Carine Bijlsma (born February 16, 1983) is a Dutch documentary filmmaker and photographer.

Education

After graduating high school she studied photography in New York,

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, and

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. She graduated from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in 2008.

Awards

Her films have won several awards, including an honorable mention in the Short Documentary Award category at the

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and the Wildcard.

Personal life

Bijlsma is the daughter of cellist

Anner Bylsma Anner Bylsma (born Anne Bijlsma; 17 February 1934 – 25 July 2019) was a Dutch cellist who played on both modern and period instruments in a historically informed style. He took an interest in music from an early age. He studied with Carel van ...

and violinist Vera Beths, and the maternal half-sister of actress

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Selected filmography

* ‘’ Devil’s Pie - D’Angelo (2019)

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’’ * ''The Secret of Boccherini'' (2008) on Dutch cellist

and composer

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* ''Middle School Melodies'' (2009) * ''Soloist'' (2010) on violinist

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* ''Extase'' (2011) on conductor

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's 2010 performance of

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* ''Never a Dull Moment'' (2011) on composer

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* ''Like it here? (2014)

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in the world of Alain Platel And shorts on designers

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, Bart Hess, Michael Please, Mayke Nas,

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and others.

References

1983 births Living people Dutch documentary filmmakers {{Netherlands-film-director-stub