​Barbara is a Dutch cinematographer, living in London (with bases in Spain and The Netherlands), who has an unusual background that began with acting in theatre. ​

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Barbara has currently been working in the UK film industry for 13 years. She shot over 60 short films, a wide range of music promos, documentaries and commercial content, and has a background in MoCap.

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Started out in theatre

Raised by a psychotherapist

Fell in love with lighting and framing

Finds humans bloody interesting

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The short A Cup of Coffee with Marylin by Alessandra Gonnella has been developed into a Television series with Paramount. 

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Another project to mention is Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell my Daughter about Men; a multi-director feature film (narrative) created by Lorien Haynes. Barbara shot a large part of this project, which was created in support of survivors of sexual abuse: "23 short films, 21 female directors, 1 movie feature to support survivors of sexual abuse."​

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Education:

 

BA Theatre and Performance at Leeds University 

(Sept 2006 - Sept 2010)

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BA Cinematography at Met Film School 

(Sept 2011 - Sept 2013)

 

MA Cinematography at NFTS 

(Jan 2020 - 2022)

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Languages: 

Dutch and English (fluent)

Spanish and Dutch Sign Language (conversational)

French and German (basic conversation)

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