David Verbeek
1980 born in Amsterdam, lives and works in Shanghai and Taipei since 2007
David Verbeek graduated in Directing from Amsterdam's Film Academy, in 2005. During his second year there, he directed the feature film Beat with a budget of only 500 euro's. It was selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam. After graduating he left for China, returning three years later with his second feature film Shanghai Trance. The film was selected for the Tiger Award Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam as well as numerous international festivals.
He shot third feature film R U There in Taiwan, a Dutch/French/co-production. It is an exploration of the virtual world in which the younger generation is so deeply immersed. The film got selected to Un Certain Regard in Cannes.
Along with his film production, he has been engaged with photography and has finished photo series of Colors of the New Land and Nocturnal Taipei.
Filmography
1998 Claustrophobia (director – writer – camera –editor) New York/16mm film/12 min
1999 Void (director – writer - editor) New York/16 mm film /14 min
2000 Getting Closer (director – writer – editor)New York/16 mm film/18 min
2001 Tussensfeer (director – writer) Betacam SP/20 min
2004 Beat (director, co- writer, editor)Rotterdam/video/78 min/ an independently produced
film.
2004 November Always (director) NFTA, 16 mm film, 15 min.
2005 Final Exam Film “Suicideholiday” at the Dutch Film and Television Academy (director)
28 min.
2006 Melody Z(writer, director) (20 minutes) HD video, Short film shot in Shanghai.
2007 Shanghai Trance (writer, director) (122 Minutes) 35 mm.
2009 R U THERE(director, co-writer) (90 Minutes) 35 mm, feature film in Taipei.
2011 Club Zeus(writer, director) (76 min) Shanghai,China.
2012 How to Describe a Cloud (Post-production) Taipei and Fulong, Taiwan
2013 Full Contact (Announced) Paris, France
Photography
2008 Photo Series Colors of the New Land
Urban landscapes of Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Beijing, Taipei & Tokyo, presented in the FilmMuseum Gallery in Amsterdam and GIN Gallery inShanghai.
2011 Photo Series Nocturnal Taipei
2012 presented at Moca Taipei