Johan Nijenhuis
Dutch film director (born 1968)
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Johan Nijenhuis (born 4 March 1968) is a Dutch film producer, director and screenwriter best known for directing commercially successful Dutch romantic comedies for which he has received 21 Golden Film awards starting with Costa! (2001).[1]
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| Born | 4 March 1968 Markelo, Netherlands |
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Career
After the success of his film Costa!, He founded the production company Nijenhuis & de Levita Film and TV with producer Alain de Levita. it was announced In January 2010 that he had left the company.[2]
His 2019 film Cuban Love (Verliefd op Cuba in Dutch) was his sixth film to win the Platinum Film award.[3] Most of the film was filmed on Cuba with some scenes filmed on Ibiza.[4][5]
In 2020, his film The Marriage Escape (De beentjes van Sint-Hildegard in Dutch), an adaptation of the 2016 Czech film Tiger Theory, received a nomination for the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film award.[6] It was also the highest-grossing Dutch film of 2020. His film Men at Work: Miami (Onze Jongens in Miami in Dutch) was the second highest-grossing film of that year.[7]
Awards
Golden Film and Platinum Film
- 2001: Costa!
- 2003: Full Moon Party
- 2013: Verliefd op Ibiza
- 2014: Tuscan Wedding
- 2016: Rokjesdag
- 2019: Cuban Love
- 2020: The Marriage Escape
Golden Film
- 2010: Fuchsia the Mini-Witch
- 2020: Men at Work: Miami
- 2022: Yasmine's Wedding (Marokkaanse bruiloft)
- 2022: Zwanger & Co
- 2024: Loving Bali
- 2025: Onze Jongens 3
- 2026: Verliefd op Curaçao