Biography
Erik de Bruyn (1964) first feature film WILD MUSSELS was opening film at the Dutch Film Festival in 2000. The film was nominated for Best Script and Best Actor, it received the Dutch Film Critics Award of Best Film 2000,the Stimulation Award from the Amsterdam Arts Foundation and the YouthAward for Best Film. It won several other prizes such as the Russian Film Critic Award at the Internationals Film Festival in Moscow. WILD MUSSELS was screened at numerous international film festivals, including Cannes, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Kiev, Tallin, Warschau, Istanbul,Gent, Moscow, Washington and others.
In September 2007, at the Dutch Film Festival, NADINE, the second feature film was released. The film, starring Monic Hendricx, Halina Reijn and Sanneke Bos was Opening Film at the International Mannheim Heidelberg Filmfestival and showed f.e. at the international filmfestivals in Gent, Karlovy Vary, Sao Paolo and Warschaw
Besides that Erik de Bruyn has made several short films ( SPRING SONG (2005) Nominated for the NPS Award, THE WITNESS ( Nominated as BEST SHORT Golden Calf 2006 and winner of the Best Short Film Award of the Italian Republic, IFF Montecatini). He made some videoclips ( NUFF SAID, KATJA Schuurman, the PUNANAS and recently ‘Clean Again’ for RACOON). But mainly he directed commercials for amongst others Heineken, Smiths, Campina, Unilever, Dutch Taxes, KPN, Campina, Nastro Azurro (see Showreel section on this site or www.bijbrand.nl ). In addition to his direction work he is a scriptwriter.
