Jaap Ruurd Feitsma

director & cinematographer at Feitsma Visuals
Director, Cinematographer and Screenwriter

Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Member Since:
October 2011

Last online:
7 days ago

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About Jaap

Jaap (1984) is an award winning visual storyteller. He uses film, Virtual Reality and photography as his go-to tools. He has been working internationally as a freelance documentary photographer and camera operator since 2007 and a cinematographer since 2010. As his career progressed, he started to direct (and write) more and more, which has now become his main focus.

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 and counting.

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 hyperdiegetic way of storytelling, often set in the more challenging environments our planet has to offer.

Jaap is also a member of the Directors Guild of the Netherlands (DDG).

Unique traits: (Over)Seeing the bigger picture • Visual storyteller • Environmental storyteller • Technical • Creative

Gender:
Male

Height:
6' 1"

Weight:
187

Body type:
Athletic

Hair:
Short

Hair color:
Blonde

Eyes:
Blue

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

Certifications

Photos

Poster (Placeholder for now, created with Adobe Firefly) for 'Get in'.

Videos

Loglines

Get in Budget: $0 - $100K | Mystery ⋄ Horror Rescuing a mysterious hitchhiker, injured on a desolated road, Richard stumbles upon the supernatural, when confronted by the true nature of his enigmatic passenger.
Ophelia (working title) Budget: $100K - $1M | Mystery ⋄ Horror A struggling painter rents her new working studio in a five-hundred year old former prison where unexplainable things start to occur.

Credits

Get in (2024)
Film (short) by Stichting Bliksum Films (Horror and Mystery) Writer, Director Rescuing a mysterious hitchhiker, injured on a desolated road, Richard stumbles upon the supernatural, when confronted by the true nature of his enigmatic passenger.
Doorgaan / To Pursue (2019 - 2020)
Documentary by JONNA / Johanneke Dijkstra (Documentary) Cinematographer DOORGAAN (Dutch for 'to pursue') is a poignant, intense documentary about strength and survival. What do you do when life knocks you out? Will you stay down? Or do you get up? And do you run away or do you hit back? In the documentary you can see the special relationship between Piet and Farshid. Piet Rozendaal grew up in the Boterhoek of Leeuwarden; the red light district of poverty. The Prinsentuin was the first boxing ring where he fought. Neighborhood against neighbourhood. You were both each other's enemy and each other's friend, a value that Piet later found in boxing. During the filming of the documentary, Farshid Bos becomes Dutch Champion in his class, not without a struggle.
Allemaal Vogels / All Birds (2019)
Film by Fabuch Social Cinema / Fabian Jansen (Drama and Mystery) Cinematographer A film born from improvisation, character research and family dinners, with six talented third- and fourth-year actors from the Actors' Course and the Performing course at the Theater Academy in Maastricht. Under the direction of Fabian Jansen, they searched and found never before played characters in a previously unimagined story.
New Generation (2018)
Commercial by Non Rewind/Bart Dokter (Short) Director of Photography Film ad for the Northern Film Festival.
Drekst / Right Now (2018)
Film by Niels de Vries (Comedy and Crime) Director of Photography The town of 'Liwadden' sets the stage for an escalating conflict over a winning lottery ticket.
The MINI Story (2015)
Internet by Jaap Ruurd Feitsma Director, VR DoP Worked as traditional camera operator and 360°/Virtual Reality (VR) DoP for this project. The VR part was shot in the BMW Welt Museum in Munchen, Germany. Check out the 360° experience we made at The MINI Story, which won the German Design Award 2016! Agency/producer: yellowBird Client: BMW Mini Roles: Director, VR DoP
Ronnie Flex - Pocahontas (music video) (2014)
Video by Habbekrats / yellowBird (Music) Camera Operator Camera operating on RED Epic for this music video of Dutch rapper Ronnie Flex as well as DP for the VR shot that was shot with the LadyBug 3 camera. I was responsible for the interactive 360° shot. Unfortunately the Virtual Reality shot is not seen in the original TV / online version of the music video. It was created for the downloadable App and Virtual Reality version only. Nice little fact: this was the first interactive music video in the Netherlands. Client: Hi Society Production Company: yellowBird/Habbekrats Agency: TopNotch
Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts (360/VR films) (2012 - 2014)
Commercial by yellowBird, Jaap Ruurd Feitsma (Short) Director & Director of Photography VR DP lead and director for dozens of Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts interactive films around the world. Locations include, but are not limited to Toronto, Vancouver, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Istanbul, the Maldives, Shanghai, Wenzhou, Suzhou, Chengdu. Added project URL is the hotel video we shot in Istanbul. Client: Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts Production company: yellowBird
Subaru commercials (2013)
Commercial by Flashpoint Films Camera Operator Various internationally shot VR and TVC projects for Japanese car brand Subaru.
Red Bull Harbour Reach (2013)
Internet by yellowBird Camera Operator / Editor VR Livestream project with wake-boarders in Liverpool, UK.
Top Gear (2013)
Television by BBC / Phil Churchward (Action, Adventure and Sport) Camera and Electrical Department Top Gear is a British television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars, and is a relaunched version of the original 1977 show of the same name, airing since 2002, and becoming the most widely watched factual television programme in the world.
Boer zoekt Vrouw (farmer wants a wife) (2012)
Television by KRO (Reality-TV) Camera operator TV and Online (second screen) episodes
Dreams of Change (2010)
Documentary by Gemeente Smallingerland (Documentary) Writer / producer / director / director of photography / editor Short documentary shot in Namibia, Africa. Graduation project at the NHL University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
Letting Go (2009)
Film (Short and Drama) Director A romantic meeting of a couple in love can suddenly change in something very different.