About

Sjoerd Oostrik is a Dutch documentary filmmaker based between Los Angeles and Amsterdam. Sjoerd received his MA in history at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen before moving on to study Documentary Directing at the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam. With his graduation film ‘Destiny’ he won the Wildcard Award of the Dutch Film Fund for the most promising graduating documentary director. He directed several short- and medium length documentaries that screened at internationally renowned festivals like Locarno Film Festival, IDFA, FESPACO, Sao Paulo ISFF and Dokfest München. He won the Media Fund Prize for his feature length debut A Quiet Place that premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2016.

In addition to his work as a director, Sjoerd is a guest lecturer at UCLA and the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam.