Maarten van der Duin

Maarten Laurens van der Duin (; born 9 January 1967) is a Dutch scriptwriter, stage director and creative consultant.

Education After graduating from Leiden University in Slavic Languages and Soviet Studies, Van der Duin completed a director's internship at the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts and studied Polish at the Polonia Research Institute of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. After two years, Van der Duin left for Russia to study directing at the State Institute for Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow. In his second year of study he switched to The Moscow School of Dramatic Art of renowned director Anatoly Vasiliev. After his studies, Van der Duin staged theatre plays between 1996 and 1997 at the Moscow State Drama and Comedy Theatre in Noginsk and the Yakutsk State Academic Drama Theatre in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Theatre In 1998, Van der Duin produced a festival of Russian classics at the King's Head Theatre, London, for which he translated two Russian plays into English (The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman and Maria by Isaac Babel) and also directed the latter. Apart from that, he did an internship at the English National Opera and the Dutch National Opera, and assisted director Hans Croiset of theatre company Het Toneel Speelt. Until 2003, Van der Duin participated as an assistant director in multiple opera productions at the Dorset Opera Festival in Sherborne, England. Nearly every summer since 2016, he directs operas, that are subsequently performed by conductor Stephen Ellery at festivals in Cardiff, Brighton, Frome and London. La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 2016 was followed by La Zingaretta by Leonardo Leo in 2017 and Bastien and Bastienne by Mozart and the Coffee Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach in 2018.

Filmography

Year Title Position Broadcaster 2023 The Story of Orange-Nassau Script (6 episodes) NTR 2021 The Story of the Netherlands Script (10 episodes) NTR 2017 Kids of Courage Dramaturgie & scenario (3 episodes) SWR, BBC Alba 2016 Generation of Change Script & direction MDR, Arte 2015 Vater, Mutter, Hitler Script NDR, SWR (ARD) 2015 Erich Mielke, Master of Fear Script & direction (in collaboration with Jens Becker) MDR, Arte 2013 Small Hands in a Big War Script (8 episodes) NTR, Arte, SRF, S4C, UR, BBC Alba 2013 14 - Diaries of the Great War Treatments (2 episodes) & script doctor Arte, SWR, NDR, WDR, ORF, NTR & BBC 2011 Moordvrouw Format & script (4 episodes) RTL 4 2011 De slavernij junior Script (6 episodes) NTR 2009 Flikken Maastricht Script (3 episodes) TROS 2009 13 in de oorlog Script (13 episodes) NTR 2009 Het klokhuis Script (many skits) NTR 2008 Salto Mortale (film) Script NPS 2007 Sportlets Script (13 episodes) Nickelodeon 2007 Spoorloos Verdwenen Treatments (10 episodes) & script (1 episode) AVRO 2006 Rozengeur & Wodka Lime (season 6) Creative Producer (13 episodes) Tien 2005 Dankert & Dankert Script (2 episodes) Omrop Fryslân 2005 Moeders & Dochters (pilot) Script KRO 2005 Rozengeur & Wodka Lime (season 1-5) Script, supervision, final editing (65 episodes) RTL 4 2003 Het Glazen Huis Format AVRO, TROS & BNN 2002 Trauma 24/7 Format & script (4 episodes) Net 5 2000 Westenwind (season 1-6) Script editing (26 episodes), final editing (26 episodes), script (6 episodes) RTL 4

Awards and nominations

Year Award Production Result 2022 Guidinc. Streaming Video Award The Story of the Netherlands 2020 Prix Jeunesse International Kids of Courage 2020 Deutscher Hörfilmpreis Kids of Courage 2019 Der Weisse Elefant Kids of Courage 2019 International Emmy Awards Kids of Courage Nominated 2019 Japan Prize Kids of Courage Nominated 2020 Grimme-Preis Kids of Courage Nominated 2019 Rockie Awards Kids of Courage Nominated 2018 Goldener Spatz Kids of Courage 2014 Japan Prize Small Hands in a Big War Nominated 2014 Gouden K Small Hands in a Big War Nominated 2014 Robert Geisendörfer Preis 14 - Diaries of the Great War 2014 Deutscher Fernsehpreis 14 - Diaries of the Great War Nominated 2014 Japan Prize 14 - Diaries of the Great War Nominated 2010 Japan Prize 13 in de oorlog Nominated 2010 International Emmy Awards 13 in de oorlog Nominated 2011 BaKaForum Youth Jury Prize 13 in de oorlog 2010 Prix Jeunesse International 13 in de oorlog Nominated 2010 Beeld & Geluid Award 13 in de oorlog 2004 Gouden Beelden Rozengeur & Wodka Lime (4th season) Nominated 2000 Gouden Televizierring Westenwind 1999 Gouden Televizierring Westenwind Nominated