Jan-Willem van Ewijk

Go for it.

<p>As a young kid I lived in California and saw Star Wars. It made a huge impression on me. I started drawing spaceships and airplanes on everything and twenty years later I graduated as an aircraft designer.</p> <p>I very much enjoyed working on the design of aircraft for several years... but inside me another dream had started growing. The dream to combine all the things I loved -poetry, photography, painting, music, storytelling, design, psychology, exploring nature, exploring the universe- into a single activity: filmmaking.</p> <p>When I was thirty-three, I decided to quit my job and go for it. The road to becoming a filmmaker has been a long, beautiful struggle, with many challenges and many highlights... shooting my first feature film 'Nu.' with my friends and family; Winning thw top prize at the European Independent Film Festival, reading Variety's great review of the film; working with my windsurfing friends from a tiny Moroccan fishing village on the script of my second feature 'Land.'; being invited to the Sundance Lab and Binger Filmlab with this script... all these things have made the suffering and rejections that are also part of this business worth while.&nbsp;</p> <p>Now, on the eve of shooting 'Land.', I look back with intense joy and pride. I am so glad I set out on this journey and I wish you all the courage and joy in the world on yours.&nbsp;</p>

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