Dennis Overeem

Dennis Overeem

casting director, actor, director

Dennis Overeem was born on May 12, 1971 in Netherlands. Dennis Overeem's big-screen debut came with Character directed by Mike van Diem in 1997, strarring Boer (uncredited). Dennis Overeem is known for Harry Doright's Prelude to Hell directed by Erwin van den Eshof, Eric Barnaud stars as Soldier and Siem Berkhout as Young Harry Doright. Dennis Overeem has got 4 awards and 13 nominations so far. The most recent award Dennis Overeem achieved is Hollywood Short Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Dennis Overeem plays is Laptop which will be released on Apr 23, 2012.

Dennis Overeem, (Amsterdam, 1971) is co-founder of the Buddy Film Foundation. A foundation that helps refugee filmmakers in The Netherlands to find work and help build a new network in the Dutch film industry. The first big project shall be a feature film, written and directed by Dennis. A romantic comedy set in a small village where the residents don't want an asylum center to close. The production starts in 2021. The production will employ over 90 refugees from 10 different countries. Dennis is a writer, director and actor. He starred in several drama- and comedy series (ONM, Samen, Bitches, Suzanne en de Mannen, Sophie's Web), films, (Unwanted, Kosovo's submission to the Foreign Language Film Award of the 90th Annual Academy Awards) and theatre plays (De Jantjes, nominated best actor Dutch Musical Awards). In 2009 he went to Los Angeles to train acting with Ivana Chubbuck. When he returned to the Netherlands he set his mind on being a writer and a director. Since the summer of 2010 he wrote and directed four comedy series and a couple of short films and commercials.

  • Birthday

    May 12, 1971
  • Place of Birth

    Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Known For

Awards

4 wins & 13 nominations

Hollywood Short Film Festival
2016
Best Production Design
Winner - Festival Prize
Bam (2015)
Los Angeles Cinefest
2016
Best Production Design
Winner - Los Angeles Cinefest Award
Bam (2015)
2016
Best Short Film
Winner - Los Angeles Cinefest Award
Bam (2015)
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