Person
Willem van der Zanden
Directing · Born 1995-07-05 · Breda, The Netherlands
Biography
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.
Known for
A Little Testament
Narrator
PLEH
Himself / Leo
The Caterer
De acteur/food critic
Midnight Screening
Director
Midwinter Hue
Director
The Astronaut
Director
A Bunch of Melons Eating Shawarma
Director
How I See Sunsets
Director
Longing
Boy as a grown-up
Sesheia
Director
Filmography
- 2025Spiegel van AntwerpenMusic
- 2025The CatererDe acteur/food critic
- 2019In the Back of the GardenDirector
- 2019A Little TestamentNarrator
- 2018Midnight ScreeningDirector
- 2017Midwinter HueDirector
- 2017GloomDirector
- 2017PLEHHimself / Leo
- 2017The AstronautDirector
- 2017A Bunch of Melons Eating ShawarmaDirector
- 2017How I See SunsetsDirector
- 2016Qu'est-ce que c'est?Zichzelf
- 2016LongingBoy as a grown-up
- 2015Joanne & JacobDirector
- —SesheiaDirector
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