slapen - Beluister Boudewijn Koole (filmregisseur en scenarioschrijver) | Podcasts". NPO Radio 1 (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  3. ↑ www.oberon.nl, Oberon Amsterdam. "Boudewijn Koole | IDFA Archive". IDFA (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  4. ↑ Ritter-Holland, Jessica. "Koole's Kauwboy selected as The Netherlands' Foreign Language Oscar entry". Screen. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Personen in de Nederlandse filmsector". Nederlands Film Festival (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  6. ↑ www.imdb.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2673025/awards/?ref_=nm_awd. Retrieved 24 March 2026. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "CineMakers Behind the Scenes #29 | Boudewijn Koole". CineSud. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  8. ↑ Nederland, Contact 020-6885049 Office Oudezijds Achterburgwal 63 1012 DB Amsterdam. "Over Witfilm". Witfilm (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 March 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "2019 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT GALA IN NEW YORK – International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "Shadow Game Best Doc at Prix Europa 2021". see-nl.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "Winnaars Cinekid Awards zijn bekend". Cinekid. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "Mijn vader, Nour en ik". Nederlands Film Festival (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  13. ↑ www.oberon.nl, Oberon Amsterdam. "Dealing with Death (2020) | IDFA Archive". IDFA (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "Boudewijn Koole | Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds". www.vaf.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  15. 1 2 3 4 www.imdb.com https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2673025/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk. Retrieved 25 March 2026. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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