Klaartje Quirijns (born 1967 in

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) is a Dutch film and television director and producer. In The Netherlands she worked as a documentary director and producer for the public stations

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. Internationally, Quirijns got recognition for her documentaries ''The Brooklyn Connection'' (2005), ''The Dictator Hunter'' (2007), with Souleymane Guengueng and ''Peace vs. Justice'' (2011), a documentary about the

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Inside Out (2012). While pursuing independent documentary projects, Quirijns continues to work as a correspondent for Dutch national radio and television.

Early life and career

Quirijns was based in New York City between 1997 and 2007, Quirijns lives with her family in London, United Kingdom. In 2013, Quirijns began to direct

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. Her first work was ''Speelman'', a story of a marriage, which premièred at the

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in the

Filmography

Documentaries

* ''The Brooklyn Connection'' (2005) - in this documentary she interviewed Kosovan-born American gun runner Florin Krasniqi, and accompanied him on a purchase of weapons from an Army Surplus store. * ''The Dictator Hunter'' (2007) - Quirijns portrays the American human rights lawyer Reed Brody over the course of three years. Brody is after

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's former dictator

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. The documentary premiered at the

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and received nominations for the

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and won several awards. * ''Peace vs Justice'' (2011) - in this documentary Quirijns visualises the tensions between the

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, Netherlands and the

* ''Anton Corbijn Inside Out'' (2012) - Over three years, Quirijns traveled the world with internationally acclaimed pop photographer

. In this documentary she unveils Corbijns complex being. Sacrificing his private life versus his career, his articicity versus his large audience and recognition versus loneliness. ''Anton Corbijn Inside Out'' premiered at the

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Movies

* ''Speelman'' (2013) - Quirijn's first fiction film. A story of a marriage, which premiered at the

in the Netherlands.

In production

*''The Dictator Hunter'', a fiction film based on her documentary (2007 The Dictator Hunter). (produced by

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written by Michael Bronner (''Captain Phillips'' and ''Greenzone'') *''They Fuck You Up'', a film, drawing on psychoanalysis, about the roles we play, scripted by our family and how we might break through these patterns by understanding them. (produced by Pieter van Huystee) *''Ten White Geese'', a full-length fiction film based on a book by Gerbrand Bakker, a Dutch writer that has also received high acclaim internationally, including winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013. (produced by Jeroen Beker and Els Vandervorst)

Awards

The Brooklyn Connection (2005) *

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Golden Eagle Trophy, 2005 * ''The Dictator Hunter'' (2007) * Nomination Zilveren Wolf, IDFA, 2007 * Nomination 'best documentary'

, 2008 * Best Documentary

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, (Italy) 2007 Anton Corbijn Inside Out (2012) * Première

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, 2012 *

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, 2012 in Music and Arts Documentary

References

External links

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quirijns, Klaartje 1967 births Living people Dutch film directors Dutch women film directors Dutch film producers Dutch women film producers Dutch television directors Dutch television presenters Dutch television producers Women television producers Mass media people from Amsterdam Date of birth missing (living people) Dutch women television presenters Dutch women television producers 20th-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch people