Stephan Brenninkmeijer (born 27 June 1964 in

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film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Life and career

Brenninkmeijer was born and raised at

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, where his father G.H. Brenninkmeijer was owner of the Michelin starred Restaurant Beaulieu. At the age of 8 his family moved to

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. From 1988 to 1992 he studied at the

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. Although aiming to direct feature films, he first focused on storytelling through editing. In 1992, he started his professional career editing television series and films. As an editor he worked with Dutch directors like

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. He directed his first feature film in 2000, '' The Silence of the Soul'', which won a "Golden Crown" Award at the ICVM festival in

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. The same year he co-directed the TV series ''Westenwind'' which won the Televizierring. In 2002 he wrote, produced and directed the motion picture '' Swingers'', a controversial low-budget production that had theatrical releases in the

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countries and was sold internationally. In 2011 he wrote, produced and directed the feature film ''

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''. Caged was picked up by Anderson Digital for US home theatre release in February 2013. In 2012 Brenninkmeijer participated in the

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project

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with

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to make his version on the user-generated script. Both Verhoeven's film (called ''Tricked'') and Brenninkmeijers '' Lotgenoten (Counterparts)'' were to be released in the Netherlands in March 2013. The

tv-show won an International Emmy Award 2013.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

TV series

Trivia

*Named his son Timo, a tribute to Joep Sertons' character in '' Swingers''. *Related to the famous Brenninkmeijer clan, the richest family in the Netherlands known from the C&A international chain of clothes stores.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brenninkmeijer, Stephan 1964 births Living people Dutch film directors Dutch film editors Dutch screenwriters Dutch male screenwriters People from Renkum