THEO BIERKENS BVK/NSC

Born: 9 April 1955, Netherlands.

Education: Center for Advanced Film Studies, American Film Institute, Los Angeles, USA.

Career: Became lighting technician, c.asst and c.op.

Ph commercials dir by Rita Horst [for Center Parcs], Wim van der Aar [for KPN], Roel Welling [for ING], a.o. Ph music videos.

One of the founding members of the NSC.

Awards: Chicago IFF 'Golden Plaque' [1991] for 'Kracht'; DKP Lobende Erwähnung Dokumentarfilm [1994] for 'König der letzten Tage'; Madridimagen Award [1998] for 'When the Light Comes'; Deutscher Fernsehpreis 'Beste Kamera' [2003] for 'Der Anwalt und sein Gast' & 'Himmelreich auf Erden'; Nederlands FF 'Gouden Kalf' nom [2004] for 'De dominee'; DKP 'Kinofilm' [2007] for 'Der Liebeswunsch'.

FILMS

1981	Le toit de la baleine/Het dak van de walvis/On Top of the Whale [Râúl Ruiz] b&w-c; cph: Henri Alekan
1983	Abwärts/Out of Order [Carl Schenkel] c; 2uc; ph: Jacques Steyn
1985	Pervola - Sporen in de sneeuw [Orlow Seunke] c
1985	Mathilde [Emile Poppe] 16mm/b&w; doc/60m
1986	Blonde Dolly [Gerrit van Elst & Jonne Severijn] c
1987	Skin [Guido Henderickx] c
1989	Romeo [Rita Horst] c
1990	Bis ans Ende der Welt/Until the End of the World [Wim Wenders] c; 2uc France; ph: Robby Müller
1990	Kracht/Vigour [Frouke Fokkema] c
1990	Pizza Colonia [Klaus Emmerich] c
1991	De Johnsons/The Johnsons/Xangadix [Rudolf van den Berg] c
1993	1000 rosen/1.000 Roses [Theu Boermans] c
1993	De flat/House Call [Ben Verbong] c; the producers originally wanted this film to be an American prod titled Heatwave/Hittegolf', but Hollywood wasn't interested
1994	Mutters Courage/My Mother's Courage [Michael Verhoeven] s35/c; cph: Michael Epp; 2uc: Benjamin Epp, Yves Vandermeeren, Hagen Bogdanski, a.o.
1995	Filmpje! [Paul Ruven] s16-35bu/c
1995	Mortinho por chegar a casa/Dying to Go Home/The Crows of St. Vincent [Carlos Da Silva & George Sluizer] c
*1996*	*Winter '89* [Danniel Danniel] scheduled as doph, but film was ph by Vladimír Smutný
1997	When the Light Comes/Waar blijft het licht [Stijn Coninx] c; 2uc (studio): Jules van den Steenhoven
1997	Bin ich schön?/Am I Beautiful? [Doris Dörrie] 35mm+s8+v-to-35mm/c; 2uc: Abu Rinatu, Peter Mettler & Stefan Spreer; prod was started in March 1996 by doph Helge Weindler (married to dir Dörrie), who died during filming; prod was restarted autumn 1997
1997	Abel, de vliegende liftboy [Ben Sombogaart] c
1998	Buena Vista Social Club [Wim Wenders] v-to-35mm/c; mus doc/101m; co-addph Amsterdam; ph: Robby Müller (Amsterdam), Lisa Rinzler (New York) & Jörg Widmer (Amsterdam & Cuba)
*2000*	*Zoom - It's Always About Getting Closer* [Otto A. Jahrreiss] announced as ph, but replaced by Hannes Hubach
2000	The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife [Michie Gleason] c
2000	The Discovery of Heaven/De ontdekking van de hemel [Jeroen Krabbé] c; 2uc: Didier Frateur
2003	De dominee/The Preacher [Gerrard Verhage] c; also 3-part tv-miniseries
2003	Amazones [Esmé Lammers] c; 2uc: Erwin Roodhart
2004	Der Liebeswunsch/Impossibly Yours [Torsten C. Fischer] s35/c
2007	Die Entdeckung der Currywurst [Ulla Wagner] c
2008	Ob ihr wollt oder nicht! [Ben Verbong] scope/c; 2uc: Thomas Korda
2008	Iep! [(uncred) Rita Horst] c
2009	Mijn opa de bankrover/My Granpa, the Bankrobber/Mooi leven/Beautiful Life [Ineke Houtman] c

TELEVISION

1983	Das Gehirn zu Pferde [Hans Neuenfels] tvm/16mm
1984	Kein schöner Land [Klaus Emmerich] 6-part series
1985	Tatort [ep #188 'Freunde' dir by Klaus Emmerich] tvm-ep/16mm series
1987	Reporter [Klaus Emmerich (6 ep) & Hans Noever (3 ep)] 9-part series; other ph: Peter Gauhe
1987	Sandra [Guido Henderickx] tvm/55m/16mm+v
1988	Peter Strohm [ep #7 'Heißer Schmuck' dir by Peter Adam] 63-part series, 1989-96; 1st season, 1989
1989	Rote Erde II [Klaus Emmerich] 4-part series (2nd series), 1990; 1st series, 1983, ph by Joseph Vilsmaier
199?	Shakespeare Sonette [?] ?
199?	Das Opfer [?] ?
1990	Retrospectief/In Retrospect [Erik Fransman] tvm/53m/16mm
1990	Flying Kicks: Bertje [Ken Hannam] tvm/55m
1990	De reclamemakers [Monique van de Ven] tvm/?m
1992	Richting Engeland [André van Duren] tvm/52m
1992	König der letzten Tage/A King for Burning [Tom Toelle] 2-part tvm
1994	De partizanen/The Partisans [Theu Boermans] 3-part series; 2uc: Edwin Verstegen, Brigit Hillenius, a.o.
1996	El toro [André van Duren] tvm/15m/v
1999	Doppeltes Dreieck [Torsten C. Fischer] tvm
1999	Ein tödliches Wochenende/A Deathly Weekend [Torsten C. Fischer] tvm/DigiBeta
1999	Zerbrechliche Zeugin [Ben Verbong] tvm
2000	Der gerechte Richter [Torsten C. Fischer] tvm
2001	Himmelreich auf Erden [Torsten C. Fischer] tvm
2001	Der Anwalt und sein Gast [Torsten C. Fischer] tvm/16mm
2002	Jiskefet [Michiel Romeyn, Kees Prins & Herman Koch] 8-part series; cph: Sander Snoep & Paul van den Bos; for VPRO-tv
2002	Boy Ecury [Frans Weisz] tvm/s16
2002	Katzenzungen [Torsten C. Fischer] tvm/s16
2003	EzelsooR [Frans Weisz] pilot/HD; for Fox Kids
2003	Tatort [ep #542 'Wenn Frauen Austern essen' dir by Klaus Emmerich] tvm-ep series
2003	Madame Jeanette [Paula van der Oest] tvm; also released theatrically
2003	Mr. und Mrs. Right [Torsten C. Fischer] tvm
2005	De uitverkorene [Theu Boermans] tvm; also released theatrically
2006	Franziskas Gespür für Männer/Von der Kunst den Männern hinterher zu gehen [Nina Grosse] tvm; 2nd film with character 'Franziska Luginsland' (1st film: '21 Liebesbriefe'; ph: Benedict Neuenfels)
2006	Der Kriminalist [ep #2 'Gefallene Engel' & #5 'Verbranntes Glück' dir by Torsten C. Fischer] series/16mm, 2006-present; 1st season, 2006-07; other ph: Michael Wiesweg (#1, 3 & 6) & Hagen Bogdanski (cph #2 & 5; ph #4)
2006	Stellenbosch [Michiel van Jaarsveld] 7-part series/16mm, 2007; 2nd cam: Erwin Roodhart & Luc Brefeld; for VPRO, VARA & NPS-tv
2009	Eisfieber/Whiteout [Peter Keglevic] 2-part tvm/s16; uwph: Jens Winkler
2009	Droomland [Theu Boermans] 4-part miniseries
2010	Tatort [ep #? 'Auskreuzung' dir by Torsten C. Fischer] tvm-ep series
2010	Zwei übern Berg [Torsten C. Fischer] tvm
2011	Bürger van Leeuwen [Matti Geschonneck] tvm

MISCELLANEOUS

1977	De kris Pusaka [Bram van Erkel; tv-series] asst lighting des; ph: Fred Tammes
1979	Saint Jack [Peter Bogdanovich] best boy; ph: Robby Müller
1979	Laat de dokter maar schuiven... [Nikolai van der Heyde] co-c.asst; ph: Andrzej Karpinski
1980	Lieve jongens [Paul de Lussanet] c.asst; ph: Paul van den Bos
1981	Een zwoele zomeravond [Frans Weisz] c.asst; ph: Robby Müller
1981	Een vlucht regenwulpen/A Flight of Rainbirds [Ate de Jong] c.asst; ph: Paul van den Bos
1981	De stilte rond Christine M./A Question of Silence [Marleen Gorris] c.asst; ph: Frans Bromet
1982	Knokken voor twee [Karst van der Meulen; feature & 6-part tv-series] co-c.asst; ph: Fred Tammes
1984	Het vonnis [Bram van Erkel; tvm] c.asst; ph: Fred Tammes
2001	Het leven na mevrouw De Nijs [Patrick Minks; tvm] co-collab; ph: Jaap Veldhoen