Career
Van den Berg has been making films and documentaries for over thirty years now. Often praised and crowned, sometimes seriously criticized, Van den Berg"s work has always succeeded in stirring passionate reactions. His eighth feature film Tirza was released in September 2010.
The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it didn"t make the final shortlist.
Süskind, a war story, written by Chris West. Mitchell and Van den Berg himself was released on 19 January 2012. Just as Tirza, it is also as a coproduction between Cadenza Films and FuWorks.