"Writing short stories, acting, and making music from a very young age molded Wiebe van den
Ende into a multitalented creative filmmaker with a knack for storytelling."
Martijn Wolff - Cape Rock
"With his vivid imagination, positive attitude, and likable characters, he knows how
to bring the love for filmmaking onto the screen."
Jury LSFA 2011 Best Director
Ende into a multitalented creative filmmaker with a knack for storytelling."
Martijn Wolff - Cape Rock
"With his vivid imagination, positive attitude, and likable characters, he knows how
to bring the love for filmmaking onto the screen."
Jury LSFA 2011 Best Director
Wiebe van den Ende (43), writer, director, and creative multi-talent, fell into a kettle of positivity at a very young age.
Growing up without a TV meant that Wiebe spent his entire childhood singing, dancing, reading books, and writing stories. And when the TV did enter his life, it was accompanied by puberty, creating the perfect storm for movie-buff adolescence.
In his early Twenties, he led the life of an aspiring rock star, spending years on the road and in the studio. A camera is always on hand. That was until MTV asked him to work for their creative department after seeing some of his music videos, life registrations, and music documentaries. Years of stealing nickels & dimes to clean out the Video rental finally paid off.
TV promo's morphed into commercials and corporate video's for the likes of Disney, Discovery, SBS Broadcast, VIACOM, PARAMOUNT, HBO, BrandLoyalty, Kroger, etc.
Meanwhile, he kept writing and directing short films, his first taste of actual filmmaking, and he was hooked for life. And they got noticed. For instance, in 2011, his first 20-minute Short film VOX SCRIPTA (Jim Deddes - Lisa Sips), won Best Director, Best Film, and Best Actor during its premiere in the LSFA category at the Dutch Film Festival.
EÉNNACHTSLIEFDE (2015 Wieger Windhorst - Gaite Jansen) got him to Cannes. EXIT (2016 Thomas Wander - Hidde Simons) got him to Cannes. SEDE DE FURIA (BR 2016 Guilherme Chelucci - Isabella Lemos) was shot in Portuguese, in São Paulo, Brazil. And his dip into the world of VR premiered at SXSW 2019 and earned an honorary mention by Forbes, naming INCITEMENT one of the 50 best XR experiences of the same year, which paved the way for his Feature film debut.
In 2021, he teamed up with Rinkel Film and got funding for the Script Development of CAMERON & HOW TO NEVER OUTSHINE A BRIDE AND OTHER FUTILITIES IN A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION. A comedic drama about a Canadian, Hyper imaginative motion graphic designer who discovers that he is terminally ill with Cancer and has to present at the wedding of the best friend of the master of ceremonies, AKA the love of his life.
A story he felt compelled to tell after both his parents passed away because of Cancer. The moments they had to share that news with their loved ones had so much impact, especially since Wiebe became a father himself. After that, he just had to turn it into art.
Call it fate, bad luck, or an over-avidly interpretation of Method writing, but after finishing the first draft for Cameron & How to never… Wiebe was diagnosed with colon cancer. Though very treatable, it created an opportunity to deep dive into the protagonist's mind and keep crafting. In addition, it made the process of working on an already very personal film part of his daily life while living in the bubble of surgery, chemo, recovery, and an insatiable thirst for life.
Now, completely clean and with an original script in hand, the film is far into its artistic development phase and gaining traction along the way. It got selected for the BOOSTNL program and is now heading into the Artistic development stage.
The first strides into his debut are taken, and he has multiple stories for future feature films up his sleeve.
Simultaneously, he started experimenting with writing on longer formats, creating the base for a couple of series that are next in line to be realized: BECOMING CUPID, BREADCRUMBS, and the TV Crime drama Series MY ONLY WAY OUT.
Green lit for another chapter of life, he can't wait to share his creative mind and knack for storytelling with the world.
Watch out. He's on his way.
Growing up without a TV meant that Wiebe spent his entire childhood singing, dancing, reading books, and writing stories. And when the TV did enter his life, it was accompanied by puberty, creating the perfect storm for movie-buff adolescence.
In his early Twenties, he led the life of an aspiring rock star, spending years on the road and in the studio. A camera is always on hand. That was until MTV asked him to work for their creative department after seeing some of his music videos, life registrations, and music documentaries. Years of stealing nickels & dimes to clean out the Video rental finally paid off.
TV promo's morphed into commercials and corporate video's for the likes of Disney, Discovery, SBS Broadcast, VIACOM, PARAMOUNT, HBO, BrandLoyalty, Kroger, etc.
Meanwhile, he kept writing and directing short films, his first taste of actual filmmaking, and he was hooked for life. And they got noticed. For instance, in 2011, his first 20-minute Short film VOX SCRIPTA (Jim Deddes - Lisa Sips), won Best Director, Best Film, and Best Actor during its premiere in the LSFA category at the Dutch Film Festival.
EÉNNACHTSLIEFDE (2015 Wieger Windhorst - Gaite Jansen) got him to Cannes. EXIT (2016 Thomas Wander - Hidde Simons) got him to Cannes. SEDE DE FURIA (BR 2016 Guilherme Chelucci - Isabella Lemos) was shot in Portuguese, in São Paulo, Brazil. And his dip into the world of VR premiered at SXSW 2019 and earned an honorary mention by Forbes, naming INCITEMENT one of the 50 best XR experiences of the same year, which paved the way for his Feature film debut.
In 2021, he teamed up with Rinkel Film and got funding for the Script Development of CAMERON & HOW TO NEVER OUTSHINE A BRIDE AND OTHER FUTILITIES IN A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION. A comedic drama about a Canadian, Hyper imaginative motion graphic designer who discovers that he is terminally ill with Cancer and has to present at the wedding of the best friend of the master of ceremonies, AKA the love of his life.
A story he felt compelled to tell after both his parents passed away because of Cancer. The moments they had to share that news with their loved ones had so much impact, especially since Wiebe became a father himself. After that, he just had to turn it into art.
Call it fate, bad luck, or an over-avidly interpretation of Method writing, but after finishing the first draft for Cameron & How to never… Wiebe was diagnosed with colon cancer. Though very treatable, it created an opportunity to deep dive into the protagonist's mind and keep crafting. In addition, it made the process of working on an already very personal film part of his daily life while living in the bubble of surgery, chemo, recovery, and an insatiable thirst for life.
Now, completely clean and with an original script in hand, the film is far into its artistic development phase and gaining traction along the way. It got selected for the BOOSTNL program and is now heading into the Artistic development stage.
The first strides into his debut are taken, and he has multiple stories for future feature films up his sleeve.
Simultaneously, he started experimenting with writing on longer formats, creating the base for a couple of series that are next in line to be realized: BECOMING CUPID, BREADCRUMBS, and the TV Crime drama Series MY ONLY WAY OUT.
Green lit for another chapter of life, he can't wait to share his creative mind and knack for storytelling with the world.
Watch out. He's on his way.