Frank Van Der Meijden
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Screenwriter, Music Composer and Director
Zwolle, Netherlands
July 2020
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About Frank
Frank van der Meijden (1978) is a Dutch director and scenarist.
He is a lecturer of applied sciences in Communication, Film & Creative Writing. He also composes music, publishes suspense fiction and writes scenario's. He has written (and published) numerous short suspense stories, a horror novel and non fiction in The Netherlands.
In March 2023 his short movie Room Available premiered in cinema in The Netherlands. His second short The Broker gained some attention in the international horror festival scene. Besides that he is online Jury Member for several film festivals worldwide.
Originally, he is a journalist and linguist. Later on he became a speech- and ghostwriter and language trainer. The Story (written and in films) was always his passion, now it is increasingly becoming his profession.
Unique traits: Plays Bach on a Gibson Les Paul. Plays Guns n' Roses on a church organ.
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2024-11-05
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Room Available Budget: $0 - $100K | Thriller ⋄ Mystery A student wants to go for ghost hunting out of sensationalism, but after a fatal accident he learns that dying - like living - is a developmental process.
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CHERYL Budget: $5M - $10M | Horror ⋄ Action When Cheryl grows up in a world of abuse, she must dispose of her last family honor to fight back, until she is a feared claw hammer killer, to save minorities.
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The Grave (about love) Budget: $100K - $1M | War ⋄ Romance During World War II, a family grave is both witness and narrator of the blossoming love affair between a wealthy young woman and a carpenter, as she must overcome the increasing threat of a jealous Nazi businessman.
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Stowaway Budget: $0 - $100K | War ⋄ Thriller A former soldier from the Balkan War, who struggles with his past and PTSD, now works as a conductor and meets a mysterious and wise girl during a train journey who pulls him into the past in an unexpected way.
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The Swim Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller When a palliatively ill novelist wants to put his childhood past to rest by revealing his role in a fatal swim afternoon during summer holiday, he realizes victim and perpetrator can switch sides.
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Myths Budget: $5M - $10M | Horror When American cultural historians are hunting in the woods for mythical creatures that take away imaginations of people with sacrificial rituals, they get hunted themselves.
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Get the bloody money Budget: $0 - $100K | Horror When a student in debt knocks on the door of an old man who's offering him a well-paying job, he finds that with every dollar spent, he falls more into the grip of his client's dark intentions.
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World Order Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller When a crime journalist loses his wife and children due to a mob boss, he takes revenge single-handedly, until he becomes a pawn in an international chess game.
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Room Available (
2021 - 2023 )
Film (short) by 2frame productions Director, Writer A student wants to go for ghost hunting out of sensationalism, but after a fatal accident where his best friend dies, he is feeling so guilty that he cannot connect to his own girlfriend. -
Original Soundtrack Short Film Room Available (
2022 - 2023 )
Music by 2frame productions Composer
Awards
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Strellus Fiction price (The Netherlands) best short story
(2004) -
Stephen King Tribute - Dutch horror fiction award
(2003) -
Guitarist - Best National Student Band in The Netherlands
(2001)
Education
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Dutch Filmers Academy (Amsterdam)
(2021-2022) -
TV College (Hilversum)
(2018-2018) -
University of Applied Sciences Windesheim (Zwolle, The Netherlands)
(1998-2002) -
Free University (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
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