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Dutch film director, film editor and screenwriter
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Male
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2 November 1964
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Robert Jan Westdijk (born 2 November 1964, Utrecht) is a Dutch film director. His 1995 directorial debut film, Little Sister, won a Golden Calf Award for Best Feature Film.
Filmography
- Little Sister (1995, released in Dutch as Zusje)
- Novellen: Hollandse held (1996, TV movie)
- Siberia (1998)
- Novellen: Tussen de bomen (1998, TV short)
- Phileine Says Sorry (2003, released in Dutch as Phileine zegt sorry)
- In Real Life (2008, released in Dutch as Het echte leven)
- The Dinner Club (2010, released in Dutch as De eetclub)
- Waterboys (2016)
- Hesselberth, Pepita (2014). Cinematic Chronotopes: Here, Now, Me. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 51–52. ISBN 9781623567668. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- "De Eetclub – Robert Jan Westdijk (review)". NU.nl. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- "Robert Jan Westdijk maakt film over Waterboys". RTL Nieuws. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
Awards
- Golden Calf for Best Feature Film (1995, won - Little Sister)
- Prize of the City of Utrecht at the Nederlands Film Festival (1995, won - Little Sister)
- Jury Special Prize at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema (1995, won - Little Sister)
- Audience Award at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema (1995, won - Little Sister)
- Silver Alexander at the Thessaloniki Film Festival (1995, won - Little Sister)
- Rembrandt Award for Best Film (1995, won - Little Sister)
- Golden Tulip at the Istanbul International Film Festival (1996, won - Little Sister)
- Procirep Award at the Angers European First Film Festival (1996, won - Little Sister)
- Golden Calf for Best Editing (2008, won - In Real Life)
- Golden Calf for Best Screenplay of a Feature Film (2008, won - In Real Life)
- Golden Film (2010, won - The Dinner Club)