Hanneke van der Tas was born in 1975 in Mexico. She grew up in the United Kingdom, Syria, The Netherlands, Germany, France, and the United States. She has a post-graduate law degree from Harvard Law School and is admitted to the New York Bar as well as the Barreau de Paris.
From 2003 to 2004 she studied European and International Film Production at the German-French Masterclass at La Fémis in Paris and the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Hanneke van der Tas then worked for Lago Film in Berlin before becoming a partner and managing director of Nikovantastic Film in 2007.
As of 2010 Hanneke van der Tas produces and co-produces international feature films with her production company Vandertastic Films. She is a board member of the Rendez-Vous Franco-Allemands du Cinéma as well as a member of Atelier Network and EAVE. Since 2006, Hanneke van der Tas teaches international co-production at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.
Her production and co-production credits include A Stranger in Me by Emily Atef, Double Take by Johan Grimonprez, Every Day is a Holiday by Dima El-Horr and Last Cowboy Standing by Zaida Bergroth.
Intention:
“The main objective is to arouse the audience’s emotion, and that emotion arises from the way in which the story unfolds.” (Alfred Hitchcock)