Johan Nijenhuis (born 4 March 1968) is a Dutch film producer, director and screenwriter.

Johan Nijenhuis
Johan Nijenhuis
Born (1968-03-04) 4 March 1968 (age 56)
Markelo, Netherlands
Occupations

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His 2019 film Cuban Love (Verliefd op Cuba in Dutch) was his sixth film to win the Platinum Film award.[1] Most of the film was filmed on Cuba with some scenes filmed on Ibiza.[2][3]

In 2020, his film The Marriage Escape (De beentjes van Sint-Hildegard in Dutch), an adaptation of the 2016 Czech film Tiger Theory, received a nomination for the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film award.[4] It was also the highest-grossing Dutch film of 2020. His film Men at Work: Miami (Onze Jongens in Miami in Dutch) was the second highest-grossing film of that year.[5]

Awards edit

Golden Film and Platinum Film edit

Golden Film edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Johan Nijenhuis haalt met Verliefd op Cuba zesde Platina Film binnen" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Johan Nijenhuis mag nieuwe film op Cuba opnemen". NU.nl (in Dutch). 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Johan Nijenhuis merkte tijdens opnames in Cuba 'macht van dictatuur'". NU.nl (in Dutch). 10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Herman Finkers en Carice van Houten genomineerd voor Gouden Kalf". NU.nl (in Dutch). 28 September 2020. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ Pedd, Jim (30 December 2020). "Dit zijn de tien best verdienende Nederlandse films van 2020". FilmTotaal (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

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