Biography
Suzanne Raes has been working as an independent filmmaker for more than 20 years. Her early films a.o. The Houses of Hristina (2007), The Rainbow Warriors of Waiheke Island (2009), and The Successor of Kakiemon (2012) premiered at IDFA and won several awards at international film festivals. Her film Come Closer about Boudewijn de Groot received the IDFA Music Audience Award in 2015. For her film about the Rotterdam social service, Quid pro quo (2015) Raes won a Golden Calf, the most important film award in the Netherlands. More recent the co-production Ganz, How I Lost My Beetle (2019) had a successful theatrical release and has been broadcasted in the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. Her film Close to Vermeer (2023) is screening in cinemas in the Netherlands and will have a worldwide distribution.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Where Dragons Live
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2024
Geluif in 't Goeje
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2024
Groenkijkers
Role: Editorial Consultant
MOVIE • 2023
Close to Vermeer
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023
Close to Vermeer
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2023
Two Men
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
Overgave
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2022
Jochem Myjer - Nog Eentje Dan
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020
Jochem Myjer - Nog Eentje Dan
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2020
Hart van de democratie
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020
MS
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
Ganz: How I Lost My Beetle
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
Le véritable inventeur de la Coccinelle
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
0,03 seconds
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2017
Boudewijn de Groot: Kom Nader
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2015
Vleesverlangen
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2015
Vleesverlangen
Role: Scenario Writer
MOVIE • 2015
Na De Bevrijding
Role: Director
TV • 2014
Don't Shoot the Messenger
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2013
Don't Shoot the Messenger
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2013