Niels Bourgonje

Niels Bourgonje

director, second unit director or assistant director, producer

Niels Bourgonje was born on Nov 13, 1980 in Netherlands. Niels Bourgonje's big-screen debut came with Brand directed by Niels Bourgonje in 2008. Niels Bourgonje is known for Turn It Around directed by Niels Bourgonje, Valentijn Avé stars as Bram and Tonko Bossen as Florian. Niels Bourgonje has got 85 awards and 41 nominations so far. The most recent award Niels Bourgonje achieved is Scorpiusfest. The upcoming new movie Niels Bourgonje plays is Turn It Around which will be released on Jun 07, 2018.

Niels Bourgonje (1980) is an award-winning short film and commercial director based in Amsterdam. Niels graduated with the short thriller BURN, which was selected for several international film festivals winning numerous awards. Since then, his short films have consistently been selected for Academy Award qualifying festivals like Palm Springs ShortFest, Seattle International Film Festival, HollyShorts International Film Festival, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, Odense International Film Festival, Izmir International Short Film Festival, Brussels Short Film Festival and Leuven Kortfilm. His most short films, TURN IT AROUND, SKOGAFOSS and SWIPE, garnered over one hundred film festival selections. SWIPE is currently being adapted into a feature screenplay by Timur Bekmanbetov's Bazelevs, and he is attached to direct Colin Banon's Black list horror screenplay, THE INTERVENTIONIST. He is repped by Sukee Chew at Sugar23.

  • Birthday

    Nov 13, 1980
  • Place of Birth

    Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands

Known For

Awards

85 wins & 41 nominations

Scorpiusfest
2022
Best Director - Short Film
Winner - Scorpius Award
Woodland Cemetery (2019)
2022
Best Cinematography - Short Film
Winner - Scorpius Award
Woodland Cemetery (2019)
2021
Best Director - Short Film
Winner - Scorpius Award
Swipe (2019)
2021
Best Director - Short Film
Winner - Scorpius Award
Swipe (2019)
6ix Screams International Horror Film Festival
2021
Woodland Cemetery (2019)
Winner - Best Writer
Woodland Cemetery (2019)
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