Frank Ketelaar

Frank Ketelaar is a writer and director from the Netherlands. Ketelaar graduated from the Dutch Film Academy’s directing and screenwriting program. He has written over ten feature films, including the critically acclaimed In Oranje. Ketelaar is the writer of the award-winning Dutch TV series Overspel, which was re-released in America by ABC as Betrayal. Ketelaar is a four time nominee and two time winner of the Golden Calf Awards at the Netherlands Film Festival.

Ketelaar often collaborates with Kees Prins to develop new musicals, Their first hit was Hij Gelooft in Mij, based on the life of folk singer André Hazes. The duo also adapted the novel Der Tweeling into a national touring production. Ketelaar and Prins have worked together on the Prix Europa, the Emmy Award-winning film De Uitverkorene, and the TV series* Bij ons in de Jordaan*. The two wrote an early draft of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical before the project was taken over by writer Katori Hall.