Paula van der Oest
Directing
Biography
Paula van der Oest (born 1965) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Her 2001 film Zus & Zo was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. With her final exam at the Dutch Film and Television Academy, Zinderend, she won a Cannon Award in 1988. In the following years, she worked as an assistant director, until she returned in 1994 as a director. For the VPRO-series Lolamoviola she made the short movies Coma and Achilles En Het Zebrapad (Achilles and the Zebracrossing).
🎬 Movies (23)
The Soundman
2025
Co-Producer
Stromboli
2022
Writer
Love in a Bottle
2021
Director
The Forgotten Battle
2021
Writer
The Bay of Silence
2020
Director
The Parts You Lose
2019
Executive Producer
All You Need Is Love
2018
Screenplay
Younger Days
2017
Director
Tonio
2016
Director
Accused
2014
Director
The Domino Effect
2012
Director
Black Butterflies
2011
Director
Tiramisu
2008
Director
Wijster
2008
Director
Hidden Flaws
2004
Director
Madame Jeanette
2004
Director
Zus & Zo
2002
Director
Moonlight
2002
Director
Roos en Rana
2001
Writer
De Trip Van Teetje
1998
Director
Another Mother
1996
Director
1,000 Roses
1994
First Assistant Director
Vigour
1990
Assistant Director
