Nanouk Leopold (born 25 July 1968) is a Dutch

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Career

She graduated from

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film school in 1997, starting off by making films for Dutch television. In 2001, she released her first feature film ''Îles flottantes'' (''"Floating Islands''), as part of the ''No More Heroes'' project which also included the feature film debut of directors

Martin Koolhoven Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven (born 25 April 1969) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for ''Schnitzel Paradise'' (2005), ''Winter in Wartime (film), Winter in Wartime'' (2008) and ''Brimstone (2016 fi ...

and Michiel van Jaarsveld. ''Îles flottantes'' was selected for the Tiger Awards of the

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. Her long-awaited follow-up came in 2005 when she made ''

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'', which earned her two awards at the Dutch Film Festival and got her selected for Une Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at the

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. After that she directed '' Wolfsbergen'' (2007), which premiered at the

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, as did her next movie: '' Brownian Movement'', her first English spoken film. Her first movie based on a novel, Boven is het stil by Gerbrand Bakker, was shown 2013 on the

63rd Berlin International Film Festival The 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival took place in Berlin, Germany, between 7 and 17 February 2013. Chinese film director Wong Kar-wai was announced as the president of the jury and his film '' The Grandmaster'' was the opening fil ...

Filmography

* 2001 – ''

Îles flottantes ''Îles flottantes'' (English: ''Floating Island'') is a 2001 Dutch tragicomedy film written for the screen and directed by Nanouk Leopold, in her directorial debut, produced by Stienette Bosklopper. It stars Maria Kraakman, Manja Topper, Halin ...

'' * 2005 – ''

'' * 2007 – ''Wolfsbergen'' * 2010 – ''Brownian Movement'' * 2013 – ''Boven is het stil'' * 2018 – '' Cobain''

References

External links

*
interview with Nanouk Leopold
about ''Wolfsbergen'' on European-films.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Leopold, Nanouk 1968 births Dutch film directors Dutch women film directors Living people Mass media people from Rotterdam Golden Calf winners