Born as Sanne Houwing in 1984 in Groningen, the Netherlands. Graduated in Cognitive Artificial Intelligence (BSc) at Utrecht University as well as Production Design at the Nederlandse Filmacademie (BArt). Worked in IT and as a SEO Copywriter. Now a freelance creative and working in the art departments of film and tv.

Grass under my feet. Robots, dinosaurs, adventures. A good story told well. Science. The feeling of puzzle pieces falling into place. New colleagues and old friends. Books, plants, nasal Danish speech sounds, wasabi. Drawing with an undo-button, wombats.

Groen Konijn
2011 – now

I’ve been working as a freelancer in the art department of film and tv since 2011, both in The Netherlands and abroad. Have a look at my work >

Oogst
sep 2010 – jun 2015

Oogst is an Amsterdam based b2b online marketing agency, through which I wrote search engine optimized (SEO) web content for a wide range of clients, from retailers to insurance companies.

Sogeti
oct 2006 – aug 2010

Utrecht University
2002 – 2006 (Bachelor of Science)

Student Assistant to Louis des Tombe, Jan Jaspars and Michael Moortgat in respectively the subjects of Logical Programming, First Order Logics and Natural Language Processing. Active member of study society USCKI Incognito. Graduated with an exposition in the Utrecht Univerity Museum (UMU).

DOMESTIKA
nov 2020

VGIK Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
jun 2014

Ohio University
oct 2016

Olga Ponjee
apr 2023

Book cover design for Olga Ponjee’s “Oneindig”-omnibus

Steam/Enexis
jan 2023 – apr 2023

Creative executive for the production of a employer branding video, online and offline content and a brand book.

Steam/PostNL
nov 2022 – jun 2023

Creative executive for a recruitment strategy and the production of two IT recruitment videos for the Dutch Post.

Steam/Dutch police
oct 2022 – dec 2022

Executive creative for an Employer Branding campaign, including a TVC, (D)OOH, social content, web and print.

Steam/Dutch Police
may 2017 – sep 2022

Responsible for concept, research and interviews, writing articles and short copy, creative supervision of content production (video, podcasts, explanimations) and (further) development of the accompanying campaign: social posts, conversational and gaming banners, radio and online audio.

Blackframe
may 2022 – jun 2022

Design research for a documentary in development. Exploring themes, depicting the storyline, creation of concept art.

Steam/Dutch Police
nov 2021 – apr 2022

Development of a recruitment campaign for police officers as part of a creative team (copy/art). Responsible for research, pre-interviews, selection of storylines. Creative supervision of the TVC production, both on set and in the edit. Writing articles and social posts.

Steam/IJsfontein/Dutch Police
mar 2020 – nov 2021

Responsible copywriter/creative for the mobile game Badge Academy as well as the accompanying advertizing campaign.

Dutch Mountain Film/NTR Kort
jun 2021

I was Standby Props for Jordy Wijnalda’s short Foster, which was shot on film.

Steam/Ministry of Defense
nov. 2020 – mei 2021

Scenario and copy for the online/mobile game. On set and supervision for the shoot of video content and supervision of the edits. Writing posts for the accompanying social campaign.

Steam/Ministry of Defense
oct 2020 – dec 2020

Concept, research, copywriting for the intro of the podcast and creative supervision of the recordings in the sound studio. Supervising photography and editing. Devising associated campaign content.

Steam/Dutch Police
oct 2020 – dec 2020

Development of the scenario and writing in game copy, together with Olga Ponjee and Arnout Brokking. Supervision of content production (video) and construction of puzzles. Creative (copy/art) for the accompanying campaign: social, conversational banners, gaming banners, homepage takeovers, online audio.

Nederlandse Filmacademie
nov 2019 – mar 2020

Milou Gevers’ graduation film had a significant stop motion component. I coached the art department in making the sets, props and puppets.

NLFilm/AVROTROS
jun 2019 – aug 2019

For the last three episodes of Dutch TV series Koppensnellers, I did action props and graphic design work.

PRPL
mrt 2019 – jun 2019

For psychological drama “Quick sand” by Margot Schaap I did action props and graphic design work.

Steam/Dutch Police
jan 2018 – apr 2019

Creation/copy for a recruitment campaign for police officers and an award-winning television commercial. Translation of the concept into online campaign ads, outdoor advertising, radio commercials and printed materials.

Bosbros
may 2015 – dec 2018

Award winning feature film by Elbert van Strien. I did research for production designer Anne Winterink in the (long) run-up to filming. I remotely searched for locations in Luxembourg and Scotland. And I did action props and graphic design work.

Een van de Jongens/KRO-NCRV
okt 2017 – dec 2017

Production design for Astrid Bussink’s short documentary LISTEN.

Steam/LVNL
oct 2017 – dec 2017

Research and development of the scenario for an interactive video about four air traffic control professionals.

Steam/Dutch Police
jul 2017 – oct 2017

Developing video content about special police teams for an internal police career event.

Topkapi
apr 2017 – jun 2017

Very first time for me doing action props, in Dimitri Merkoulov’s art department.

Steam/KPN
dec 2016 – apr 2017

I was editor-in-chief for this KPN b2b customer event: doing research, writing the scenario, supervising content production and on-site supervision of the show.

jan 2017 – mar 2017

Cover design for Eduard Visser’s Magnum Opus about the life and work of Simon Gorter.

Animapol
aug 2016 – dec 2017

Production design for Kasia Nalewajka’s animation short Sacculina Carcini in Lódz, Poland.

Steam/Dutch Police
jan 2016 – sep 2016

Developing the case and puzzles for a new episode of serious game Crimediggers.

Staccato Film
sep 2015 – mei 2016

Research into sets, clothing and locations for a feature film in development.

Steam/Dutch Police
feb 2016 – apr 2016

Live career event. I developed the scenario and made the “traces” for a digital/financial detective case that was solved by teams of participants during the event.

Submarine Channel
jan 2016 – apr 2016

Coordinating the production of the post-apocalyptic Motion Comic.

Smart Tenders
jan 2016 – apr 2016

Illustrations for the book “Aanbestedingen Winnen” by Roelf Houwing.

Column Film/VPRO
jun 2015 – dec 2015

Production art department for the television series and props together with Helen Hennekes.

Holy Fools
sep 2015

I was standby props for Willem de Beukelaer’s first short film.

Pupkin Film/VPRO
jul 2015

I researched the American sets in the film.

Talpa/EO
jun 2015 – jul 2015

Short children’s film by Reber Dosky, I was standby props.

NL Film/NCRV
apr 2015 – mei 2015

As a temp in the art department I made special props and did some simple animations.

Steam/Dutch Police
dec 2014 – april 2015

Scenario, copy and artwork for the award-winning digital investigation game Crimediggers.

FourOne.Media/SBS
dec 2014

Assistant in the Art Department to Arne Leddy for two episodes of Season 3.

Stormy Minutes Society/VPRO
nov 2014

Set decoration and props for the cat house of Poesjes.

Sherlocked
apr 2014 – jul 2014

Making special props for the prize-winning escape room in the Beurs van Berlage.

Nederlandse Filmacademie
may 2014 – jun 2014

Art director for the award winning graduation commercial by Nico van den Brink.

Nederlandse Filmacademie/AVRO
jan 2014 – mar 2014

Art director for Nico van den Brink’s graduation film.

SPARK/In Case of Fire
mar 2014 

Production design for Nico van den Brink’s Kitkat test commercial.

Nederlandse Filmacademie/HUMAN
sep 2013 – dec 2013

Production designer for Tom van Blommestein’s graduation film.

Nederlandse Filmacademie/VARA
dec 2013 – jan 2014

Set dresser for Jamille van Wijngaarden’s graduation film.

National Film and Television School
jun 2013 – aug 2013

Supervising Art Director, Prop & Model Maker and Puppet Maker for Kasia Nalewajka’s award winning graduation animation Pineapple Calamari, in Beaconsfield, UK.

Kokoro/Trouw
feb 2013

Setdresser for the Trouw television commercial.

MOSI Movies
mei 2012 – jul 2012

Production design for our (award winning) entry for the Languages ​​Through Lenses competition in Berlin.

Kamerblauwlicht/Gelders Erfgoed
jan 2012 – apr 2012

Writing the quiz questions for the multiplatform museum game.

Stetz Film/Movies that Matter
jan 2012 

Standby Props for the 2012 film festival promo.

NFTA/AVRO
jan 2010 – mar 2010 

Set decoration and miniature set building for the VFX graduation film.

MARIONETTE
Gouden Kalf for Production Design: Anne Winterink (Utrecht, 2020)

LUISTER
ECFA Short Film Award (Brussel, 2018)
VEVAM Go Short Award (Nijmegen, 2018)
IDFA Award (Amsterdam, 2017)

PINEAPPLE CALAMARI
Best Student Film (Animasyros, 2015)
Honorable Mention (Sehsuchte, 2015)
Special Jury Prize for Achievement in Animation (Nashville, 2015)
Artist in Residence Award (Tricky Women, 2015)
Best Animated Short Film Award (Sitges, 2014)

TABLEAU VIVANT
CLIO Award voor Student Film Technique: Bronze (New York, 2015)
Young Director Award Filmschool/Europe: Second prize (Cannes, 2015)
Mobius Student Award, Best of Show Nominee (Californië, 2015)
Silver Cube Student Motion, Direction (ADC Global Miami, 2015)
Finalist Award (New York Festivals, 2015)
Golden Gate Commercial Award (Amsterdam, 2014)

SNOW WHITE
Language Through Lenses Award (Berlin, 2012)

If you have a good story to tell, along with fun people, I’m on board. Great if your project has a techie edge or if we’re doing something new. Even better if we’re making something that really matters. Would you like to meet?

I do book covers, menus or birth announcement cards. Would love to work in backgrounds or props for games or animation. Do you have a great project, but you’re not quite sure if it’s a match? Let’s grab a coffee!