Award winning writer/director Rudolf van den Berg has been making films and documentaries for over 30 years now. This site gives background information on all feature films and on the highlights of his documentary work. Van den Berg's view on the craft of screen writing is summarized on a separate page. His latest movie Tirza was released on September 30, 2010. At the 2010 Netherlands Film Festival Rudolf van den Berg won the Golden Calf, the Grand Prix of the Dutch film, for best director for Tirza. Tirza was nominated as the official Dutch candidate for the 2011
best foreign language Oscar. Right now Van den Berg is working on a new film, the World War II drama Süskind.