Directing

Bobby Boermans

Born 1 September 1981 · Eindhoven · 45

Bobby Boermans is a Dutch director and producer of films & television series. He directed the critically acclaimed high-end crime TV series The Golden Hour (2022) about the first 48 hours after a terrorist attack. The series landed on the top 10 in Netflix on 20 countries, and hit the number one in Germany, France, Belgium and The Netherlands. He directed the cultural game-changer hit TV series Mocro Maffia (2018-2023), a crime series about rivaling gangs in Amsterdam, which resulted in six seasons and won the Dutch Academy Award for Best Drama-series and gained several spin-offs. He also directed the intense F16 fighter series High Flyers (2020) for which he collaborated with the Royal Dutch Air Force and the popular multi-season drama series The Neighbors (2014-2019), Which sold to Channel 4 and became the first Dutch scripted series on Amazon Prime. Earlier in his career, Bobby made his directorial debut with the horror feature Claustrophobia. The following year, he released the thriller App (2012), the first movie in the world to use a second screen in theaters. In 2014 he directed the drama film Roffa for which he was nominated for the Prix Europa, and the theatre musical production Sky (2016). His latest feature, the war film Invasion for which he collaborated with the Royal Dutch Navy and shot entirely in the Caribbean, was released theatrically in 2024.