Maartje Nevejan Explained

Maartje Nevejan
Birth Place:Utrecht, Netherlands1965
Known For:Couscous and Colaare you there" "ik ben er even niet" "Descending the mountain"
Occupation:Stage actress
Film actress
Television actress
Television director
Documentary filmmaker
Awards:Dutch Academy Award Golden Calf for Best ActressBest feature documentary for "Ik ben er even niet"

Maartje Nevejan (born in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch documentary filmmaker, best known for multimedia productions like 14 and one stations, Couscous & Cola.[1] and The National Canta Ballet

Background

Nevejan performed in theater for 10 years and has been working as a director in the media since 1997. She studied acting at Stella Adler in New York City and with the Peter Brook company in Rome, Italy in the ‘80s. She graduated from the Amsterdamse Toneelschool & Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1987.

Career

Nevejan acted for Art & Pro for Frans Strijards (Handke, Strijards, Chekhov), and performed in several other theater groups and tv productions. She formed her own group “De Akteurs” from 1991–1997, and switched to documentary filmmaking in 1997. She has worked for KRO, BRT, BNN, Al Jazeera and Human.[1]

Nevejan was married to architect Rein Jansma (1959-2023).

Partial filmography

As filmmaker
As actress

Recognition

When Couscous & Cola received the 2005 'Silver Zebra' Media Award, the jury announced "Hele spannende televisie. Prachtige verhalen. Soms schrijnend. Zet de doelgroep aan het denken. Een moderne roadmovie. Flitsende beelden, snelle montages." (Very exciting television. Beautiful stories. Sometimes poignant. Put the audience thinking. A modern road movie. Flashing images, rapid montages.)[2]

Awards and nominations

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Couscous & Cola. May 6, 2007. Aljazeera. english.aljazeera.net. 12 July 2010.
  2. Web site: Couscous&Cola en FunX Chill winnaars van Zilveren Zebra en Zilveren Pluim. November 28, 2005. Art1. art1.nl. Dutch. 12 July 2010.
  3. News: Ontslagen journalist beroemd door YouTube-filmpje. November 11, 2008. De Telegraaf. De Telegraaf. Dutch. 12 July 2010.
  4. News: Tv-zenders staan stil bij dood Theo van Gogh. October 27, 2009. De Gelderlander. gelderlander.nl. Dutch. 12 July 2010.