Young Guns 9
Willem Gerritsen
Director Czar, JOJX, GoEast, Papaya UK Amsterdam, Netherlands
Studying Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, Willem discovered his love for film making. He started making shorts and music videos for several top Dutch artists and founded a production company in 2005. Later he broke through on an international level in commercials joining CZAR and winning a Young Director Award at the Cannes Lions Festival and many other international awards followed. Especially for his viral films, that garnished over 40 million Youtube hits together. Willem is a storytelling and performance director at heart, often touching (or humouring) the audience with characters that feel true to life visually brought in a stylish, yet authentic way.
Besides commercial work, Willem makes movies and TV series and is represented by UTA in Los Angeles.
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