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David Verbeek

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David Verbeek on the set of "R U THERE"
Graduated in Directing from Amsterdam's Film Academy, in 2005. During his second year there, he directed the feature film Beat with a budget of only 500 euro's. It was selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam, as well being released on DVD and nationwide in theatres. The following year, he was asked to direct a television film for the VPRO, resulting in the critically acclaimed Yu-Lan.

After graduating he left for China, returning three years later with his second feature film Shanghai Trance; a cinematic portrait of Shanghai that depicts a generation of young Chinese, bedazzled by a city that is changing faster than they can grow up. The film was selected for the Tiger Award Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam as well as numerous international festivals. It was released in China in over 250 cinemas and in late 2008, David made the front page of the Volkskrant newspaper for being the first Dutch director to achieve this.

He shot third feature film in Taiwan, a Dutch/French/co-production. "r u There" is a multi-dimensional experience that comprises 20% Second Life images. It is an exploration of the virtual world in which the younger generation is so deeply immersed. The film got selected to Un Certain Regard in Cannes.
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Shanghainese Cinamatographer Lou Dong & David Verbeek lining up the shots Shanghai Trance
Shanghai Trance Wrap party
Verbeek, in the chair, shooting in Taiwan
Bruno Tarriére wroking on R U THERE.
Working on the set of Melody Z next to long time collaborator Sisi Wu
Lim Giong working with David verbeek(foreground)

Known for

Full Contact (2015)
Full Contact
5.6
  • Director
  • 2015
Club Zeus (2011)
Club Zeus
5.5
  • Director
  • 2011
How to Describe a Cloud (2013)
How to Describe a Cloud
6.9
  • Director
  • 2013
Dead & Beautiful (2021)
Dead & Beautiful
4.5
  • Director
  • 2021

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Director

  • Dead & Beautiful (2021)
    Dead & Beautiful
  • Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains (2018)
    Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains
  • An Impossibly Small Object (2018)
    An Impossibly Small Object
  • Full Contact (2015)
    Full Contact
  • How to Describe a Cloud (2013)
    How to Describe a Cloud
  • Immortelle (2013)
    Immortelle
  • Club Zeus (2011)
    Club Zeus
  • R U There (2010)
    R U There
  • Shanghai Trance (2008)
    Shanghai Trance
  • alt.suicideholiday.net
  • Yu-lan
  • Beat

Writer

  • Dead & Beautiful (2021)
    Dead & Beautiful
  • An Impossibly Small Object (2018)
    An Impossibly Small Object
  • Full Contact (2015)
    Full Contact
  • How to Describe a Cloud (2013)
    How to Describe a Cloud
  • Immortelle (2013)
    Immortelle
  • Club Zeus (2011)
    Club Zeus
  • Shanghai Trance (2008)
    Shanghai Trance
  • Yu-lan
  • Beat

Editor

  • Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains (2018)
    Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains
  • Immortelle (2013)
    Immortelle
  • Club Zeus (2011)
    Club Zeus
  • Beat

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    • Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
  • photographer: photo series "Colors of the New Land" Urban landscapes of Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Beijing, Taipei & Tokyo. Expositions have been shown in Film Museum gallery in Amsterdam and GIN gallery in Shanghai.

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