Robert Jan Westdijk Explained

Robert Jan Westdijk (born 2 November 1964) is a Dutch film director. He was born in Utrecht. His 1995 directorial debut film, Little Sister, won a Golden Calf for Best Feature Film.

Filmography

• Little Sister (1995, released in Dutch as )^[1]
• (1996, TV movie)
• Siberia (1998)
• (1998, TV short)
• Phileine Says Sorry (2003, )
• In Real Life (2008, )
• The Dinner Club (2010,)^[2]
• Waterboys (2016)^[3]

Awards

• Little Sister (1995)
  • Golden Calf for Best Feature Film
  • Prize of the City of Utrecht at the Netherlands Film Festival
  • Jury Special Prize at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
  • Audience Award at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
  • Silver Alexander at the Thessaloniki Film Festival
  • Rembrandt Award for Best Film
  • Golden Tulip at the Istanbul International Film Festival (1996)
  • Procirep Award at the Angers European First Film Festival (1996)
• In Real Life (2008)
  • Golden Calf for Best Editing
  • Golden Calf for Best Screenplay of a Feature Film
• The Dinner Club (2010)
  • Golden Film

Notes and References

1. Book: Hesselberth . Pepita . Cinematic Chronotopes: Here, Now, Me . 2014 . Bloomsbury Academic . 9781623567668 . 51–52 . 16 November 2015.
2. Web site: De Eetclub – Robert Jan Westdijk (review). NU.nl. 16 November 2015.
3. Web site: Sep 6, 2014 . Robert Jan Westdijk maakt film over Waterboys . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117042059/http://www.rtlnieuws.nl/boulevard/entertainment/robert-jan-westdijk-maakt-film-over-waterboys . Nov 17, 2015 . 16 November 2015 . RTL Nieuws.