1986—
The compiler before the camera. The engineer before the director. The seam before anyone had named it.
1986. Apple ships the Macintosh Plus. Halley's Comet. Chernobyl. Top Gun, Aliens, Blue Velvet, The Fly.
Technology and consequence become inseparable — and in Limburg, Belgium, a student begins Computer Sciences. Not with a camera. With a compiler. Five chapters below.
A long take, still in progress. The dash is open for a reason.
The Strata
A detailed breakdown of the five professional chapters from 1986 to present.
STRATUM I — OBJECT & IMAGE
CD covers. Vinyl art. One image, one moment, no movement, no sound. The music industry as first client.
STRATUM II — THE INTERACTIVE TURN
Websites, animations, pop promos, broadcast spots. Each new format learned faster than the rules could be written.
STRATUM III — SAATCHI & SAATCHI BRUSSELS
Seven years inside one of the world's great agencies. P&G, Sony, Lexus. Edit suite with Ian Emes. VoIP viral campaigns — a phone call from inside a film. FedEx at Warner Bros. An invitation from Kerstin Emhoff at Prettybird, Los Angeles. Bronze in Cannes for Viral film for General Motors.
STRATUM IV — THE DIRECTOR
Istanbul as base. The Gulf as expansion. Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the wider Middle East.
Turkish Airlines, Samsung, Saudi Airlines, Toyota, Audi, Levi's...
Eighteen years making frames designed to cross borders and land precisely where they should.
STRATUM V — SYNTHETIC CINEMA
Three feature films. Entirely AI-generated. Synthetic actors, synthetic worlds. Not a pivot. The next chapter of the same long take. The camera changed. The instinct didn't.
Credentials
Computer Sciences — Katholieke Industriele Hogeschool Limburg · Student exchange — Johnson Space Center Houston NASA · Cinematography & Directing — Amsterdam School of Arts
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
COMPUTER SCIENCES — KATHOLIEKE INDUSTRIELE HOOGESCHOOL LIMBURG
STUDENT EXCHANGE — JOHNSON SPACE CENTER HOUSTON NASA
CINEMATOGRAPHY & DIRECTING — AMSTERDAM SCHOOL OF ARTS
DIRECTOR · AI FILMMAKER · SYNTHETIC CINEMA