Biography
Willem Baptist (b. 1979, Netherlands) studied audiovisual design in Rotterdam and attended several filmmaking workshops (Berlinale Talent Campus, IDFA Documentary Workshop, Rotterdam Lab). His previous films have been shown at the IDFA in Amsterdam, Toronto's Hot Docs, the Rotterdam IFF and Visions Du Réel in Switzerland. His most successful work to date, the short documentary I'm Never Afraid! (Ik ben echt niet bang!, 2010), screened at more than eighty festivals around the world and won various awards.
MFF Karlovy Vary
Director
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Guy Weizman - Before/After |
| 2019 |
Ring of Dreams |
| 2017 |
Instant Dreams |
| 2014 |
Sprinkles 4-Ever |
| 2013 |
Mensjesrechten (series) |
Wild Boar |
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| 2010 |
I'm Never Afraid! |
| 2008 |
Yuri |
| 2007 |
Almost Blind |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2011 |
Donnie |
| 2009 |
Men of the Racetrack |
Only You |
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Screenwriter
| Documentaries | |
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| 2021 |
Guy Weizman - Before/After |
| 2017 |
Instant Dreams |
| 2013 |
Wild Boar |
| 2008 |
Yuri |
| 2007 |
Almost Blind |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2011 |
Donnie |
| 2009 |
Men of the Racetrack |
Only You |
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Producer
| Movies | |
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| 2020 |
When Forever Dies |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Burning Out |
Kinderen van Mavungu (series) |
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The Border Crossed Us |
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They and Them |
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| 2021 |
Guy Weizman - Before/After |
Shabu |
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| 2019 |
JovannaForFuture |
Our Island |
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Our Motherland |
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Ring of Dreams |
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| 2018 |
#bullyingstory |
| 2017 |
Highway Confessions |
How to Be a Saint |
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Lenno & the Angelfish |
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| 2016 |
Che! |
| 2015 |
Bird Strike |
| 2010 |
I'm Never Afraid! |
| 2007 |
Almost Blind |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2011 |
Donnie |
| 2009 |
Men of the Racetrack |
Only You |
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Cinematographer
| Documentaries | |
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| 2008 |
Yuri |
| 2007 |
Almost Blind |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2009 |
Men of the Racetrack |