Directing

Jaap van Heusden

Place of birth

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Known for

Directing

Credits

19 titles

Jaap van Heusden was born 1979 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. As the son of a preacher he was surrounded by stories right from childhood. By the age of eight he had trashed his first Nikon camera. And by age twelve he burnt his first novel because it was so bad. At fifteen he was convinced he would become a major player in European politics. He gave up acting at seventeen because he found out there where people who were actually any good at it. Before going to film school, he lived and worked in Ouagadougou, West Africa, where he shot a series of most enlightening traffic safety instruction videos and co-founded a platform for young filmmakers that grew into the biggest human rights film festi…

Known for

In Alaska poster
9.0

After accidentally shooting at the TransAlaska Pipeline, Woody, a 17-year old Inuit, becomes the target of a terrorist manhunt. The chase through wilderness is led by veteran FBI agent Susan Tarheel, torn between doing her job and her empathy for the young man…

In Alaska

2026

The Man from Rome poster
7.4

A skeptical Vatican priest travels to the southern Dutch province of Limburg to investigate a reported miracle, only to get entangled in a series of apparently miraculous events that undermine his vocation.

The Man from Rome

2023

In Blue poster
6.4

A sturdy flight attendant has to deliver a child in mid-air and gets involved in a confusing mother/lover relationship with a boy who's living under the streets of Bucharest.

In Blue

2017

Drone poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Drone

2011

10 reports in 10 minutes poster
NR

The Netherlands is number one in Europe in hosting child pornography. In order to stem this flow of abuse material, the analysts of Meldpunt Kinderporno assess many millions of photos and videos every year. They send online hosts a removal request and criminal material is sent to the police. We do not see the images on their screens, but in their meticulous descriptions we experience how the images of child abuse pile up and get under our skin: they clean the dirt from our digital streets, but pay a high price for it.

10 reports in 10 minutes

2024

The New World poster
4.8

Mirte is a cleaner in the reception centre for asylum seekers at the airport. She tries to forget her past through routine. When the charismatic West African Luc is brought in, Mirte seems to get a grip on her life again. A film about loss, fleeing and love from an unexpected corner.

The New World

2013

Behind the camera

In Alaska poster
9.0

After accidentally shooting at the TransAlaska Pipeline, Woody, a 17-year old Inuit, becomes the target of a terrorist manhunt. The chase through wilderness is led by veteran FBI agent Susan Tarheel, torn between doing her job and her empathy for the young man…

In Alaska

2026

In Alaska poster
9.0

After accidentally shooting at the TransAlaska Pipeline, Woody, a 17-year old Inuit, becomes the target of a terrorist manhunt. The chase through wilderness is led by veteran FBI agent Susan Tarheel, torn between doing her job and her empathy for the young man…

In Alaska

2026

The Man from Rome poster
7.4

A skeptical Vatican priest travels to the southern Dutch province of Limburg to investigate a reported miracle, only to get entangled in a series of apparently miraculous events that undermine his vocation.

The Man from Rome

2023

The Man from Rome poster
7.4

A skeptical Vatican priest travels to the southern Dutch province of Limburg to investigate a reported miracle, only to get entangled in a series of apparently miraculous events that undermine his vocation.

The Man from Rome

2023

In Blue poster
6.4

A sturdy flight attendant has to deliver a child in mid-air and gets involved in a confusing mother/lover relationship with a boy who's living under the streets of Bucharest.

In Blue

2017

In Blue poster
6.4

A sturdy flight attendant has to deliver a child in mid-air and gets involved in a confusing mother/lover relationship with a boy who's living under the streets of Bucharest.

In Blue

2017

Drone poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Drone

2011

Drone poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Drone

2011

10 reports in 10 minutes poster
NR

The Netherlands is number one in Europe in hosting child pornography. In order to stem this flow of abuse material, the analysts of Meldpunt Kinderporno assess many millions of photos and videos every year. They send online hosts a removal request and criminal material is sent to the police. We do not see the images on their screens, but in their meticulous descriptions we experience how the images of child abuse pile up and get under our skin: they clean the dirt from our digital streets, but pay a high price for it.

10 reports in 10 minutes

2024

The New World poster
4.8

Mirte is a cleaner in the reception centre for asylum seekers at the airport. She tries to forget her past through routine. When the charismatic West African Luc is brought in, Mirte seems to get a grip on her life again. A film about loss, fleeing and love from an unexpected corner.

The New World

2013

No artwork available
8.0

With the same intensity with which the flashing blue light illuminates its surroundings, fatal experiences are burned into the memory of an ambulance paramedic. The traumatic dimension of carrying out a profession that is essential for society is brought closer by the documentary confession of a man who sometimes unfortunately cannot save the lives of others.

Blue Light - Memories from a Paramedic

2023

No artwork available
8.0

With the same intensity with which the flashing blue light illuminates its surroundings, fatal experiences are burned into the memory of an ambulance paramedic. The traumatic dimension of carrying out a profession that is essential for society is brought closer by the documentary confession of a man who sometimes unfortunately cannot save the lives of others.

Blue Light - Memories from a Paramedic

2023

A•SY•LUM poster
NR

Swung back and forth between depression and euphoria, David Brown (29) has ended up in the umpteenth psychiatric facility. With stories and humor he tries to keep the madness at bay. Will he manage to stand on his own two feet again, or will he change into one of those ‘Valium zombies’ he only parodies right now?

A•SY•LUM

2017

Silent Tears poster
NR

The living room of a couple in Limburg is full of statues of saints, crying over all the bad news filing past on their television screens. But while nobody believes them, the two self-proclaimed 'little prophets’ are preparing for the imminent time when their rented house will become an international place of pilgrimage, including a healing spring.

Silent Tears

2023

Win/Win poster
4.2

Ivan is a true number cruncher and 'surfs the waves of the stock market' like a natural trader. He rakes in big profits for the bank. But all is not well. The new job gives Ivan sleepless nights. As Ivan rapidly becomes the most successful trader in town, he feels increasingly alienated from himself and the world around him. In spite of his unprecedented success Ivan has to get out. Before it's too late...

Win/Win

2010

No artwork available
6.8

This film is well made and has educational value at the same time. It gives a reality check to the problem, and a validation to the Cystic Fibrosis sufferers. The number of positive reactions to the film from those afflicted with Cystic Fibrosis , attests to the emotional value as such. The humor used to substantiate the suffering of the patients gives such a film a great human touch. Hail to the producers, and especially a true memorial for one of them, Robert Schmidt, who so tragically passed away last year after filming was finished. I certainly hope that any income from this film will be donated to research for Cystic Fibrosis, and the film itself could be used to further promote outreach for this purpose.

Een ingewikkeld verhaal, eenvoudig verteld

2005

Ooit poster
NR

Jos is mentally-challenged and still living with his mother. On his 34th birthday his life is about to change dramatically.

Ooit

2008

No artwork available
NR

An ordinary day in an African village like any other. Until a song resounds. It reminds the Griot, an old tailor, of an old story about a drought. Passers-by stop to listen as he brings the story to life. Life in the village comes to a halt for a moment.

Le griot de Daporé

2006

No artwork available
NR

Per Anderman has been trying to write for years. Right now, the care for his demented mother is about to drive him mad. He decides to record the daily insanity in his PodCast: Andermans Alzheimer Café.

Anderman

2006