‏Miriam Kruishoop‏

Miriam Kruishoop, born in the Netherlands, graduated with honors from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Unprecedented Kruishoop won the Citroen Award at the Dutch film festival for best Graduation film, despite the fact she was only in her 3rd year. She wrote and directed her first feature film Vive Elle when she was in her 4th year, then received a grant from the Dutch Film Foundation to finish the film while she was still in school. This was unheard of as students normally are not allowed to receive film grants. Miriam directed her 2nd feature with childhood idol Helmut Berger and Thom Hoffman. Kruishoop is the youngest female to have directed a feature film in the Netherlands. She is also the youngest Gouden Kalf nominee for Best Director. Kruishoop has won several awards and also directed commercials and music video's and has exhibited and published her photography. She has written and developed a number of film scripts.

Filmography

2010 Lost For Words(feature) 2005 Music video's Roxy Saint 2x 2003 Commercials Douwe Egberts 2x 2002 Commercials Douwe Egberts 3x 2002 Commercial Vrom 2001 Bonanza (tv episode VPRO) 2001 Music video Photek (Virgin) 2001 Music video Nelson (Roadrunner) 2000 Sonic Fragments (video) 2000 Vedette (short) 2000 Unter Den Palmen (feature) 1999 Rabies (short) 1998 Vive Elle (feature) 1997 Sometimes it's hard to be a woman (short) 1996 Da Silva (short)

Awards & nominations

-Unter den Palmen, openings film Dutch film festival, Gouden Kalf (Dutch equivalent to the French Cesar) nomination best director, Won Gouden Kalf best cinematography Rogier Stoffers. -Vive Elle, nominated for Tiger Award Rotterdam film festival -Da Silva, won Citroen Award at Dutch film festival. -Sometimes It's Hard to be a Woman, won Fuji short film award -Kruishoop won the culture price of the city of Amsterdam -Kruishoop was also nominated for the Dutch culture price