About

Jaap Ruurd Feitsma, BSc, DDG
EU based Director • Cinematographer • Photographer • Virtual Reality creative
Jaap (1984) is an award winning visual storyteller. He uses film, Virtual Reality and photography as his go-to tools. He has been working internationally as a freelance documentary photographer and camera operator since 2007 and a cinematographer since 2010. As his career progressed, he started to direct (and write) more and more, which has now become his main focus.
With experience in shooting long term (research) based documentary photography projects, documentaries (film), music videos, commercials, web based interactive content and narrative fiction for clients that include the BBC, Nike, BMW and numerous NGO's, his work has taken him to over sixty countries and counting. 
In his work, Jaap is constantly searching for projects that move him. Stories that have a powerful visual identity in combination with enthralling human elements and a hyperdiegetic way of storytelling, often set in the more challenging environments our planet has to offer.
Jaap is also a member of the Directors Guild of the Netherlands (DDG)​​​.​​​​
SOME ACCOLADES
German Design Award | 'The MINI Story' - 2016
National Geographic, 1st place in the 'Best of the World' category | Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque photograph - 2015
IN THE FIELD
Filming 'New Generation - NFF'.
Filming 'New Generation - NFF'.
Behind the Scenes of BBC's Top Gear with host James May.
Behind the Scenes of BBC's Top Gear with host James May.
Prepping a VR shot in Shanghai
Prepping a VR shot in Shanghai
Getting ready to shoot
Getting ready to shoot
Office of the Day
Office of the Day
Getting ready
Getting ready
That's a wrap on Tasmania
That's a wrap on Tasmania
Trans-Kalahari Desert
Trans-Kalahari Desert
Prepping for Principal Photography, Nevada desert, US.
Prepping for Principal Photography, Nevada desert, US.
Behind the Scenes image from 'BMW -  The MINI Story'.
Behind the Scenes image from 'BMW - The MINI Story'.
Location Scouting in the Maldives
Location Scouting in the Maldives
Location Scouting Nevada Desert
Location Scouting Nevada Desert
Island shoot
Island shoot
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