Jeroen van den Idsert
17 Nov 2009producer
JEROEN VAN DEN IDSERT (1965) works as a film and photography producer since 1986. Together with YANi he established Hazazah Film & Photography in 1997, now one of the leading Dutch commercial production companies. Various commercials won national prizes, among them ADCN Gold and Silver Lamps, Effies and Golden Loekies, and were internationally awarded with Silver, Cyber and Commercials Awards in Cannes and awards across Europe and the United States. Hazazah co-produced the Golden Globe winning and Oscar nominated film Paradise Now by Hany Abu-Assad.
Maarten Kuit
17 Nov 2009producer
MAARTEN KUIT (1965) studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. As producer art department he worked on Dutch and international films and TV series, including the acclaimed miniseries The Betrayed by Frans Weisz. After a short period of producing music video's he focused on commercial and feature film production. He produced Morlang and over 200 commercials for all leading production companies in every part of the world. After owning production company Monkey Republic for 5 years he joined Hazazah Pictures.
YANi
17 Nov 2009executive producer
YANi (1959) directed more than 100 commercials and created some classic and award winning films such as Heineken's Der Rudi, John the Manager for Cup-a-Soup and Campina Today & Tomorrow. He directed the short film Rafas Rules and leaders for The Netherlands in 12 Murders, The 14th Chick and Siberia. YANi is co-founder of Hazazah Film & Photography and undertakes photography projects with Juliette Bongers under the name Giuliyani.
Arne Toonen
17 Nov 2009executive producer
ARNE TOONEN (1975) is director, artist and owner of online gallery Prints & The Revolution. He directed fiction films - NPS Kort! Drop Dead!, One Night Stand: Hou Holland Schoon, Schnitzelparadijs. The series, Oh Deer!, Faja and Anderland - online games, music video's and commercials. The online game Nokia 20Lives he directed was the #6 most awarded digital campaign in the world according to The Gunn Report.
Liedewij Theisens
17 Nov 2009research & development
LIEDEWIJ THEISENS (1980) studied Comparative Art Studies in Amsterdam and graduated with a thesis on Nietzschean philosophy in Visconti's Death in Venice. At Hazazah Pictures she established herself as researcher and assistant to the directors. Together with producer Maarten Kuit she is responsible for the development of the film projects.