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Leon Golterman is an award-winning writer and director of film and television. His work has been in competition at film festivals around the world, including Oscar® and BAFTA qualifying festivals and a special program at the Cannes Film Festival 2022.

Based in Amsterdam and Los Angeles, he was a writer on series for RTL, VPRO, BNNVARA and streaming service Videoland. In January 2023, his episode Stalker premiered as the opening episode of the new season of the crime show NOOD. More recently, he won the first prize in the 20th PAGE International Screenwriting Awards.

Golterman is a Prince Bernhard fellow, a Fulbright scholar and a member of the Dutch Academy For Film. He studied Directing at the University of the Arts Utrecht and Screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In 2023, he was granted the O-1 work visa for artists of extraordinary abilities.

In addition to film and television, he works as a creative for brands such as Heineken, Nomad and Mercedes-Benz.

Nood
Directed by Eché Janga, produced by Pupkin & BNNVARA

Stalker
Episode 2×01
Written by Leon Golterman

Crime / Thriller

In the dead of the night, 9-1-1 dispatcher Boudewijn receives a desperate call from a terrified young woman, Julia. She says that the man who’s been stalking her for days has just showed up at her door and is trying to break in.

When the intruder shatters a window and enters Julia’s home, the dispatcher must do everything he can to keep her out of her stalker’s hands.

Release: January 2023

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Morfine
Written and directed by Leon Golterman

Award-winning crime/thriller about a Catholic physician who discovers his young assistant is about to perform an illegal euthanasia on their paraplegic patient.

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Aeronaut
Written and directed by Leon Golterman

Award-winning, stop-motion animated film about ten-year-old Kevin, who dreams of becoming a pilot so he and his sister Jaimy can escape from their tyrannical father.

But when Jaimy gets her hands on her brother’s brand new model airplane, the bond between the two children is put to the test.

Sales agent: Sydney Neter, SND Films

Official selection:

– Cinekid festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Silver prize winner
– Anima, The Brussels International Animation Film Festival 2022, Belgium*
– Kaboom Animation Festival 2022, the Netherlands
– Film Talents to Cannes, France
– Aspen Shortsfest 2022, Aspen, CO, USA*, **, ***
– Zlín Film Festival 2022, Czech Republic
– Animafest Zagreb, 2022, Croatia*, **, ***
– Leiden International Shorts Film Festival 2022, The Netherlands
– VERS awards, 2022, the Netherlands
– Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival, 2022, South-Korea
– Shortcutz Amsterdam 2022, the Netherlands
– Netherlands Film Festival 2022, the Netherlands
– BFI London Film Festival 2022, United Kingdom**
– Leuven Int. Short Film Festival 2022, Belgium*, **, ****

* Oscar® qualifying
** BAFTA qualifying
*** Canadian Screen Award qualifying
**** European Film Awards qualifying

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