Ester Eva Damen is a visual artist and filmmaker. She studied art at the Rietveld academy in Amsterdam. As a director and scriptwriter she graduated at the Dutch Film & TV academy and pursued an MFA at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten.

Ester Eva Damens work can be seen within the context of visual art. During the manifestation 'The Eternal Body' she realized an 8mm film installation in Rome and Utrecht in collaboration with artist Anook Visser and philosopher Erik Hagoort. In 2010 the installation 'A fire called home' was made after a visit to the desert and a stay with the Bedouins. 'Sketch for a city', paper labyrinth with projections, is an ongoing collaboration with architect Joris Berger. Recently she showed an installation on the theme of urban gardening.

One of the red threads in her work is the collaboration of film with dance and new music. She has regularly collaborated with choreographer Angela Kohlein and composer Yannis Kyriakides. Their dance film 'RHOmbos' (2001) - with a live performance by the Asko ensemble - was shown in various locations around Holland, including the Groningen Museum, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, the Holland Festival and was broadcast by Dutch TV. She collaborated with the composer Christina Viola Oorebeek and percussionist Arnold Marinissen on the short 'Edges' (2008) and made a video installation with choreographer Marta Reig Torres, 'To Santiago' (2009). Currently she is working with dancer Suzan Tunca on a film(-installation) shot in Istanbul.

Ester Eva Damen is also a freelance film writer. She has made a few shorts, including the 16 mm b&w film 'Windhangen' (1998). She wrote several drama scripts for director Ineke Houtman, realized and broadcast 'Sahara' (2007). She is presently working on a video project with three Friesian poets.

She is the artistic leader of a small foundation stimulating cross-over projects called 'la Jetee' after the experimental film classic by Chris Marker.