Klaas de Jong : Producer / Initiator
As a cultural entrepreneur, Klaas de Jong has produced several succesful films including Tuscan Wedding, Loving Ibiza, Penny’s
Shadow, The Hell of ’63, Bennie Brat, Storm Bound and the Kameleon 1 and 2. Klaas is the man behind the scenes. He develops a project
from idea to the (international) sales of the final product; the movie. He is closely involved in the development of the script, creating the
perfect project team, fundraising, budget control and marketing. One of Klaas his priorities is to focus on the highest possible production value in a relatively limited budget. Preferably, he concentrates on one project at a time. Before he became active in the production of feature films, he was active as an impresario, manager of artists (with more than 25 hits), a manufacturer of large musical events and as owner of a (sound) technical (import) business.
Roel Reiné : Director
Roel Reiné was born in The Netherlands and with his first theatrical feature ‘The Delivery’ he won The Golden Calf for Best Director (the Dutch equivalent to an Academy Award). In 2005 Roel Reine has moved to Los Angeles and has directed now an impressive slate of 16 feature films for studios like Universal, 20th Century Fox, Sony and Lionsgate, as well with independent international producers. Roel is also the Director of Photography (Cinematographer) on all his movies and operates A-Camera.
Roel Reine is known by fans, critics and Hollywood studios as one of the best modern action Directors around today. In 2014, Roel started his first collaboration with producer Klaas de Jong. “The Admiral” is released in January, 2015.
Bernard Tulp : Delegated producer
Bernard Tulp has worked as a production manager , line producer and chief producer for many years. Some films he worked on are The
Discovery of Heaven, Fogbound, Ober and De Laatste Dagen van Emma Blank. He is experienced in producing large-scale events,
operas, concerts and musicals. The past 5 years he worked together with producer Klaas de Jong on the movies Penny’s Shadow, Bennie
Stout and the cinema hits Loving Ibiza and Tuscan Wedding. Bernard is a hands-on producer and does not believe in a “producing behind your desk mentality.” During a shooting period, Bernard is always present to keep control over the process and as a troubleshooter. In addition, Bernard uses a mean and lean production method so a film like Michiel de Ruyter can be made for only 8 million euros.
Alex van Galen : Screenwriter
Alex van Galen studied literature in Utrecht. He gained fame as a writerof dozens of successful television series such as Rozengeur en Wodka Lime, ’t Zonnetje in Huis, Samsam, Onderweg Naar Morgen and the AVRO comedy We Gaan Nog Niet Naar Huis. He sold his screenplay Bullitz to Hollywood. Besides being a screen writer, Alex also writes books. Previously he wrote the book “Süskind” and the novel about the movie Michiel de Ruyter (Admiral). He says: “This a really a childhood dream. As a child I read the biography of De Ruyter. He was one of my childhood heroes. I have done a lot of research for the film which couldn’t fit in the script, but I was able to write it in my book. I think that will give the book an extra value”. The book about Michiel de Ruyter is pusblished in January, 2015.
Lars Boom : Screenwriter
Lars Boom wrote many episodes of comedy series like Zeg ‘ns Aa, Oppassen, Bradaz and SamSam to drama series like Baantjer and
Westenwind. He also wrote musical theater pieces, like the Musical Awards winning Shadow of Brel. Lars prefers writing musical theater
pieces about biographies. He has written them about ao Wim Kan, The Singer Without A Name and recently for Garland and Minnelli. In the
past recent years he mainly writes screenplays: Penny’s Shadow and Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon – The Movie and of course, Michiel de
Ruyter that took years of research. At the moment he puts the final touches on Batavia’s Death Song, a film script about the disaster of the
Batavia.
Ruben Schwartz : Art director
Ruben and his team of the Art department are responsible for the beautiful decors on the set of Admiral.
Ruben has participated in numerous productions and has thus established his name as an art director. A small selection of titles Ruben has contributed on as the art director: Tuscan Wedding, Loving Ibiza, Bennie Brat, The Hell of ’63, Godforsaken and Storm Bound. Besides his work as an art director, he decorated interiors and has exhibited several times. In 2009 he founded the gallery and art school Temporar(t)y.
Dickey Beer : Stunt coordinator
Dickey Beer is a Dutch stunt coordinator, living and working in Hollywood. He has worked on many Hollywood movies, here are a few: Star Wars – Episode VI, Need For Speed, The Bourne Legacy and Hancock.
Trevor Morris : Composer
Trevor Morris (born 25 May 1970) is a Canadian orchestral composer, music producer, and creator of electronic music. He is probably best known for the creating the soundtracks for the television shows The Tudors, The Pillars of the Earth, The Borgias, Vikings and the film Olympus Has Fallen. He has recently been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for his score for The Borgias and an Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or A Special (Original Dramatic Score) for his score for The Pillars of the Earth. Recently, he composed for the action movie Olympus Has Fallen.
Radu Ion : Editor
Radu moved from Amsterdam, The Netherlands to Los Angeles in the summer of 2000. He holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from The London International Film School and a master’s degree in fine arts from The American Film Institute.
After graduating from AFI late 2002, he began working as a film trailer editor in motion picture advertising with primarily Universal Pictures and a few other vendors in their marketing departments. His marketing campaigns include “Van Helsing”, “Bowling for Columbine”, “The Bourne Supremacy”, “Kicking & Screaming”, “The Interpreter”, “Oliver Stone’s Alexander”, “2Fast & 2Furious”, “Inside Man”, “Idlewild”, “White Noise”, “The Skeleton Key”, “Blackbook”, “The Bank Job”, “Friday Night Lights” and “Dark Streets” to name just a few, as well as many independent film marketing campaigns.
In 2006 he began cutting feature length films as a freelance film editor. Since 2010 he has been editing several Universal Pictures feature film productions.
Radu is the recipient of a Hollywood Reporter Key Art Award for his trailer for “Almost Famous” and an Emmy nomination for editing on the 2003, 75th Annual Academy Awards.
Alex Gunn : Special effects supervisor
British special effects supervisor Alex Gunn has worked as a special effects supervisor for a large amount of movies. He has worked on the biggest titles: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Troy, Rambo, Valkyrie and World War Z, Expendables and Expendables 2.
