Van der Haak studied dance in Paris, political science (MA 1990) and law (LLM 1992) at the University of Amsterdam and the New School for Social Research in New York and has an M.Sc. degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University (1993).regtje van der Haak is a documentary filmmaker and journalist. Since 1997, she has been directing international documentaries on social change, most recently for the VPRO Backlight series. Her documentaries have been shown on television, in film festivals and in art exhibitions around the world and include „Philip Johnson: Two of a Kind“ (1998), „Lagos Wide & Close“ (2005), „Saudi Solutions“ (2006), „Satellite Queens“ (2007), „Grand Paris: The President and the Architects“ (2009), „California Dreaming“ (2010), „Aftermath of a Crisis“ (2011) and „DNA Dreams“ (2013).

Filmography

• Lagos/Koolhaas (2002)
• Satellite Queens ( 2007)
• California Dreaming (2010)
• Aftermath of a Crisis (2011)
• Digital Amnesia (2014), DNA Dreams (2012)
• VPRO Tegenlicht (Dokumentarfilm-Serie, 3 Filme, 2016)
• White Spots – A Journey to the Edge of the Internet (360°-Video, 2016)
  

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Through different stations as Brand Manager in a global organization, Head of Communications of a M-DAX company, and co-founder of a pioneer start-up in the early 00’ies, AC knows what it takes to set up and develop a business, and now happily shares this know-how through a pragmatical way to work with clients called “coach-sulting”. The Marketing Catalysts develop step by step solid marketing strategies followed by a pragmatic implementation schedule, where all the marketing tools work all together in one direction: business development.

AC is also a speaker, tutor and presenter for events in the field of marketing, tech and creative topics, and offers specific in-depths workshops for innovative and creative companies, universities and government programmes.

Claire Simon is a French director and camera woman. She has realized multiple documentary and featured films. Her films premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival and Berlinale. Claire Simon was head of the directing section of the renowed Paris film school La Femis for ten years. Her film Le Concours (2016) has won the award for best documentary at Venice Film Festival 

Documentary films

• Récréations (1992)
• Coûte que coûte (1995)
• Mimi (2002)
• Géographie humaine (2015)
• Le Bois dont les rêves sont faits (2016)
• Le Concours (2016)

Featured films

• Sinon, oui (1997)
• Ça brûle (2006)
• Les Bureaux de Dieu (2008)
• Gare du Nord (2013)
  

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