FICTION

JOS

This 10 episode, 25 minute ‘dramady’ for Dutch public broadcaster AVRO/TROS, on air from May 22nd 2022. Penned by acclaimed screenwriter Anne Banhoorn, ‘Jos’ tells the story of a man who cannot say no and ends up taking the weight of the world on his shoulders. His correspondence with an inmate at the Banquan prison in Thailand is the only thing that keeps him sane. But, as Jos’ own life unravels, his letters to Bangkok inspire his pen friend ‘Kop’ to turn his prison life upside down.

Featuring an all star cast of Dutch comedic talent including Diederik Ebbinge, Lies Visschedijk and Pierre Bokma. Directed by Jonathan Herman

Judeska in Da House

This 90 minute box office smash hit follows popular Dutch comedian Jandino Asporaat’s illustrious alter ego ‘Judeska’ as she and her niece get stuck in lockdown at the Dutch minister of interior’s country mansion. The characters struggle as politics and family values clash, resulting in all out war.

Shot in the midst of the 2020 pandemic, this film was written and produced within a 7 month period and turned out to be one of the highest grossing films of the year, winning the ‘Golden Calf’ audience award at the Dutch Film Festival in 2021.

Director: Jonathan Herman

Cast: Jandino Asporaat, Cynthia Abma, Rene van Zinnicq Bergman, Arjan Ederveen.

Hertenkamp

‘Hertenkamp’ was a long running, stunning, ‘sitcamp’ produced by theatre group ‘Mugmetdegoudentand’ about a very diverse group of individuals living together under one roof. Long before any of this was trendy, these 30 episodes of 25 minute tv drama tackled subjects ranging from gay marriage, mental illness to new age nudism. And all of this with a dry wit that has since then become a point of reference on Dutch tv.

Winner of a ‘Premio Ondas’ for best European comedy and a special ‘Golden Calf’ for best tv series in the Netherlands.

Directors: Pieter Kramer, Antoinette Beumer and Jonathan Herman.

TV7

Following up on the succes of ‘Hertenkamp’, this 9 part, 25 minute comedy show took viewers behind the scenes of an ailing broadcasting company where producers, presenters and celebrities would stop at nothing to keep the boat afloat. Not only starring the cast of the illustrious theatre group ‘Mugmetdegoudentand’, but also a whole group of Dutch celebrities playing their own sweet selves. Many of the fake formats were actually mimicked and produced.

Directors: Jonathan Herman (showrunner) and Gerardjan Rijnders

Van God Los ‘Gran Canaria’

Single episode of the long running 50 minute tv show of which each episode is helmed by a different writer/director team. This episode is one of two that was nominated for a ‘Golden Calf’ at the ‘Nederlands Film Festival’.

Cast: Susan Visser, Pierre Bokma, Theo Maassen & Sol Vinken.

Writer: Pieter Bart Korthuis

Director: Jonathan Herman

Baantjer

Multiple episodes of the legendary long running Dutch crime show starring Piet Römer as detective Cock, working with his assistant Vledder in the heart of Amsterdam’s Red Light district.