About me
Dutch filmmaker Chiel Aldershoff was born in 1973 in Amsterdam. After studying psychology for 2 years he turned to film. In 2000 he graduated from the College of Arts in Utrecht as a documentary director. Since then he has been working as a freelance director and editor for documentaries, television programs and multi-platform commissioned works.
trackrecord
Documentary & Television:
Chiel has worked with NCRV, VPRO, NPS, RVU, BOS, Jewish Broadcasting, AVRO, KRO, SBS6, RTL, Omroep Flevoland and AT5. His works have been shown at numerous international film festivals around the world. His aim is to provoke discussion through depicting universal themes from an unusual perspective. On the one hand, he focuses on ordinary people and magnifies everyday moments which can easily go unnoticed. On the other hand, he chooses to portray more extreme and often misunderstood characters, with an alternative outlook on life.
Commissioned Works:
Chiel has worked for ING, Rabobank, Getronics PinkRoccade, Dutchview, TUI, UltrAlert, Chamber of Commerce Netherlands, Canon, Cayenne Communications, Sail Amsterdam, UPC, Microsoft, TMF, Cameo Media, Plan Netherlands, National Youth Council, Artists&CO, Stichting InterArt, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Sound and Vision Museum, National Museum from play clock to pierement, Tylers Museum, Frans Hals Museum, Media Fund, IDFA, STRP Festival, STIP Theater Productions, Diversion, Municipality of Amsterdam, NS, Catharsis Productions, Foundation further in Balance, Bio Child Rehabilitation, Taskforce Elderly and Labor, Stetz, Abrahami-Netz Productions, JingleHell, Metropolis Film, Zuis, SuopuLab, Sugar Mountain Productions and Stichting ACCU.
Chiel has worked with NCRV, VPRO, NPS, RVU, BOS, Jewish Broadcasting, AVRO, KRO, SBS6, RTL, Omroep Flevoland and AT5. His works have been shown at numerous international film festivals around the world. His aim is to provoke discussion through depicting universal themes from an unusual perspective. On the one hand, he focuses on ordinary people and magnifies everyday moments which can easily go unnoticed. On the other hand, he chooses to portray more extreme and often misunderstood characters, with an alternative outlook on life.
Commissioned Works:
Chiel has worked for ING, Rabobank, Getronics PinkRoccade, Dutchview, TUI, UltrAlert, Chamber of Commerce Netherlands, Canon, Cayenne Communications, Sail Amsterdam, UPC, Microsoft, TMF, Cameo Media, Plan Netherlands, National Youth Council, Artists&CO, Stichting InterArt, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Sound and Vision Museum, National Museum from play clock to pierement, Tylers Museum, Frans Hals Museum, Media Fund, IDFA, STRP Festival, STIP Theater Productions, Diversion, Municipality of Amsterdam, NS, Catharsis Productions, Foundation further in Balance, Bio Child Rehabilitation, Taskforce Elderly and Labor, Stetz, Abrahami-Netz Productions, JingleHell, Metropolis Film, Zuis, SuopuLab, Sugar Mountain Productions and Stichting ACCU.
awards
In 2003 he won the scriptwriter contest produced by ‘Taskforce elderly and work’ and NCRV Dokument with “Race against the clockâ€. This documentary premiered at IDFA 2004. In 2006 he made “JR Expo 2 rue“ about a street artist in Paris for VPRO. This film showed on DocNZ, Docupolis Barcelona and ROTL Film Festival Berlin in 2007. For director Sarah Domogola he edited “Moon and the Wolfgirl“. This short children’s documentary showed at Cinekid 2007 and IDFA 2007. 'The Big Enjoyment'(NCRV Dokument) showed at The Dutch Filmfestival 2009 and his short film 'Let me go home' about a young girl in prison was presented at IDFA 2009 and Cinekid 2010. He also worked as a consulting editor on the feature documentary “Girl with Black Balloons†from Corinne van der Borch which won 'Best of the Fest' at the Edingburgh Filmfestival 2010 and received the 'Grand Jury Price' at DOC NYC 2011. Chiel is currently in the development stage of several new documentaries.
education
- 2011 -Berlinale Talent Campus
- 2010 -IDFA Summerschool
- 2009 -Kids & Docs scenario Workshop
- 2008 -Idfacademy
- 1995-2000 - College of Arts, Utrecht. Audiovisual media, specialization: documentary director
- 1993-1995 - Psychology – University of Amsterdam
equipment
Own editing studio (FCP) in Volkskrantgebouw
remarks
Languages: Dutch, English, French, German
Videos
Website
Documentary projects for television and multi-platform commissioned works.
Chiel Aldershoff is a filmmaker based in Amsterdam, focusing primarily on documentary projects for television and multi-platform commissioned works. On this site, a selection of his work is on display. Full-length versions of his films are available upon request.