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Popular As	Stephan Brenninkmeijer
Occupation	Director
Age	60 years old
Zodiac Sign	Cancer
Born	June 27, 1964 (Doorwerth, Gelderland, Netherlands)
Birthday	June 27
Town/City	Doorwerth, Gelderland, Netherlands
Nationality	Netherlands

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Stephan Brenninkmeijer’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Stephan Brenninkmeijer was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.

Born and raised at the picturesque Medieval Castle of Doorwerth in the Netherlands, Stephan Brenninkmeijer grew up in rural Dutch cities before he studied at the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam. He graduated as a director and editor with Rerun (1992).

Specializing in drama and thrillers his first project after graduating was the much acclaimed TV-series Pleidooi (1993), which won the Nipkow disc and the Dutch Golden Calf award. As an editor he worked with directors such as the Academy Award winner Mike van Diem, Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Maarten Treurniet and many others.

Both as editor and director he was one of the creative pillars of the successful TV series Westenwind (1999). It won the prestigious Golden Televizier ring award. In 2001, Brenninkmeijer won a Golden Crown Award at the Atlanta ICVM Festival for Best International Film for his directorial feature-debut: De stilte van het naderen (2000).

His first theatrical feature Swingers (2002) was picked up by A-Film Distributors. It stirred up some controversy but garnered critical acclaim. Especially in Germany the film scored big on ZDF television with an audience of more than 3 million and had multiple reruns.

In 2011, his second theatrical feature Caged (2011) was released and especially struck a chord with female audiences. In 2012 Brenninkmeijer was part of the highly anticipated user generated film project "Entertainment Experience", helmed by famed Dutch director Paul Verhoeven.

Brenninkmeijer directed his counterpart Lotgenoten (2013) and won half of all the episodes. The project won the International Emmy Award in 2013. Entertainment Experience (2011)Since 2014 he participates in the "48 hour film project" to coach young talent in the business.

His shorts have won multiple awards.