Penelope Buitenhuis

Directing

Penelope Buitenhuis

Place of birth

Toronto, Canada

Known for

Directing

Credits

31 titles

Penelope Buitenhuis is a Canadian director and screenwriter.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

A Wake poster
NR

After the mysterious death of their infamous director, members of a formerly renowned theatre company reunite for his wake. The grieving widow welcomes the thespians to her country house, but the drama intensifies when old rivalries and jealousies erupt, exposing a myriad of secrets and lies.

A Wake

2011

Do You Know Me? poster
4.8

After celebrating her graduation, Ellie Carter jokingly calls a missing-child hotline found on a milk carton, only to uncover a terrifying truth about her identity that puts her and everyone she loves in the crosshairs of a deadly conspiracy.

Do You Know Me?

2009

Trouble poster
7.0

A young Canadian woman who sings in Kreuzberg in a rock band, and her boyfriend, who lives in a politically active flat-sharing community. Due to the new capital situation, demolished buildings suddenly become sought-after buildings. The living and working situation of the musicians and other scene-people deteriorates massively.

Trouble

1993

Trouble poster
7.0

A young Canadian woman who sings in Kreuzberg in a rock band, and her boyfriend, who lives in a politically active flat-sharing community. Due to the new capital situation, demolished buildings suddenly become sought-after buildings. The living and working situation of the musicians and other scene-people deteriorates massively.

Trouble

1993

No artwork available
NR

Nomads of the underground question the value of history in a disposable culture.

Disposable

1984

Mistress Hunter poster
5.5

Jackie hires a mistress hunter to come between her husband and his mistress. But when the mistress and her husband wind up dead, Jackie becomes the number one suspect.

Mistress Hunter

2018

Hard Ride to Hell poster
4.7

A group of family and friends on a camping trip through the Texas badlands are taken on a on-way ride to Hell after they inadvertently witness a ritual sacrifice at a deserted campsite. Pursued by the devil worshiping biker gang responsible, they hole up in an abandoned church near the border, only to discover that they are pawns in a decades-old battle between good and evil.

Hard Ride to Hell

2010

Hard Ride to Hell poster
4.7

A group of family and friends on a camping trip through the Texas badlands are taken on a on-way ride to Hell after they inadvertently witness a ritual sacrifice at a deserted campsite. Pursued by the devil worshiping biker gang responsible, they hole up in an abandoned church near the border, only to discover that they are pawns in a decades-old battle between good and evil.

Hard Ride to Hell

2010

Killer Bees poster
3.8

A sheriff tries to save unsuspecting townspeople, including his estranged wife and young daughter, from a deadly swarm.

Killer Bees

2002

Am I a Serial Killer? poster
6.1

A teenage girl visits her mom on death row and gets lured into a dangerous trap to take the fall for her mother's crimes.

Am I a Serial Killer?

2019

Tokyo Girls poster
4.7

A candid journey into the world of 4 young Canadian women who work as well-paid hostesses in exclusive Japanese nightclubs. Lured by adventure and easy money, these modern-day geisha find themselves caught up in the mizu shobai—the complex "floating water world" of Tokyo clubs and bars. Drawn by fast money, some women become consumed by the lavish lifestyle and forget why they came; one hostess calls this "losing the plot." With a pulsating visual style, Tokyo Girls captures the raw energy of urban Japan and its fascination with the new.

Tokyo Girls

2000

Tokyo Girls poster
4.7

A candid journey into the world of 4 young Canadian women who work as well-paid hostesses in exclusive Japanese nightclubs. Lured by adventure and easy money, these modern-day geisha find themselves caught up in the mizu shobai—the complex "floating water world" of Tokyo clubs and bars. Drawn by fast money, some women become consumed by the lavish lifestyle and forget why they came; one hostess calls this "losing the plot." With a pulsating visual style, Tokyo Girls captures the raw energy of urban Japan and its fascination with the new.

Tokyo Girls

2000

Death of a Vegas Showgirl poster
5.3

Two talented dancers become swept up in a tumultuous association that spirals into compulsion.

Death of a Vegas Showgirl

2016

House of Deadly Lies poster
5.2

A stay-at-home mom takes in her struggling best friend to help her through a tough time but soon secrets are revealed that could tear her family apart and put everyone in danger.

House of Deadly Lies

2023

Her Stolen Past poster
6.8

When Sonya Daniels finds the birth certificate of a kidnapped baby, hidden in her late mother's home, she's shocked. What was her parents' connection to the missing little girl and could her mother's murder somehow be connected? Sonya hires attractive detective Brandon Hayes to help her investigate. But someone will stop at nothing to prevent them from uncovering the truth. Determined to unravel the mystery, Sonya doesn't realize how deadly the answers she's looking for will be. Based on Lynette Eason's Harlequin Love Inspired - Suspense novel Her Stolen Past.

Her Stolen Past

2018

My Life as a Dead Girl poster
6.8

When runaway teenager Chelsea is mistakenly killed by her friend Brittany's pimp, Brittany returns to what remains of the family Chelsea left years ago. Brittany's doing her best to get by under her assumed identity, until the truth begins to emerge. Then the vengeful pimp shows up.

My Life as a Dead Girl

2015

The Secret of Hidden Lake poster
4.4

After her dad is critically injured in a so-called hunting accident, Maggie returns to her hometown in the mountains of Colorado to be by his side. But during her stay, this devoted daughter learns that the shooting was no mistake. As Maggie attempts to unravel the mystery of what really happened, secrets start to surface that put her life in grave danger! Grab some popcorn and kick back for this thrill ride.

The Secret of Hidden Lake

2006

Giant Mine poster
9.0

CBC's dramatic account of the tragedy of Yellowknife's Giant Mine, in which 9 miners were killed during a bitter labour dispute.

Giant Mine

1996

A Family's Secret poster
5.3

While trying to save up for nursing school, Ana takes a remote post as a personal care worker for a wealthy woman with early onset dementia. But as she grows close to her new client, Joan, Ana becomes concerned that Joan's spoiled daughter, Carla, is trying to murder her to get her hands on her inheritance. Ana strikes up a romance with Joan's other adult child, Jason, who assures her Carla doesn't mean any harm, but Ana comes to realize he's deceiving her as well. Can Ana protect Joan, or will she get caught in the crossfire?

A Family's Secret

2022

Dangerous Attraction poster
4.8

A successful ad agency woman finds herself in a dangerous power struggle, back-dropped by murder, when she begins to uncover the true identity of the two men she is dating.

Dangerous Attraction

2000

Honor Student poster
5.6

At a book signing for his best seller, Nicholas Howarth is confronted by sexy Teresa Smith, who says he stole the story when he was her teacher in a woman's prison. Teresa has killed before and won't be stopped as she sets out to destroy Nicholas's reputation, his marriage and his life in her goal to write the final chapter of Honor Student.

Honor Student

2014

Boulevard poster
4.9

A street prostitute takes in an abused young woman on the run from her misogynist boyfriend, leading to both facing off against the prostitute's dreaded pimp and a relentless police detective out to arrest all of them.

Boulevard

1994

Lucky Day poster
6.2

Nora Barkin is an aspiring actress who supports herself by working for a courier service. No sooner has Nora's friend and coworker Bill Reagan jubilantly announced that he possesses a lottery ticket worth 13 million dollars than Bill is killed by an unknown assailant. Though discouraged from doing so by investigating detective Marinello, Nora insists upon trying to solve Bill's murder herself.

Lucky Day

2002

Newlywed and Dead poster
6.2

Young newlywed Kristin begins to doubt her husband Jay's love when his aunt and rival is found murdered. Kristin starts to investigate the death, and Jay's checkered past, only to become his next target. Starring: Shenae Grimes-Beech, Samantha Ferris.

Newlywed and Dead

2016

Whispers and Lies poster
4.6

Two cousins, Jill and Patti, visit a quaint little town on a perfect little island. Patti came to visit a man she had met and brought her cousin Jill to tag along. The two meet some local men and seem to spark relationships with them. Patti seeks to impress the new mystery man she has met. Patti puts all things aside and goes running off with the man she has recently met. Eventually Patti disappears. Jill looks everywhere for her cousin. Strange things start to happen and finding Patti becomes quite challenging with missed phone calls and ferries that have left. Jill seeks for more answers and continues to push to locate her missing cousin. Jill will stop at nothing to uncover where Patti is. Jill starts to uncover the deep dark secrets of this perfect little island. No one has died on this island in centuries and Jill soon discovers why. It is a secret Jill must expose.

Whispers and Lies

2008

Wide Awake poster
4.8

Cassie has no problem falling asleep -- it's staying awake that's the hard part, because she's narcoleptic. Fortunately for Cassie, she works in a lab that has just created a serum to treat this disruptive condition. However, when subjects in the trial for this new drug start dropping dead, she uncovers a conspiracy that sends her on a dangerous pursuit of the truth. Will she fall asleep on the job? Let's hope not -- she's got a lot of bullets (and sleep-deprived hallucinations) to dodge along her road to justice.

Wide Awake

2007

Therapy Nightmares poster
8.0

Leah is an accomplished therapist who published a memoir about overcoming an abusive relationship. But she finds she's the subject of new threats...

Therapy Nightmares

2022

Past Tense poster
4.6

Trying to prove to her daughter that her nightmares aren't real, widowed mother Kim Shay 'investigates,' unwittingly bringing danger into their lives. Kim follows a trail that not only leads to the killer of a past victim, but also of her own husband.

Past Tense

2006

Client Seduction poster
4.5

A high-profile defense attorney determined to change her image takes on a pro bono case, which soon threatens both her and her family.

Client Seduction

2014

Time and Again poster
3.8

When Anna Malone finds an old music box hidden in a house she is renovating, she has no idea the joys, sorrows, and hidden dangers it will bring.

Time and Again

2007