De Familie

produces documentaries, feature films, television series and projects for third parties. The subjects of our productions vary from members of The Dutch Royal Family to war veterans, portraits of well-known Dutch artists, the lives of anxiety patients or the activities of people when they are stuck in traffic. The productions made by De Familie are about hope, desire and ordinary people. Observation and everyday life are keywords in our productions.

De Familie was founded in 2003 by director / producer Michiel van Erp and producer / researcher Monique Busman. Under their leadership, and in collaboration with several Dutch broadcasters, De Familie produced the documentaries Fear (original title: Angst), A Funfair Behind the Dikes (original title: Pretpark Nederland), Man Alone (original title: Moederziel) and Stuck (original title: File). We also made portraits of actress Sylvia Kristel and author Connie Palmen, television series Welkom in Nederland (on integration in Holland) and Volle Zalen (artists being followed during the highpoints of their career). Besides documentaries, De Familie produced the fiction films Op bezoek bij George W. Bush and Smoeder, both for television.

De Familie recently finished a documentary about photographer Erwin Olaf, which has premiered at the Dutch Film Festival 2009. Other current activities are a documentary on namesakes of the Dutch queen Beatrix, a portrait of the eccentric gay catholic minister Klaas Vos and a documentary about the realization of the Dutch National History Museum. We are also working on the documentary series Magic on Science, directed by several of the best Dutch documentary makers. The documentaries are about well-respected scientists, who are members of The National Academy of Science.The documentary makers who are working on this project are John Appel, Jeroen Berkvens, Aliona van der Horst, Maaik Krijgsman, Petra & Peter Lataster, Hans Pool and Walter Stokman.