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Niels Boon

Niels Boon

Gaffer - lighting technician

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director / DP at Independent

  • Education

    • De werkplaats kindergemeenschap

      1978 - 1987
      VWO

    • TU Delft | Industrial Design Engineering

      1987 - 1989
      Industrial and Product Design

    • Royal Academy of Art, The Hague | Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK)

      1989 - 1994
      BA Photography

      Still photography

  • Experience

    • Freelance

      Jul 1994 - Dec 1999
      Gaffer - lighting technician

      Worked as a lighting technician on Dutch short films, Dutch and international commercials with a wide variety of directors and DoPs.

    • Niels Boon Film

      Jan 2000 - now
      Director of Photography

      The Director of Photography ( DoP) is responsible for the images of the film.The DoP draws the visual story and is in charge of the camera, light and grip departement.Shooting commercials for clients like Sony, Vodafone, Fiat, G-Star, FootLocker, Canon and many other brands.Featured on Luerzer’s Archive, Shots, Best Ads on TV and Ads of the World.All this mixed with shorts, music video’s and art films.

    • Netherlands Society of Cinematographers

      Jan 2008 - now
      DoP

    • Netherlands Film Academy

      Oct 2014 - now
      Guest Lecturer

      Guest lecturer Cinematography at the Netherlands Film Academy.– Developed and held multi-day lesson programs for the cinematography department for various school years.– Critically plan exams, review students for feasibility and guide them in finding creative adjustments.

    • HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht)

      Nov 2014 - Nov 2014
      Guest Lecturer

      Workshop AKO1&2 Spatial Design at the HKUTwo-day workshop where students, after a lecture on the workflow of film, will apply this to the design and execution of a spatial object.

    • Caramel Pictures

      Jan 2018 - Oct 2023
      Director DP

    • MediaMonks

      Dec 2019 - Oct 2023
      Director / DP

    • Freelance

      Oct 2023 - now
      Director / DoP

      Cinematography and directing advertising, art and music videos, managing and assembling crew, visual translation of concept, contacting clients, supervising post-production. – Information campaign “Prorail Safety Campaign” – Prorail (Silver, Dutch Creativity Awards 2024) – Video installation “In the Depth of Memory” – Levi van Veluw, Singer Museum 2024

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Niels Boon
      Dutch Creativity Awards 2024 Silver Film ADCN May 2024 Safety Campaign Prorail
    • Awarded to Niels Boon
      Maker achter de Maker Award ( Maker behind the Maker Award ) Art Institute Melly and Mondriaan Fund Sep 2021 As you may recall, the Maker achter de Maker Award uniquely recognizes a little to never acknowledged craftspeople working with artists. “Craft” here was considered as a specialized technique that could vary from handmade labor to knowledge production. The award was launched last year, and is created by Kunstinstituut Melly and the Mondriaan Fund.
    • Awarded to Niels Boon
      Music Awards UK 2019 Best Rock video - 2019 Musicvideo ‘Kitty Kitty’ – De Staat Directed by Wouter Stoter

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Secretary of Competitive Sailing

      Issued by Nederlandsa Dart18 Klasse Organisatie on Jan 2014
      Nederlandsa Dart18 Klasse OrganisatieAssociated with Niels Boon

    • Chairman and co-founder

      Issued by Filmbroodfonds on Jan 2016
      FilmbroodfondsAssociated with Niels Boon