Curriculum Vitae Nienke Eijsink
6 November 1977, Borne, The Netherlands



Education / Recent workshops
2008-2009 Workshop Kids & Docs (for International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and Cinekid)
2007 Master Editing course by Sam Pollard at the Maurits Binger Film Institute
2004-2006 Masters Degree in Art at the Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
2004 and 2005 Masters course in Documentary Storytelling, by Jennifer Fox at the Maurits Binger Film Institute
2004 Summer School course Programme Making at BNN and IDTV
1996-2001 Bachelors degree (Distinction) in Audiovisual Design and Art, at the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
1990-1996 Pre-University Education (VWO) at Baudartius College, Zutphen

Documentary*
2010 Direction and scenario Racer (15 min) for broadcaster AVRO (Z@PP)
2009 Direction and script Anna's Story (15 min) for broadcaster AVRO (Z@PP)
2009 Direction, script, camera and editing FAN (52 min) for broadcaster NCRV Document
2008 Direction, script, camera and editing Raven's Book (12 min)
2006 Direction, camera and editing Greetings! (22min)

Broadcast & corporate
2011 Direction, camera and editing short films for exhibition 10 years of gay marriage Cityhall Amsterdam
2010 Direction, camera and editing Pass it on, DVD commissioned by the Ramadan Festival
2010 Direction, camera and production interviews with politicians for website of the Ramadan Festival
2009 Direction and script The Silly Season, pilot item, part of TV show 'On Air' (NCRV)
2007-2009 Programme maker Mambapoint.tv (cross medial platform on internet and digital theme channel spirit24, NCRV)
2007-2008 Programme maker ROC-TV (narrowcasting, NCRV)
2007 Editor and film editor Gay Monument 20 Years, commissioned by International Homo/Lesbian Information Centre and Archives (IHLIA)
2006-2007 Editing, Club of 100, commissioned by RVU (Ned2)
2006 Editing for promotional films VPRO (Ned3)
2006 Script Against the Current, documentary proposal Hour of the Wolf (NPS), selected for student competition art films for Prince Bernhard Culture Fund
2006 Editing Koefnoen New Year's Eve Special 2006 (Avro)
2006 Direction, camera and editing of internet films for Het Financieele Dagblad (the leading Dutch Financial News site)
2005-2007 Direction, camera and editing for various corporate films, (clients included: Company Webcast, Info Pinnacle) commercials (Ralph Veassen eyewear, Corrino Media Corporation and Macgyver) and educational projects (EPN publishers, Roads Helps, Jus de Pomme, S106 en vodcasts KPC)
2005-2006 Editing UR (SBS6) and The Netherlands at Work (RTL7), commissioned by United Broadcast Facilities
2005 Direction, script and editing title sequence for Lesbian Film Festival in Rialto cinema Amsterdam
2004 Direction of items and title sequence Funk my Granddad (25 min), cross medial pilot episode for BNN, commissioned by IdtV
2003 Direction, script, editing The Single Simulator (1.18 min) for Historical Museum
2002-2004 Direction, script, and editing several short fiction films**, funded by CBK Rotterdam: Relationship Problems (4.37 min), Dirty Harriette (4.06 min), Jane Bond (4.29 min) and Small Talk (1.35 min)
2001-2002 Commissioning Editor, film editing, and project lead for Jaduhh, a television series on RotterdamTV made by teenagers, about politics.
2001 Direction, script, camera, and editing 3x8 min Tidemanplein, video-installation, nominated for a TENT academy award.

video- and artprojects
2011 Visuals / VJ NEXT concert Oosterpoort Theatre Groningen, collaboration with Cello8ctet, cello ensemble
2011 Visuals / VJ Late Night Talkshows at the International Film Festival Rotterdam commissioned by VPRO broadcasts
2005-2007 Visuals / VJ concerts The High Jump Women, world music group
2004 Multimedial art project in public space Army of Guardian Angels,for September in Rotterdam festival, CBK Rotterdam
2004 Multimedial art project in public space Coffee Table Photos, sketch for KORT-project, FAXX Tiburg
2003-2005 Interactive multimedial theatre performance The One Woman Walk, Las Palmas RŐdam
2003 Interactive video project in public space Same Time, Different Place & Same Place Different Time , sketch for CBK Utrecht
2003 Interactive video project in public space Sitcom, pop venue Rotown. Commissioned by Rotown Rotterdam
2003 Interactive video project in public space Art is in the eye of the beholder, De Grote kerk Den Haag
2002 Interactive video project in public space Theatre is in the eye of the beholder, Nighttown Theatre Rotterdam, commissioned by September in Rotterdam festival, CBK, Nighttown Rotterdam
2002 Multimedial art project in public space Theatre Soap shown at Nighttown Rotterdam, commissioned by CBK Rotterdam
2002 Multimedial art project in public space Standardized Personal Chairs, commissioned by RET, CBK and Opzoomeren Rotterdam
2002 Interactive video project in public space Bring it to the people and Virtual VIP, sketch for installation at Nieuwe Luxor Theatre Rotterdam
2002 Interactive video project in public space No Go -> Go Area, sketch for project Safe, Rotterdam City Council
2001-2004 Multimedial art project in public space Tideman Network, sketch commissioned for housing corporation Woonbron - Maasoevers
2001 Interactive video project in public space Coffee Table. Commissioned by Rotterdam City Council, part of Cultural Capital 2001
2001 Art project The Legacy. Commissioned by housing corporation Woonbron - Maasoevers
2000 - 2001 Interactive video project in public space Dear sister is talking with you, at four Rotterdam metro stations. Commissioned by RET Rotterdam, sponsored by Philips and VCS security systems
1999-present art exhibitions, a.o Sandberg Alumni Exhibition, Kunstvlaai (A'dam), Salon Las Palmas (R'dam), LES Gent (BE), Het Geluk van de Huisvrouw, Historisch Museum (R'dam), De Grote verbeelding Grote Kerk (Den Haag), Trans_Habitos Porto (PT), Art Primeur (Dordrecht), Galerie de Illusie (R'dam)
1999-2006 VJ a.o. De Centrale, Gent (BE), Malus Habitos, Porto (PT), R'dam: OFF_CORSO, WTC, Calipso, A'dam: Vrankrijk, MAZZO, Vivelavie in Marcanti, Utrecht: Winkel van Sinkel)
1999 Visuals / VJ theatre performance The Solitair, Schouwburg Odeon Zwolle en Now&Wow Rotterdam

Other work
2011 Organizer international masterclass for gay documentary makers Eastern Europe and Balkan
2005-present Instructor/ Workshop leader and editor at OneMinutes Junior Workshops around the world:
- India: for Unicef and CINCH (international children's film forum) with youngsters from New Delhi
- Norway: commissioned by ECF and NRK (Norwegian national television) with youngsters from Oslo
- Ireland: commissioned by ECF and RTE (Irish national television) with youngsters from Dublin
- The Netherlands: CineKid festival and Mediamatic, for ECF (European Cultural Foundation) with young Dutch-Moroccans in Amsterdam and Rotterdam
2006 Moving images / VJ with The High Jump Women, classic/world music group,
2005 Programming Lesbian Film Festival Cinema Rialto Amsterdamv
2004 Workshop leader and editing youth video project Speak Up. Broadcast RTV N-H. Commissioned by Lelystad City Council
2003 Instructor and editor KidsPressOffice (video) Den Haag, broadcast TVwestv
2002-2005 Lecturer SKVR Image Factory Rotterdam, lecturer at the Showreel project, video course for young people at SKVR, lecturer Production & Directing
2001-2005 Lecturer Willem de Kooning Art Academy Rotterdam; 1st and 2nd year Audiovisual Design, 2nd year Fine Arts, module Audiovisual Installation for Communication and Multimedia Design
2000-2004 Audiovisual interactive art projects in public space***. Clients: Subway Rotterdam, Rotterdam Town hall, Social housing corporation Woonbron-Maasoevers, City council Rotterdam, New Luxor Theatre Rotterdam, Nighttown Theatre Rotterdam, Pop podium Rotown Rotterdam, CBK Utrecht, FAXX Tilburg, Tram Rotterdam, CBK R'dam
1999-2006 VJ including De Centrale, Gent (Belgium), Maus Habitos, Porto (Portugal), OFF_CORSO, WTC, Calypso -Rotterdam, Vrankrijk, MAZZO, Vivelavie in Marcanti -Amsterdam, Winkel van Sinkel, Utrecht)
1999-2006 Art exhibitions including Kunstvlaai (Amsterdam), Salon Las Palmas (Rotterdam), LES Gent (Belgium), Housewives' Happiness, Historical Museum (Rotterdam), The Great Imagination (Den Haag), Trans_Habitos Porto (Portugal), Art Primeur (Dordrecht), Galerie de Illusie (Rotterdam)
1999 Moving image/VJ Theatre performance The solitair (Now&Wow Rotterdam, Schouwburg Zwolle)
1999-2001 Initiator and organizer Women take back the Night demonstrations Rotterdam
1997-2001 member of board of COC Rotterdam (oldest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender organisation in the world), 1999-2001 head of board

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*Documentary
2010 Direction and scenario Racer (15 min) for broadcaster AVRO (Z@PP)
Twelve-year-old Sophie has a rare muscular disease, but nothing will stop her from achieving her goal of becoming a formula 1 racer. Part of The Eurovision Children's Documentary series 2009-2010. Funded by The European Broadcasting Union and sold to several European Broadcasters.
2009 Direction and script Anna's Story (15 min) for broadcaster AVRO (Z@PP).
Fifteen-year-old Anna decided to stop puberty when her mother died. She feels consoled by pop star Britney Spears, who acts out puberty for both of them. Funded by the Media fund. Screened at Cinekid festival, IDFA Festival, Pink Film days Amsterdam, Prix de Jeunesse (Munich, Germany), International Women's Film Festival Seoul (Korea), Festival Makedox (Skopje, Macedonia)
2009 Direction, script and camera FAN (50 min) for broadcaster NCRV document.
Personal quest for my childhood idol and first love: Doctor Chris from Australian TV series The Flying Doctors, played by actress Liz Burch. Screened at Dutch Film Festival, Cinema Rialto Amsterdam, Lantaarn Venster Rotterdam, het Hoogt Utrecht, Filmliga Hengelo, Pink Film days (Ketelhuis Amsterdam), Festival Women Films Assen, FIRE festival Barcelona (Spain) Funded by Filmfund, Stimulation Fund, CoBoFund and Amsterdam Arts Fund
2008 Direction, script, camera and editing Raven's Book (12 min)
Four-year-old Raven has two lesbian mothers. They made him a book about the way his life began, how will he react? Screened at The Pink Film days, Cinema Balie Amsterdam, Lantaarn venster Rotterdam, Filmliga Hengelo, FIRE Barcelona (Spain)
2006 Direction, camera and editing Greetings! (22min)
Documentary about the loss of identity among Moroccan Dutch youth commissioned by MoroccoNetherlands2005. Screened in Casablanca, Agadir, Al Hoeceima (MA) and Amsterdam Sail, Paradiso Amsterdam, Rotterdam International Maritime Festival, Odeon Rotterdam, R EJECT Rotterdam (NL)

** Independently produced short films shown during:
Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Austin, texas (USA) | Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam | VPRO Nachtpodium | REJECT festival at Rotterdam Internationaal Film Festival 2003-2006 | Den Helder hijacked| Paradise by the laptoplight, 't Hoogt film theater, Utrecht | Noorderzon Festival Groningen | Langhuis, Zwolle | Dutch Open, Balie Amsterdam| Biggest Visual Powershow, Paradiso, Amsterdam | Salto TV 2001-2003 | Las Palmas Rotterdam 2004-2005| Queerscreen, Red Carpet Night, Sydney (Australia) | TEEK festival, Mezz Breda | SBS6 (Beauty & Co) | Historical Museum, Rotterdam | Alumni Festival, Sydney (Australia) | TheOneMinutes Now, Montevideo Amsterdam | Capital Queer Film Festival, The National Film & Sound Archives, Canberra (Australia) | Les, Centrale, Gent (Belgium) | Terschelling Open Air Film Festival, Terschelling | Maus Habitos, Porto (Portugal) | Dziga Kinoglas, Doornroosje, Nijmegen | Video2000 RotterdamTV | R EJECT festival Nijmegen | The best of Reject, Calipso Rotterdam | Gay Film Festival, Cinema de Balie, Amsterdam 2002-2005| The Mix 2002, The Anthology New York (USA) | New Art Dordrecht | Space X Tilburg | Lavender Lounge, Lancaster (UK)| Felix Meritus Amsterdam | Blikopener, Delft | TENT Rotterdam | Careof Milaan (Italy) | Webbar Marseille (France) | Webbar Parijs (France) | CAS Osaka (Japan)