Born and raised in The Netherlands; Juriaan Booij has been working as a filmmaker in London for the past five years and is currently represented by RSA Films.

After graduating in Graphic and Typographic Design from the Royal Academy of Art, he completed his first documentary, King Tide, depicting the remote Pacific island of Tuvalu, destined to be devoured by water. The following year he honed his craft as a filmmaker at the Royal College of Art, developing a strong and distinctive aesthetic.
His educational background served as a valuable launching pad into his fledgling career as a director today. His interest in the arts combined with the craftsmanship of design has produced an inspiring body of film.

Recently, Juriaan has been conceptualizing, writing and directing commercials, content, music videos, mini-docs and short films for clients such as Onitsuka Tiger, The Victoria & Albert Museum, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Burberry, Industrial Facility and the Design Museum.

EDUCATION

2007–2009 MA Communication Art & Design, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2002–2007 BA (Hons) Graphic & Typographic Design, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands

RECENT FESTIVALS & EXHIBITIONS

2011 Power of Making, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
2011 MOCA Fashionista, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 MODATIK’011 Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum / KM Kulturunea, Spain
2011 Ocean Pacifica Festival, Sydney, Australia
2011 The Brit Insurance Design Awards, Design Museum, London, UK
2011 International Film Festival Mauvais Genre, Tours, France
2010 18th Raindance Film Festival, London, UK
2010 8th Taiwan Design Expo, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 The London Underground Film Festival, UK
2010 The 2010 Portobello Film Festival, London, UK Winner Best London Film
2010 San Francisco Short Film Festival, US Winner Best Screenplay
2010 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, US Honorable Mention
2010 Rappahannock Independent Film Festival, US Finalist Best Student Film
2010 NYCIFF 2010, New York City International Film Festival, US
2010 LA Shorts Fest 2010, Los Angeles Short Film Festival, US
2010 Filmmakers Convention 2010, The Roundhouse, London, UK
2010 NYIFF 2010, New York Independent Film Festival, US
2010 20min|max, Short Film Festival, Ingolstadt, Germany
2010 Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival 2010, France
2010 LIFF 2010, London Independent Film Festival, UK
2009 Acoustic Images, British Film Institute (BFI), Southbank, London, UK
2009 Van Wie is de Zee, Satellietgroep, Scheveningen, The Netherlands
2009 Cine Mube, Cultural Film Festival 2009, São Paulo, Brazil
2009 Show 2009, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2008 DesignEX ‘08, BODW, Hong Kong Design Centre, Hong Kong
2008 MAP / Making, Equator Project, LSO St. Luke’s, London, UK
2008 DOCSDF 2008, International Documentary Film Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 PICNIC ‘08, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 World Expo 2008, Water Pavilion, Zaragoza, Spain
2008 Ecofilms 2008, International Film and Visual Arts festival, Rodos, Greece
2008 Eco Aesthetics, Ministry of VROM, The Hague, The Netherlands
2008 Eco Aesthetics, TAG / Filmhuis, The Hague, The Netherlands