MEES
PEIJNENBURG.
Mees
Peijnenburg
is
celebrated
as
one
of
biggest
filmmaking
talents
to
come
out
of
the
Netherlands
in
recent
years.
His
creative
style
experiments
with
different narrative
forms,
in
which
his
distinct
visual
style
is
constant. He
was
born
in
Amsterdam
in
1989,
and
graduated
from
the
Netherlands
Film
Academy
in
2013.
He
finds
inspiration
across
a
depth
of
formats
and
has
also
directed standout
music
videos
and
commercial
spots.
Mees
has
made
waves
with
his
commercial
projects.
His
graduation
commercial
earned
him
a
Young
Directors
Lamp
-
the
main
prize
at
the
biggest
commercial
awards in
the
Netherlands.
He
collaborates
with
brands
such
as
Louis
Vuitton,
Farfetch
and
Rimowa.
Mees
was
also
twice
nominated
for
a
Crystal
Bear
at
the
Berlinale,
Berlin
Film
Festival,
for
his
short
films A
Hole
in
my
Heart and Even
Cowboys
Get
to
Cry,
and
won
a Golden
Calf
(aka
a
Dutch
Oscar)
with
his
movie We
Will
Never
Be
Royals. His
short
films
A
Hole
in
my
Heart
was
also
the
official
Dutch
entry
for
the
Oscars.