curriculum vitae

I N E K E   S M I T S  was born in 1960, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She studied Fine Arts at the Rotterdam Art Academy, then specialised in directing at the National Film and Television School in England. Granted a scolarship by the Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Promotion Fund and the British Council, she completed her directing degree in 1993.

Besides making films, she has been teaching at Arnhem School of Fine Arts, Breda post-graduate Photographers and Designers Course and Masters Course at the Eindhoven School of Design. She initiated exchange projects and guest lectures at the Filmschool in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Since 12 years she has been visiting and working in Georgia on a regular basis.

Filmography

2003        PUTIN’S MAMA (video/51’/The Netherlands)

                Documentary

                Official selection Silver Wolf Award IDFA 2003

2001        MAGONIA (35mm/112'/The Netherlands)

                Feature film

Sales by Fortissimo Film Sales

1999        NOSTALGIA (16mm/56'/Georgia-The Netherlands)

Documentary; directed by Tato Kotetishvili and Ineke Smits for Humanist Broadcasting Foundation

1996        THE CLOUD FACTORY (16mm/25'/The Netherlands)

                Short fiction for NOS Television

                Written by Arthur Japin

1996        A WHORE’S SERMON (16mm/45'/The Netherlands)

                Short fiction for VPRO Television

                Written by Arthur Japin

1994        SIRKO (16mm/38'/The Netherlands-England)

                Short fiction (graduation film NFTS) pre–sale to NOS Television

                Written and directed by Ineke Smits

1992        ROSE, VIOLET AND LILY (35mm/22' /The Netherlands – Georgia)

                Short fiction, supported by Hubert Bals Fund

                Written and directed by Ineke Smits and Tato Kotetishvili

                Opening film at the Rotterdam Filmfestival 1992

1989        MONAS PLEN (16mm/50' /The Netherlands )

                Short fiction, co–production with NOS National Television

                Written by Ineke Smits       

1985 -'88 EMOTIONAL CONSTRUCTIONS (4x6' /The Netherlands),

TIME RITUALS (12' /The Netherlands), ALL THE SOUNDS OF THE WORLD (21' /The Netherlands)

In development

THE AVIATRIX OF KAZBEK – a feature film written by Arthur Japin and Ineke Smits