Hanneke is an award-winning writer, director, script editor and photographer. In 2018 she was named one of the 25 Screenwriters to watch by Movie Maker Magazine and the Austin Film Festival. Her second feature film Meerkat Moonship premiered at the Austin Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI critics prize at the Schlingel Film Festival in Germany. The film won multiple awards and was invited to screen at over 25 international film festivals. Her second short film Saving Norman starred Willem Dafoe in the lead and was produced by Dana Brunetti and Kevin Spacey.
When she's not making films she's taking photos of dogs and food.
Projects currently in development:
HAG (Feature, Psychological Thriller)
- Top 10 Finalist, Final Draft Big Break Competition 2023 (Diversity)
- Red list top 20, Coverfly Thriller October 2023
- 8/10 Black List
THE POEM (Feature, Drama)
- Script development funded by the National Film and Video Foundation
- Semi-Finalist, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
MOTHER ME (TV Comedy Series Pilot)
- Sundance Episodic Lab Second Round
- Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semi-Finalist
- 8/10 Black List
DRUMMIES (Feature, Sports Drama, Coming of Age)
- Script development funded by the National Film and Video Foundation
- Awarded Production funding by the Netherlands Film Fund (NFF)
- Durban Film Mart - Project Selection
- Gotham Film Week, New York - Project Market Slate
THE TRIANGLE (TV Series, Mystery, Sci-Fi Pilot)
EPHEMERA (Feature Film, Psychological Thriller, Sci-fi)
Please see Awards and Festival Selections HERE.