Born in The Hague, Netherlands. Art director and production designer who entered Dutch film with NAUGHTY BOYS (1983). Art direction credits include several Dutch films of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Other notable production design credits include A ZED & TWO NOUGHTS and MATHILDE (both 1985), DROWNING BY NUMBERS (1988), THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER (1989), PROSPERO'S BOOKS and ELINE VERE (both 1991), THE BABY OF MÂCON (1993), 1,000 ROSES (1994), ALL MEN ARE MORTAL (1995), THE GAMBLER (1997), ALEGRÍA (1998), QUIDAM, QUIDAM (1999), THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE (2001), FOGBOUND, THE BARONESS AND THE PIG and MAX (all 2002), IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE and GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (both 2003), and THE LIBERTINE (2004).  Nominated for Achievement in Art Direction 1993: ORLANDO - Art Direction  Nominated for Achievement in Art Direction 2003: GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING - Art Direction 2 nominations