Ellen Jens

Directing

Ellen Jens

Born — Died

1940-10-06 — 2023-11-17

Place of birth

Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

Ellen Jens was a Dutch television director and producer, best known for her collaboration with Wim T. Schippers on VPRO television. She has produced and directed a large number of other television shows, especially on literature and art, and is referred to as a "television legend".

Known for

Sans Rancune poster
NR

Dora Leenders is about to give birth. Since she was impregnated during a school reunion, she invites both men whom she had sex with that night to her flat to witness the birth.

Sans Rancune

1987

Ninette de Valois (Mag ik mijn grijze mapje terug) poster
NR

A performance of Joseph Haydn's Hour Symphony is interrupted several times within half an hour.

Ninette de Valois (Mag ik mijn grijze mapje terug)

1977

Grote Genade poster
NR

Sjef van Oekel escapes from prison and heads for a restaurant. Unfortunately there is nobody there to annoy. Even at the train station he is ignored by former colleagues and he ends up alone.

Grote Genade

1976

80 jaar, reeds - op de T bij Wim Schippers poster
NR

An ode to multi-talented artist and radio and television producer Wim T. Schippers by absurdist Ronald Snijders. In a cheerfully disruptive manner, Snijders guides the viewer through a richly illustrated overview of Schippers' work, where they meet the man who could both seduce and intentionally bore, confuse, shock, and irritate Dutch television viewers. Many clips of Schippers became legendary, such as Queen Juliana cleaning Brussels sprouts, a naked Phil Bloom reading the newspaper, and the shows featuring Barend Servet and Sjef van Oekel. Schippers wrote the sheepdog play Going to the Dogs and has been the voice of Ernie in Sesamstraat for many years.

80 jaar, reeds - op de T bij Wim Schippers

2022

De ondergang van de Onan poster
10.0

Dick Bakker convinces Onno Bosman to produce a stage show about the sinking of the cruise ship 'Onan' and hires Fred Haché, Barend Servet, Sjef van Oekel and Ir. Van der Pik to star.

De ondergang van de Onan

1976

Volk en vaderliefde poster
NR

Otanes is certain that Smerdis, King of Persia is an impostor. He gathers together a group of people to stage a coup, only to face the question of which one of them will be worthy to take the throne.

Volk en vaderliefde

1976

Film credits

Behind the camera

Sans Rancune poster
NR

Dora Leenders is about to give birth. Since she was impregnated during a school reunion, she invites both men whom she had sex with that night to her flat to witness the birth.

Sans Rancune

1987

Sans Rancune poster
NR

Dora Leenders is about to give birth. Since she was impregnated during a school reunion, she invites both men whom she had sex with that night to her flat to witness the birth.

Sans Rancune

1987

Ninette de Valois (Mag ik mijn grijze mapje terug) poster
NR

A performance of Joseph Haydn's Hour Symphony is interrupted several times within half an hour.

Ninette de Valois (Mag ik mijn grijze mapje terug)

1977

Grote Genade poster
NR

Sjef van Oekel escapes from prison and heads for a restaurant. Unfortunately there is nobody there to annoy. Even at the train station he is ignored by former colleagues and he ends up alone.

Grote Genade

1976

Grote Genade poster
NR

Sjef van Oekel escapes from prison and heads for a restaurant. Unfortunately there is nobody there to annoy. Even at the train station he is ignored by former colleagues and he ends up alone.

Grote Genade

1976

De ondergang van de Onan poster
10.0

Dick Bakker convinces Onno Bosman to produce a stage show about the sinking of the cruise ship 'Onan' and hires Fred Haché, Barend Servet, Sjef van Oekel and Ir. Van der Pik to star.

De ondergang van de Onan

1976

Volk en vaderliefde poster
NR

Otanes is certain that Smerdis, King of Persia is an impostor. He gathers together a group of people to stage a coup, only to face the question of which one of them will be worthy to take the throne.

Volk en vaderliefde

1976

Going to the Dogs poster
NR

A behind the scenes look and edited registration of the groundbreaking theater play 'Going to the dogs' by the Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers. The play was performed by six Alsations (German Shepherds).

Going to the Dogs

1986

Going to the Dogs poster
NR

A behind the scenes look and edited registration of the groundbreaking theater play 'Going to the dogs' by the Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers. The play was performed by six Alsations (German Shepherds).

Going to the Dogs

1986

Cross Now poster
7.0

In Cross Now, during a blazing row with his boss, strangely enough architect Michael Ponsford still gets his promotion. However, he does not get much time to enjoy it, because, in the middle of the argument, his boss suffers a heart attack. And he is not the only one to die. Ponsford is haunted by death: the woman with whom he had been flirting for too long, his wife's father, one of his competitors, they all succumb. Finally, Ponsford's young son also dies.

Cross Now

1977

De Bruine Jurk poster
NR

Vagabond Bob finds a suitcase belonging to stockbroker Peter and returns it to his hotel. There he meets Marion, who happens to be Peter's mistress. Unfortunately in doing so he loses his only possession of value: a lottery ticket.

De Bruine Jurk

1988

De Bruine Jurk poster
NR

Vagabond Bob finds a suitcase belonging to stockbroker Peter and returns it to his hotel. There he meets Marion, who happens to be Peter's mistress. Unfortunately in doing so he loses his only possession of value: a lottery ticket.

De Bruine Jurk

1988

De Dans der Vierkanten waarin opgenomen Elly, of het Beroemde Stuk poster
NR

Registration of the play that opened the Holland Festival in 1980, written by Wim T. Schippers. Mr and Mrs Schaambergen receive two free tickets to a piece of modern art.

De Dans der Vierkanten waarin opgenomen Elly, of het Beroemde Stuk

1980

Ramp Ahead poster
NR

Patrick Dench is a successful loudmouth barrister and professional womanizer who treats everybody with disrespect but still manages to bed every beautiful woman in sight.

Ramp Ahead

1980

Het Grote Gebeuren poster
7.0

Het grote gebeuren (The big happening) is a Dutch movie about the day of judgement in the small village of Rijssen.

Het Grote Gebeuren

1975