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Leon Golterman is an award-winning writer and director of elevated genre films and series. His work has been in competition at Oscar® and BAFTA qualifying festivals, such as the Austin Film Festival, Aspen Shortsfest, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and the BFI London Film Festival.

Based in Amsterdam and Los Angeles, Golterman worked with executives from Netflix and Videoland, as well as RTL, VPRO, BNNVARA and EO. In January 2023, his episode STALKER premiered as the opening episode of the new season of the crime show NOOD. More recently, he won the first prize in the 20th PAGE International Screenwriting Awards.

Golterman is a Fulbright scholar and a member of the Dutch Academy For Film. He studied Directing at the University of the Arts Utrecht (HKU) and Screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

With the support of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America, he was granted the O-1 work visa for artists of extraordinary abilities, allowing him to work in both the EU and the USA.

In addition to film and television, Golterman works as a creative for brands such as Heineken, Philips and Mercedes-Benz.

Nood
Directed by Eché Janga, produced by Pupkin & BNNVARA

Stalker
Episode 2×01
Written by Leon Golterman

Crime / Thriller

In the dead of the night, a 9-1-1 dispatcher receives a desperate call from a terrified young woman. The man who’s been stalking her for days has just showed up at her door and is trying to break in. When the intruder shatters a window and enters her home, the dispatcher must do everything he can to keep the woman out of her stalker’s hands.

Release: January 2023

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Morfine
Written and directed by Leon Golterman

Morfine is an award-winning crime / thriller about a Catholic physician who discovers his young assistant is about to perform an illegal euthanasia on their paraplegic patient.

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Aeronaut
Written and directed by Leon Golterman

Aeronaut is an award-winning, stop-motion animated film about a ten-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a pilot. But when his little sister gets her hands on his brand new model airplane, the bond between the children is put to the test.

Sales agent: Sydney Neter, SND Films

Official selection:

– Cinekid festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Silver prize winner
– Anima, The Brussels International Animation Film Festival 2022, Belgium*
– Kaboom Animation Festival 2022, the Netherlands
– Film Talents to Cannes, France
– Aspen Shortsfest 2022, Aspen, CO, USA*, **, ***
– Zlín Film Festival 2022, Czech Republic
– Animafest Zagreb, 2022, Croatia*, **, ***
– Leiden International Shorts Film Festival 2022, The Netherlands
– VERS awards, 2022, the Netherlands
– Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival, 2022, South-Korea
– Shortcutz Amsterdam 2022, the Netherlands
– Netherlands Film Festival 2022, the Netherlands
– BFI London Film Festival 2022, United Kingdom**
– Leuven Int. Short Film Festival 2022, Belgium*, **, ****
– Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2023, Tokyo, Japan*
– Subtravelling International Short Filmfest 2024, Seoul, South-Korea – Gold prize winner – Audience award