Jelle Nesna is a director and creative producer. At the moment he is working as a producer together with Rinkelfilm on the feature film Lucia de B. by director Paula van der Oest. As a director, he makes the music film, Carmen van het Noorden, which received the golden calf in 2009 for the best Soundtrack. The composer of the film is Perquisite. The screenplay was by Maarten van Hinte, Karin van der Meer and Jelle Nesna. Earlier he was nominated for the golden calf for the best TV drama, for the film about the life of Jan Arends, Jeroen Willems played the leading role, scenario Koert Davidse. He also received the prize from the society of Dutch feature film directors, for his film final exam: The True Confessions of a White Terrorist. Breyten Breytenbach and the apartheid regime in South Africa starring Arend Bulder and Hans van Hechten.