Johan Nijenhuis (Director)
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Works
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
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
Costa!
Release Date2001-10-01
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count51
Vote Count3
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
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 Count5
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
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count11
Woeste Grond
Release Date2024-12-23
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count2
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 Count168
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
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
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
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 Count11
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
Van jonge leu en oale groond
Release Date2005-10-02
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
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
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
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
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 Count4
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
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
Boys Will Be Boys
Five down-on-their-luck construction workers form a male striptease act.
Release Date2016-12-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count28
Zoop In India
The rangers get a surprise visit from their fellow ranger Alwin, who has just returned after spending a year in India. But Alwin hasn’t come back without reason — he needs their help. In India, a herd of elephants has mysteriously disappeared. The rangers don’t hesitate for a moment and travel to India to help find them. Once there, it quickly becomes clear that the elephants have been kidnapped by ivory smugglers. The rangers decide to split into two groups: one heads deep into the jungle to track the elephants, while the other travels to Mumbai to follow the smugglers' trail. In their daring rescue mission, the rangers face not only danger and deception — they also somehow end up in the middle of an actual Bollywood film...
Release Date2006-06-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count9
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
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
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
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
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
Zoop In Africa
It’s the end of the school year — even for the zoo rangers. But not for long: through an exchange program, the rangers travel to vibrant Africa to help out at a wildlife park, caring for and protecting endangered animals. But when their plane crashes, they end up stranded in the middle of the wilderness — with no phone, no food, and no help. They’re left to face the laws of nature. The rangers quickly discover that life in the wild is very different from life in the zoo. And the dangers don’t stop with the wildlife — even the director of the wildlife park seems to have a dark side. In a desperate attempt to be found, the group splits in two. But when Bionda suddenly disappears, their African journey takes a completely unexpected turn. Now, the rangers have only one option left: to trust each other...
Release Date2005-07-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count12
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
Snowfever
A romantic comedy set around a group of Dutch youngsters in Tirol.
Release Date2004-10-14
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count12
Zoop In South America
At the opening of a butterfly exhibition, a mysterious woman approaches the rangers with a plea for help. A rare butterfly species in the rainforest is on the brink of extinction due to devastating wildfires. The rangers must locate the cocoons before they hatch, so the butterflies can be safely relocated. Once in South America, the mission turns out to be far more difficult than expected. The rangers leap from one adventure into the next: they have to prove themselves as tango dancers and football stars, brave wild rivers and towering mountains, and face off against bulls, crocodiles, piranhas, and venomous spiders. Along the way, they meet a monkey who falls head over heels in love with Moes — and turns out to be guarding a secret map that just might help the rangers complete their mission…
Release Date2007-07-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count10
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
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count10
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
Love Hate Hunt Kill
As their relationship unravels, the trip takes a deadly turn. A masked hunter emerges from the wasteland, dragging them into a sadistic game of cat and mouse. Is this a random act of violence, or something far more calculated? All the while, a mysterious comet streaks across the sky, growing larger by the day. Scientists warn it could be an alien probe. As global anxiety builds, Luna must face not just the predator in the desert but the terrifying possibility that humanity’s end is hurtling toward them from the stars.
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
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
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
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
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
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