Johan Nijenhuis (Director)

Best Friends

Best Friends follows the life of a group of friends at their high school ‘Spangalis College’. Inside and outside of school exciting and challenging experiences take place. Growing up is never easy; every character has its own, unique story of love, friendship, loneliness, sorrow, discovery. There is drama and joy in school, family, teachers, parents, divorce, bullying, and always dreams for the future.

Release Date2007-09-03

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count2137

Vote Count6

Costa!

Release Date2001-10-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count51

Vote Count3

Verborgen Gebreken

Verborgen Gebreken follows the story of five young people at real estate agency Apollo in Amsterdam. The real estate world is modern, exciting and all about the money.

Release Date2009-03-02

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count36

Vote Count2

Loving Ibiza: Series

Dutch ex-pats and tourists -- including a single dad and his kids, a famous DJ and a heartbroken waitress -- work, play and fall in love on Ibiza.

Release Date2013-10-26

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count4

The Swell

When a big storm arrives that can flood the lower parts of the Netherlands and Belgium, prime minister Hans Kreuger has to make a decision; can we evacuate four million people? Going for the evacuation of civilians, hospitals and prisons will take at least 4 days.

Release Date2016-11-05

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count21

Woeste Grond

Release Date2024-12-23

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

Van jonge leu en oale groond

Release Date2005-10-02

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Pirates Down the Street II: The Ninjas from Across

The pirates feel right at home in Sandborough, but the atmosphere cools right down when the ninjas come to live in the street. After all, pirates and ninjas are sworn enemies! While pirate captain Hector Blunderbuss struggles to get rid of his new neighbours, son Billy and ninja daughter Yuka become friends. The pirates challenge the ninjas to the ultimate battle at the village's annual hexathlon. Who will win the match? Ninjas are faster and more agile of course, but pirates are the best cheats in all of the seven seas...

Release Date2022-04-20

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count167

Loving Ibiza

Kevin is a young footballer who recently made a multimillion deal by transferring to FC Barcelona. He hardly realizes what is happening to him. Too young, too rich, too beautiful. His girlfriend Elza knows how Kevin should spend his millions. She is eagerly anticipating her birthday where Kevin will ask her the most important question of all. Kevin's grandmother Karla observes it all from the sidelines with concern. Fortunately there is the down-to-earth event planner Lizzy who shows Kevin the meaning of true love.

Release Date2013-01-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count71

Fuchsia the Mini-Witch

Great adventures can hatch from the smallest eggs. Fucsia wants to learn to do magic just like her father, and so is pleased as punch when she is allowed to go to witches' school. There, Fucsia learns to make wind and conjures with the clouds. But her magic often has unexpected results, however, as she is sometimes that little bit too ambitious.

Release Date2010-10-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count25

Skirt Day

Every spring, there comes a day when women appear on the streets wearing skirts. Love is in the air on skirt day and the film follows sixteen colourful characters who attend a ‘Cooking Class for Singles.’ They hope to find their match during cooking speed-dates. Will ambitious lawyer Marijke win from her sexy best-friend Danielle? And is the shy Edwin able to put to practice what he learned through lessons on ‘how to seduce a woman’? And what about the founders of the Cooking Class: Alexandra and Bor. Is their marriage as good as Alexandra so desperately needs it to be? We follow them and other characters in this modern day romantic comedy on their collective journey in finding true love.

Release Date2016-03-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count20

Pirates Down the Street

When a pirate family's arrival shakes up a coastal town, the kids next door offer to help them blend in and fight a bitter rival.

Release Date2020-07-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count27

Floris

This adventurous feature film is a sequel to Paul Verhoeven's legendary youth series from 1969. In this modern film version - the Middle Ages are more imaginative and larded with anachronistic jokes - the story revolves around Floris (grandson of Rutger Hauer's character from the series), a peace-loving bloke whose father despises him because he refuses to carry on the family tradition of stout-hearted knights defending freedom: Floris is an actor. To prove to his father that he can still be a hero, he helps him search for a missing sacred relic with special powers. This is the last hope for the Duke of Burgundy, his father's boss, to eliminate the mean Duchess of Gelre. Along with his oriental girlfriend Pi, Floris goes through some perilous moments when he enters into battle with the duchess and her stooges Van Rossum jr., Kleine Pier jr. and Sergeant jr..

Release Date2004-12-16

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count7

Costa!

The story about a wild week at the Spanish coast. Romance at the beach, competition on the dance floor. Salty water, sweet kisses...

Release Date2001-03-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count29

Alibi

Youssef, a professional liar, falls in love with airhead waitress Andrea. Things get awry as she never wants to date a guy who keeps secrets or lies.

Release Date2008-02-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count25

Tuscan Wedding

Tuscan Wedding, the new romantic comedy from the creators of Loving Ibiza. Together with her father Tom and stepmother Marla, Sanne runs Casa Matrimonio, a luxurious villa in sunkissed Italy. The estate is located in Tuscany, a beautiful region where many couples go to have their perfect wedding. In Casa Matrimonio guests come together to celebrate love and life. A Tuscan Wedding is the apotheosis of everyone’s visit to the country side. And for some the villa is all too familiar as they return again and again: because some people only marry twice.

Release Date2014-01-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count53

Zwanger & Co

Merel, a single midwife, is done with men, but her biological clock is ticking inexorably. And yes, she gets pregnant. However, the whole family suddenly seems pregnant. Her 60-plus father Piet has just become a father again with his young partner and her 23-year-old niece Eva is also expecting. Annet, Merel's older sister, who suffers from the empty nest syndrome, has a husband Theo who only wants to travel because he thinks is too young to become a grandfather.

Release Date2022-07-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

Trollie: The Great Rescue

When Max goes out looking for troll’s footsteps, he climbs the fence of luxury hotel Dikkersdorp. Caught by a security guard who mistakenly holds him responsible of a theft orchestrated by the mysterious Pie, Max is in trouble. Luckily, his new neighbor Sellie sets him free and, together, they meet with Trollie. Unfortunately, Sellie’s father hears about the troll and goes out of his way to expose the creature to the public. But Trollie is very miserable being put in display and Max stages his escape to reunite his troll friend with his family in the land of Ekeby.

Release Date2021-01-14

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Men at Work: Miami

When charismatic stripper Jorrit is single again, his best friend Bas convinces him to open a strip club in Miami. But they could use some extra hands and so their friend Thijs also flies to Miami, together with new stripper and fellow construction worker Boris. But before the stripping can commence, the men have to get to work, because the club turns out to be a construction nightmare. Soon they find themselves in the grips of real-estate king Pablo, who also turns out to be a competitor in the love department. Jorrit falls deeply for the attractive and free-spirited Lola , a Dutch woman settled in Miami, who is also a stripper and who counts Pablo as one of her suitors. Jorrit will have to find out where the boundaries of seduction and freedom lie in their work. Meanwhile, an ego clash between Bas and Jorrit leads to a disastrous opening of their club. Ultimately, it is the camaraderie that made our boys successful in the first place, that will save their enterprise.

Release Date2020-01-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count12

Bennie Brat

Fisherman’s son Benjamin - Bennie - Stout is a boy with a heart of gold who always gets himself into trouble. His St. Nicholas wish list includes a pedal car, just like the one the sneaky mayor’s son Roderick has. These are the depression years in the 1930s and because the haul falls short, his father stays in Spain a little longer to earn some extra money. Bennie now only has one wish left: that his father will come home. If need be, he will go and get him from Spain himself. He catches Roderick erasing his name from the Bad Children list in St. Nicholas’ Great Book when an idea occurs to him. He quickly adds his name to the list, which lands him a place in St. Nicholas’ bag. But the saint does not understand that Bennie doesn’t mind going to Spain.

Release Date2011-10-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count13

Zoop in India

Deze zomer worden de rangers blij verrast met de terugkeer van Alwin. Hij blijkt echter met een reden teruggekomen te zijn, want hij heeft hulp nodig. In India is een kudde olifanten verdwenen en de dorpelingen zijn radeloos. Onmiddelijk besluiten de rangers naar India te vertekken om te kudde terug te vinden. Aangekomen in India blijkt dat de olifanten niet zomaar zijn verdwenen, maar dat ze zijn ontvoerd door ivoorsmokkelaars. De rangers splitsen zich op in twee groepen. De ene groep gaat de jungle in, op zoek naar de olifanten, terwijl de andere groep afreist naar Mombai om het spoor van de smokkelaarste vinden. In hun poging de olifanten te redden moeten de rangers niet alleen de gevaren trotseren, maar belanden ze ook nog in een echte Bollywoodfilm.

Release Date2006-06-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count9

Monkey Business

In an orphanage around the year 1900, the principal of an orphanage tries to earn some money by selling the orphans for child labour. The moment we step in the story one of the orphans, Wim, is about to be sold to a brutal man. The man wants Wim to go to the market with a little monkey to pickpocket people. By the time they get to the market, Wim succeeds in escaping with the monkey by hiding in an old canalboat with the help of Jet, a girl who lives at the countryside. When they arrive at the farm where Jet lives, he meets Jets little sister Sien and her friend Ot, two little children who will take care of Wim and the monkey for the next weeks. When the brutal man finally finds out the hiding place of Wim, a true chase follows and Wim is locked up in the orphanage again. But then Jet’s father, a schoolteacher, interferes…. A story for the whole family about the start of the compulsory school attendance in 3D!

Release Date2015-06-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count18

Loving Bali

Three women, three generations, one island... an island to fall in love with! After the death of her Indian grandmother, influencer Jenny convinces her mother and sister to go to Bali with her. They are completely different and each of the women come to the island with their own motivation and questions. While Jenny tries to save her career, Dewi mainly wants to look for her roots and Cornelie hopes that the journey will bring her and her daughters closer together. Through the search for a family legend, not only an old love story unfolds amid the colorful Indonesian culture, but new loves unexpectedly arise.

Release Date2024-02-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count8

Men from Mars

Dutch comedy about three school friends that return to The Marsman College for a reunion of their middle school. Their lives have changed completely after 25 years, but 40 is the new 20 and every man should become more handsome with age... or not? Where Edwin is still a woman's magnet his friends have all their different problems. Marks has been swapped for a younger guy bu his wife and family man Peter is struggling with his manhood since a can't read anymore without putting on his reading glasses. How do these guy's handle these changes? Grabbing a beer, not much talking, pad on the back and drinking away you hangover with even more alcohol? Or do things go different when you pass the age of 40?

Release Date2018-03-08

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count9

The Night of the Skirt

Dating in 2024, an impossible task... The optimistic Roos has the answer for dating in this time; never endlessly swiping on apps that lead to disappointing dates, but a date with your ideal counterpart carefully matched by a human matchmaker! Roos starts her company ‘Blind Date’ with good spirits and matches 4 singles after an extensive questionnaire. Clumsy dog groomer Jenny has given up hope after numerous dramatic dates. Bob analyzes his dates just like the figures in his financial job. Aldo can’t score points with his cheesy pickup lines and Eefje is overprotected by her worried father. Roos organizes the perfect date night for these 4 undatables with the help of her skeptical office colleague Geurt. Does the “perfect date” guarantee a match made in heaven, or do opposites attract after all?

Release Date2024-10-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

Moroccan Wedding

Everyone seems to be getting married in her community, but Yasmine wants to focus on her career. Can she balance her many identities and find happiness?

Release Date2022-06-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Boys Will Be Boys

Five down-on-their-luck construction workers form a male striptease act.

Release Date2016-12-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count28

Dochters

A woman and her three adult daughters set out to complete their deceased husband and father's last wish: to run a full marathon.

Release Date2025-05-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Full Moon Party

A bunch of graduates go out sailing to visit a secret Full Moon Party. Hans Nijboer also tries to get his brother Ties back home to work in the familie business. Ties has other plans, he wants to become a singer.

Release Date2002-10-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count14

The Marriage Escape

Jan has been married to Gedda for 35 years. Gedda loves Jan so much that she smothers him: before he can grab a glass from the table, she has already given him one. She picks out his clothing, his friends, his vacations and all their other activities. In an attempt to get some space Jan concocts a strange plan that literally transforms his marriage into a locked ward. Their daughter finds herself in a similar predicament with her exacting and jealous boyfriend.

Release Date2020-02-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count46

Snowfever

A romantic comedy set around a group of Dutch youngsters in Tirol.

Release Date2004-10-14

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count12

Happily Ever After

A collection of classic fairy tales such as Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood, with a nod and a wink to contemporary times. The film offers characters such as the 'ugly sisters' Paris and Hilton, an updated relationship between Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf, homosexuality and corny humor. Also musical scenes in which the characters sing the songs of current pop artists as well as many popular Dutch hits.

Release Date2010-10-14

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count7

Loving Cuba

While a mother only just finds out that her daughter's dating a Cuban, she realises her daughter will get married on Cuba too. To hinder the failure-designated marriage, she immediately gets on a flight to Cuba.

Release Date2019-06-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count11

Zoop in Afrika

Het is het einde van het schooljaar, ook voor de rangers van de dierentuin. Maar...niet voor lang: de rangers gaan via een uitwisselingsprogramma naar het kleurrijke Afrika. Ze mogen meehelpen in het Wildpark, om bedreigde diersoorten te verzorgen en te beschermen. Als hun vliegtuig neerstort stranden ze midden in de rimboe. Zonder telefoon, voedsel of hulp. Ze zijn overgeleverd aan de wetten van de natuur. Al snel merken de rangers dat het in de natuur heel anders aan toe gaat dan in de dierentuin. Maar niet alleen het Afrikaanse Wild-leven, ook de directeur van het Wildpark blijkt donkere kanten te hebben. In de hoop gevonden te worden, besluiten de rangers zich te splitsen in twee groepen. Als tot overmaat van ramp Bionda ineens verdwijnt, neemt hun Afrikaanse reis een totaal andere wending. De rangers kunnen alleen op elkaar vertrouwen. In Afrika beleven ze het avontuur van hun leven.

Release Date2005-07-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count12

Gek van geluk

Single mum Lena is struggling with her job: she's a writer of love songs, but because of the lack of romance in her life, she's not inspired anymore. Her friend Valerie thinks she has the perfect solution: she hires a jobless actor to seduce Lena.

Release Date2017-12-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count11

Zoop in Zuid-Amerika

De rangers uit Ouwehands Dierenpark worden gevraagd om de bijzonder zeldzame De Loro-vlinderpopulatie te redden voordat deze uit hun cocons kruipen en omkomen in de grote bosbranden in de Zuid-Amerikaaanse jungle. Daarvoor reizen de rangers af naar Zuid-Amerika. De ranger trotseren daarvoor wilde dieren, op hol geslagen koeien op de Argentijnse pampas en gaan zelfs geen tango-wedstrijd, speedboten-race of onneembare rotswand uit de weg om de vlinders te vinden. Moes raakt intussen bevriend met Cherpee, een jaloerse aap waar Taffie het behoorlijk mee te stellen heeft. Mike ergert zich aan eigenwijze Bastiaan die besloten heeft om voor z'n fans zijn Zuid-Amerikaas avontuur op video te zetten. En Alwin en Sira...zij maken een van de meest hartstochtelijke avonturen mee.

Release Date2007-07-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10

Rather Love

As her last lover Dirk breaks with her to his wedding to give a new chance, Anna has had it. For her no more men. Never. That same day she meets Rob. And a few hours later Sander. Both men fall in love with Anna, and she also falls for them. Together they form the perfect man Rob for jobs at home and good sex and Sander for the romance and ....

Release Date2003-03-13

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count13

SpangaS Op Survival

Teacher Jochem sticks to the plan he has drawn up for the week-long study trip - in teams, the students will complete various assignments, the highlight of which will be a survival drop at the end of the week. Jochem tries to motivate the students, but has a hard time of it. Their tangled web of contradictory interests is not good for harmonious cooperation. Jochem has been over-optimistic in this respect and very soon the students' own agendas are revealed.

Release Date2009-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Vote Count10

Pista!

A man comes to the city from a village in search of his lost brother, he gets involved in clashes with gangsters and also falls in love with a beautiful girl. Whether he is successful in locating his brother or not forms the essence.

Release Date2003-12-26

DepartmentWriting

JobCreative Producer

Vote Count7