
Known for
Directing
Born
April 25, 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
The Hague, Netherlands
Martin Koolhoven (born April 25, 1969 in The Hague) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter.
Born as Martinus Wouter Koolhoven, Koolhoven graduated from Dutch film school in 1996 and almost immediately made an impact on the Dutch film industry with his 53 minute television film Duister Licht ("Dark Light") in which the slaughtering of a pig was shown. The film was nominated twice at the Dutch Film Festival.
It was his next (and first feature length) film however that established his name, also outside of the Netherlands. Suzy Q (also made for television) became the most awarded Dutch film of 1999 and established both Koolhoven's career and that of actress Carice van Houten, who Koolhoven...
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Director, Writer
2025
Executive Producer
2024
2024
Creative Producer
2023
2021
2020
as Self
2019
as Vader
2018
2016
Director, Writer
2014
2013
as Director
2009
as Self
2008
as Self
2008
Director, Screenplay
2007
2007
2006
as Vriend Sander, Director
2005
2005
Director
2005
as Ticket Vendor, Director
2004
Director
2001
Director
2001
Writer, Director
1999
Director, Writer