Jaap Ruurd Feitsma
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Writer
Jaap (1984) is an award-winning visual storyteller. He uses film, Virtual Reality and photography as his primary tools. Working internationally, Jaap has served as a freelance documentary photographer and a camera operator since 2007 and a cinematographer since 2010. Throughout his career, he has also been writing and directing. He has come to realise that is where his heart truly lies.
With experience in shooting long-term, research based documentary photography projects, documentaries (film), music videos, commercials, web based interactive content and narrative fiction for clients that include the BBC, Nike, BMW and numerous NGO's, his work has taken him to over sixty countries.
In his work, Jaap is constantly searching for projects that move him. Stories that have a powerful visual identity in combination with enthralling human elements and a hyperdiegesis way of storytelling, often set in the more challenging environments our planet has to offer.
With experience in shooting long-term, research based documentary photography projects, documentaries (film), music videos, commercials, web based interactive content and narrative fiction for clients that include the BBC, Nike, BMW and numerous NGO's, his work has taken him to over sixty countries.
In his work, Jaap is constantly searching for projects that move him. Stories that have a powerful visual identity in combination with enthralling human elements and a hyperdiegesis way of storytelling, often set in the more challenging environments our planet has to offer.