Bobby Boermans

Bobby Boermans - Director / Producer After graduating the Dutch Film & Television Academy he continued his study at the prestigious American Film Institute Conservatory in Hollywood. After graduating there he directed tons of music videos, commercials & online campaigns for brands such as Heineken, Adidas, KLM & Seat. In 2011 he made his feature film debut with the first online feature film in the Netherlands titled: "Claustrofobia". His 2nd theatrical feature, the thriller "APP" entered the marketplace in 2012 as the first feature film in the world using 2nd-screen technology for use inside the cinema. Starring golden calf winner Hannah Hoekstra. The remake rights where immediately sold. In 2012 he co-founded movie production company 2cfilm (Street of Hearts, Jack's Wish, Hello Bungalow, Oh Baby) together with former Sony Pictures Television President Kees Abrahams, former Endemol Theatre C.E.O Robin Levita & Producer Edvard van 't Wout. Where he serves as a producer and development executive on the management. In 2013 he directed the TV drama "Roffa" for broadcaster VARA (Nominated for Grand Prix D'European 2014). And went on to direct the pilot and following four seasons of the popular thriller TV drama series "The Neighbor" for RTL Entertainment based on a famous Dutch novel of Saskia Noort. The show was sold to channel 4 and became the first Dutch original drama series on Amazon Prime. In 2015 he directed his third feature film, the party comedy "Fissa" (Wasted). In 2017 he turned his focus to theatre and directed the stage musical "Sky". The first 3D musical spectacle in the Netherlands, based on famous songs of Dutch mega-pop-star Marco Borsato & Lyricist John Ewbank. In 2018 he directed the hugely popular crime series "Mocro Maffia" for streaming platform Videoland. The show was sold to 23 countries and earned a golden calf nomination for Best Dutch TV Drama that year. In 2019 he joined forces with the Dutch Royal Airforce & Storytellers Film & TV to direct the epic drama series "High Flyers" for Dutch national broadcaster NPO. A coming of age drama series centered around a group of F16 fighter pilots in the Netherlands and America. For this production he cooperated closely with the Dutch Armed Forces to shoot all the complicated aerial fighter jet scenes and shot on location in The Netherlands, Arizona, Texas, Morocco & Jordan. He's a board member of DAFF (Dutch Academy for Film) and member of EFA (European Film Academy)