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Actor specialised in playing weird, horror, spying and antogonist roles and roles as a teacher/ instructor/ referee
Profession
Filmmaker, actor, coach and teacher filmmaking/ acting for kids at primary schools
Nationality:
Address:
Dutch (The Netherlands)
Professor vd Veldenstraat 12, 6524PP Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Phone:
+ 31 (0) 6 106 24 575
Website:
Linkedin:
Showreel as actor
faccom@xs4all.nl
www.facili.nl
Simon Koolwijk | LinkedIn
https://vimeo.com/1122846891
Education:
− Newport University, Master of Business Administration, thesis in value chain management in bio-ecological food (1988 – 1990)
− University of applied science in agriculture, Bachelor of Agriculture, Business studies (1983 - 1987)
Short Courses:
2023 – 2024 French B2 DALF and C1 DELF
2016 – ongoing Acting workshops/ classes and learning by doing at the
European Kino Cabaret Network
2020 Creative writing – Perspectivity
2020 Action learning research and online facilitation
2016 - 2024 Filmmaking workshops (40) in producing 48 hour challenge movies
2019 Re-certified (for the 4th time since 2008) as Certified Professional Facilitator
2019 – 2020 Several workshops and training on SDGs
2016 Basic and advanced security in crisis situations
2012 Participatory video
2009 Filmmaking
Membership in Professional Societies:
- Kino Cabaret movement Europe
Key Qualifications:
I am a filmmaker, actor and filmcoach. Most of my films are inspired on stories, I have experienced in my own life. Since 2016, when I started as a fiction Filmmaker I have directed and wrote scripts for 40 films. I am also a script writer, a Director of Photography and actor. Following a list of my films. Watch the compilation at https://vimeo.com/simonkoolwijk As an actor I play mostly weird antognist roles and also play regularly as teacher/ instructor/ referee. Many directors claim that my face is excellent for dark and horror type of movies.
Country experience:
Austria, France, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, The Netherlands, Kenya, Spain, Ireland and Switzerland.
Languages:
Dutch
Mother tongue
English,
Full professional working proficiency
French
Good working proficiency
German
Good working proficiency
Spanish
Basic knowledge
Selected relevant professional experience of most recent assignments:
2020 – ongoing
Actor
Actor specialised in playing weird, horror, spying and antogonist roles and roles as a teacher/ instructor/ referee
Films played:
Duel at Noon – Directed by Darragh Hynes, 2023 – Role: Referee during a pistol fight Le rêve mirroir – Directed by DSU, 2023 – Role : Assistant of mysterious surgeon. Non fatal poison – Directed by Johannes Tucek, 2025 – Role: Teacher Mare – Directed by Dylan Delaney and Arun Natarjan, 2023 – Role: Killer of horses. Woodstuck – Directed by Erik Nürnberg, Clémentine Mandel and Simon Koolwijk, 2023: Role: Lover of wood Recycled bread – Directed by Johannes Tucek, 2025: Role: Producer of bread Non à no billag – Directed by Simon Koolwijk, 2019. Role: Spy Ghosts – Directed by Dylan Delaney, 2025. Role: Ghost Instant Karma – Directed by Johannes Tucek, 2025: Role: Water attacker
2024
Company
Client
Position
Duties
Producer and filmproduction of the 30 year history of Tiye, an organisation of Black, Migrant and Refugee women
Facili2transform
Tiye
Documentary maker
Doing research, interviews, filming and editing. It is a 90 minute movie in Dutch.
2023 – ongoing
Company
Client
Position
Duties
Coaching international students in Academic Consultancy Traning
Facili2transform
Wageningen University and Research
Coaching
Coaching and guiding international students in Academic Consultancy Training. The students provide academic consultancy to a society based client or enterprise and are guided in this process.
2022 – ongoing
Company
Client
Position
Duties
Teaching film and documentary making and acting at primary schools and coaching children
Facili2transform
IPPON and Qrabbl – on behalf of 400 primary schools in The Netherlands
Teaching and coaching
Teaching and coaching children in the age from 10 – 12 in filmmaking and documentary making techniques and acting. During a one day workshop children produce a movie or a short documentary.
2016 – ongoing
Company
Client
Position
Duties
Producing and directing short films, short documentaries and dance movies
Facili2transform
Filmfestivals and Kino Cabarets
Director and Director of Photography
Scriptwriting, direction, Director of Photography and acting
