Director
Willem van der Zanden
31 years · Breda, The Netherlands · 15 films
Willem van der Zanden was born in the city of Breda, the Netherlands on the 5th of July 1995. After attending primary school in the small town of Bavel and spending 7 years at the Stedelijk Gymnasium in Breda, he started studying at the AKV St. Joost in Breda where he slowly shaped his craft. His work is very observing and often focuses on his own life or fragments of it. He personally believes his film Qu'est-ce Que C'est? to be one of the most valuable films he has made so far as it helped him discover a big part of his style. His latest film, the graduation project A Little Testament, is a close and hyper-personal examination of his struggle with depression as well as a universally applicable view on the difficulties and anxieties of becoming an adult.
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Best known for
Filmography 14
Spiegel van Antwerpen
2025 · Music
The Caterer
2025 · De acteur/food critic, Music
In the Back of the Garden
2019 · Editor, Director
A Little Testament
2019 · Narrator, Director
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Midnight Screening
2018 · Director, Editor
Midwinter Hue
2017 · Editor, Director
Gloom
2017 · Director, Music
PLEH
2017 · Himself / Leo, Director
The Astronaut
2017 · Editor, Director
A Bunch of Melons Eating Shawarma
2017 · Editor, Director
How I See Sunsets
2017 · Music, Editor
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
2016 · Zichzelf, Director
Longing
2016 · Boy as a grown-up, Editor
Joanne & Jacob
2015 · Director