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Penelope
began as an experimental independent filmmaker and producer. After
living in Germany and France for 10 years she moved into commercial
screen writing and directing in 1992.
As a writer / director/producer
with a Canadian and ECC passport, she has worked as a director in
Canada and Europe for the last 18 years and is fluent in English,
German and French.
Extensive
press clippings and
reviews on films by Penelope Buitenhuis available upon request.
Click HERE to
download Penelope's resume in pdf format. |
FEATURE
LENGTH
| 200909 |
HARD RIDE TO HELL
Reunion Pictures, Co-Writer & Director |
| 2009 |
A WAKE
Breakthrough Films, Co-Writer, Co- Producer & Director |
| 2008 |
DO YOU KNOW ME?
Reunion Pictures, Director |
| 2007 |
ASHES TO ASHES
Front Street Pictures, Director |
| 2007 |
WIDE AWAKE
Chesler / Perlmutter Productions, Director |
| 2007 |
TIME AGAIN (AKA CHEATING FATE)
Front Street Pictures, Director |
| 2006 |
THE SECRET AT HIDDEN LAKE
Front Street Productions, Director |
| 2006 |
PAST TENSE
Front Street Productions, Director |
| 2002 |
KILLER
BEES - TV Movie
PAX Network/ Insight Productions/ Shavick Entertainment |
| 2001 |
LUCKY
DAY Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Movie, Director. Sony
Grasso Productions. |
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| 2000 |
TOKYO
GIRLS, NFB Documentary. Writer/Director. Produced
by G. Kovanic. Winner of two Geminis for best cinematography
and editing. |
| 1999 |
DANGEROUS
ATTRACTION, Erotic Thriller. Director and associate
producer. Produced
by Glen Tedham. WIN Entertainment. |
| 1996 |
GIANT
MINE A CBC drama, M.O.W. Director.
Nominated for Gemini.
Producer:
Alan Burke. |
| 1994 |
BOULEVARD Thriller. Director.
Produced by Norstar Entertainment
Starring
Rae Dawn Chong, Lou Diamond Phillips & Lance Hendrikson. |
| 1992 |
TROUBLE
Rock n' roll drama. Writer/ Director. Produced for ZDF
(German TV) 1994
Best Film: Montreal Women’s Film Festival & Magdeburg Film
Festival. |
TELEVISION
DIRECTING
| 2002
- 2005 |
TRAIN
48 Director, Produced by Duncan McKenzie and Eric
Lunsky for Global |
| 2004 |
METROPIA Director. Produced
by Paula Smith & Steve Levitan |
2002 /
2004
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PARADISE
FALLS Director, Produced by Paula Smith & Ira
Levy for Showcase |
| 2001 |
BLISS
Director of 2 anthology episodes. Produced by Gala Film,
Montreal for Showcase. |
| 2001 |
BEYOND
BELIEF Director. Produced by Karen Hughes for Fox. |
| 2000 |
PARADISE
FALLS Director of 12 episodes. Produced by /Paula
Smith &Ira Levy for Showcase. |
| 1999 |
HOPE
ISLAND, Pax TV/Lions Gate. Produced by Jonathan Goodwill. |
| 1998 |
POWER
PLAY, CTV. Produced by Wendy Green. |
| 1997 |
COLD
SQUAD, Pilot for Beton/ Atlantis. Produced by Julia Keatley. |
| 1996 |
WIND
AT MY BACK Sullivan Entertainment. Produced by Ray Sager. |
| 1996 |
MADISON
Forfront Productions. Produced by Peter Michell. |
| 1995 |
KUNG
FU Warner Bros. Produced by Jonathan Hackett. |
| 1995 |
LONESOME
DOVE Ryshner Entertainment. Produced by Steven North. |
| 1994 |
CARIBEAN
MUSIC FESTIVAL Concert Video. Produced by D.Teinenbaum. |
| 1991 |
INNOVATIVE
SUMMER Writer/Director. Documentary for RIAS TV.
Germany. |
SHORTS
20082 |
DAMN, 11 minutes colour.
Written and directed by Penelope Buitenhuis and Warren Willensky. |
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20022 |
PEACE
OF MIND, 3 minute colour.
Written, produced and directed by Penelope Buitenhuis. |
| 2001 |
WAITING
ROOM, Dramatic,Producer:
Isabelle Longnus. Writer: Nichole Mcgill. |
| 1999 |
WHAT'S
LEFT? Experimental. Producer/director/ Writer.
Banff Centre. |
| 1994 |
PASS Dramatic, Writer/Director 35mm,
15 min. Produced.by Jurgen Brüning. |
| 1991 |
A
DREAM OF NAMING Experimental drama. co-writer/director/producer 16mm,
7 min. Funded by the Canada Council. |
| 1990 |
LLAW documentary, writer/director 16mm,
9 min. Produced by Jurgen Bruning (Journalist Prize Osnabruck
Media Film Festival). |
| 1989 |
THEY
SHOOT PIGS DON’T THEY writer/director/producer 16mm,
15 min. |
| 1988 |
INDIFFERENCE short
drama. Writer/director/producer 16mm, 20
min. |
| 1986 |
FRAMED experimental, Writer/director/producer 16mm,
15 min. (Audience Prize Hamburg No-Budget Film Festival). |
| 1984/86 |
DISPOSABLE writer/director.
16mm, 14 min. (1st Prize European Short Film Festival). |
| 1984 |
ALTERNATIVE
SQUATTING Documentary, Co-writer/director/producer 15
min. |
| 1983 |
WORD
CONTINUUM writer/director. 8 min. Produced by S.F.U |
IN
DEVELOPMENT
| PUNK
NEVER DIES |
A romantic comedy about a punk preserved in beer who, resurrected in the new digital world, falls in love with his own daughter. |
| MIDNIGHT CLIMAX
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A political thriller set in the 1970's about a woman who discovers she was a victim of mind control and is forced on the run from the CIA when she goes after proof. |
| BUSTED |
A
thriller about a young man busted for smuggling pot into America
from Canada and his "Midnight-Express" like fight to
get out of prison. |
| BLEED |
A contemporary thriller about three girlfriends being pursued by the same psycho with deadly consequences. |
| RUMOURS |
A coming of age black comedy set in Chinatown about teenage angst, peer pressure and love between different cultures.
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| WHICH |
A five generation family drama about a delinquent teenager who returns to Germany with her single mother and uncovers the secrets of the past that have led to a century of bad blood between mothers and daughters. |
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