JONATHAN ELBERS

December 27 - THE CLUB OF UGLY CHILDREN

Biography 

Jonathan was born in 1988. He graduated from the Dutch Film Academy in 2012. Starting from his first films, he shows a returning interest in creating fantasy worlds. He creates them in a vivid way, using comedy elements and always referring to the world we live in. He won a Young Director Award for his graduation commercial: WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? A long take in which a girl tries to escape a film set gone out of control. Subsequently, he directed more award winning commercials for, among others, LG, Volkswagen and Skoda. For television, Jonathan made the children programs Studio Snugger, Saint Nicolas Journal and a couple of short films. In 2019 his first series THE COUP debuted on television. His first feature film FASHION CHICKS is a real colourful High School Film. For his second feature THE CLUB OF THE UGLY CHILDREN he created a completely grey world where people are judged on the way they look.