Frank Ketelaar (Writer)
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Works
The Adulterer
After a photographer and a lawyer start a steamy affair, their lives and those around them get entangled in dirty business and family secrets.
Release Date2011-09-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count32
Vote Count13
Red Light
Three women become entangled in the world of human trafficking and prostitution when Esther's husband suddenly disappears. From completely different worlds, the lives of these women become intertwined. They discover that they need each other to escape from the difficult situations they find themselves in.
Release Date2020-12-04
DepartmentWriting
JobScenario Writer
Episode Count10
Vote Count24
The Blood Pact
A man who works for the tax authorities ends up becoming friends with a dangerous criminal after their daughters become best friends and he accidentally saves his life
Release Date2017-01-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Vote Count8
De Ring
Anna accidentally pockets a client's ring. The client, Simon, blackmails her for sex or he'll report the theft, jeopardizing her career. Anna schemes to evade Simon's demands while concealing her mistake.
Release Date2024-09-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count10
Vote Count4
A Noble Intention
1888: a luthier, Vedder, has to step aside when his home, opposite the recently completed Central Station in Amsterdam, must yield for the planned Victoria Hotel. His cousin Anijs, pharmacist in the Northern provinces of the Netherlands, has gotten into a fix after illegal medical practices, and is looking for a way out. For himself and his wife Martha, but also for a colony of poor peat cutters whom he promises a future in the United States. Committed - or is it pride? - the two of them think up a scheme from which they all will fully benefit. With tragic consequences.
Release Date2015-12-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count45
Zdrada
Release Date2024-05-10
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Series Creator
Episode Count12
Vote Count1
Reckless
This stylish, sexually charged thriller revolves around two men who kidnap a woman and chain her to a bed as they await the ransom money. As the clock ticks, the woman discovers that she may have a relationship with one of the kidnappers that she never expected...and that the two men may have a relationship with each other that no one could have expected.
Release Date2014-09-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count25
Het Verlangen
Two brothers get caught up in a bitter battle for honor when they attempt to save their ailing publishing company by having an uncultured but attractive woman pose as the author of an unknown talent's literary masterpiece.
Release Date2017-03-23
DepartmentWriting
JobScenario Writer
Vote Count12
The Magicians
Little Ben, a great admirer of an illusionist, dreams of making magic, and convinces her father to have his own show. The downside is that the parent is quite clumsy and accidentally makes Ben"s partner dissapear. And the police does not much believe in the magic ...
Release Date2010-12-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count12
In Orange
An 11 year old talented soccer player, Remco, has one big dream: to be selected for the national under 12s team. His father Erik coaches him and everything seems to work out fine, until Erik suddenly dies. Remco and mother Sylvia are shocked. Remco keeps working to fulfil his dream, being helped by his friends Anne and Winston.
Release Date2004-04-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count23
The 18.10 Train
Onno (30) applies for a dream job as curator in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. He makes it through to the last round with the arrogant yuppie Alex. The younger and self-assured Alex seems to have a better chance of getting the job and Onno will not tolerate that. A few days before the last interview, he kidnaps his opponent and locks him up in a remote cottage that his girlfriend has just inherited near a railway line. As soon as he gets the job, he releases his victim. Three years later - Onno now lives together and has a son - he is a successful curator at the Rijksmuseum and needs an assistant. While interviewing applicants, he is confronted with Alex, now blind in one eye.
Release Date1999-05-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count4
Gilles
12-year-old Gilles dreams of becoming a professional footballer in the Belgian national squad, playing as a Red Devil at the King Baudouin Stadium. Father Bert supports Gilles through thick and thin: he is not only Gilles' most loyal supporter, but also his personal trainer. But then, completely unexpectedly, Bert dies and Gilles' life collapses. Not only does he lose his father, his friend, his supporter and his trainer, there are also quite a few financial concerns coming out ...
Release Date2005-12-21
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count8
The Prey
De Prooi tells the story of the rise and fall of Dutch banker Rijkman Groenink and the fall of ABN AMRO Bank. It is based on the acclaimed novel by research journalist and professor Jeroen Smit.
Release Date2013-10-19
DepartmentWriting
JobScenario Writer
Episode Count3
Vote Count2
BuZa
When the new Minister of Foreign Affairs takes office, all sorts of skeletons come tumbling out of the closet, not only politically, but especially personally.
Release Date2021-11-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count3
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Blood, Sweat and Tears is a story about the life of Andre Hazes, a Dutch popular singer. It shows three crucial phases in the life of Hazes: his youth (in the 1960s), his breakthrough (1980s) and the last year of his life (early 2000s).
Release Date2015-04-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count31
Stille Nacht
After two years of several rapes of female students a group of four girls decide to investigate the crimes by themselves and they prepare a list of possible rapists, leading the group to a tragic consequence.
Release Date2004-09-16
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count10
Coach
Well-off Suzanna becomes a coach for the Moroccan Soukri. She tries to get him into acting school.
Release Date2009-04-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
The Chosen One
The two brothers Van der Laan, of strict religion, have been running Holland's most successful software company for 10 years when suddenly their financial manager leaves the firm. The lives of the brothers and their families get turned upside down when they hire a young hot shot financial specialist, in order to pursue their goal to bring the company to the NASDAQ.
Release Date2006-06-02
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count11
Verborgen Verlangen
Two publishing brothers Vincent and Dennis Van Brakel are heading towards bankruptcy. But all changes when they receive two manuscripts.
Release Date2017-11-22
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Klem
Marius and Kitty have been living in Italy for some time now, where they managed to get their hands on a vineyard in Tuscany. Marius has improved his life, so Hugo leaves in good spirits to drop off his daughter Suus with best friend Chrissie for a long-awaited reunion. But something is wrong with the purchase of the vineyard.
Release Date2023-02-02
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count9
Escort
An escort girl gets the opportunity to inherit 6 million euros from a wealthy old and sick man by marrying him. Unfortunately things don't always go as planned.
Release Date2006-05-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count7