‘I am an eye. I am a mechanical eye.
I, a machine, I am showing you a world, the likes of which only I can see’
Dziga Vertov
‘I am an eye. I am a mechanical eye.
I, a machine, I am showing you a world, the likes of which only I can see’
Dziga Vertov
His films reveal the profound connections between people, nature, and science. From award-winning documentaries to premium branded productions, his work has received more than 150 international awards. Driven by a philosophy of radical observation, he captures stories with visual elegance, curiosity, and emotional depth.
Currently, Pieter-Rim is researching and developing an environmentally responsible documentary that explores clouds as both a complex scientific phenomenon and a poetic force. The film approaches the cloud not merely as weather, but as a living character of change, uncertainty, imagination, and planetary interconnectedness. A film about odic forces, esoteric energy and climate change.
Alongside his filmmaking work, he is developing an 8×10 large-format analogue photography project that serves as a contemplative ‘Zen’ counterpoint to the age of artificial intelligence.
For the new World Heritage Centre Wadden Sea in Lauwersoog, we created an immersive audiovisual experience for the Wadden Theatre. Presented across three screens, it takes audiences on a hypnotic journey through the Wadden Sea—the world’s largest intertidal wetland system. Home to magical tides, exceptional flora and fauna, a fragile balance between people and nature, and ever-changing light, the Wadden Sea is a landscape in constant motion. Produced by Windmill Film.
In 1978, while studying at the film academy in Amsterdam, I worked as a 3rd assistant cameraman on the set of the feature film Mata Hari in Friesland. The film was directed by and starred David Carradine, with his daughter Calista in the title role. Although the film was never completed, its story resurfaced nearly 50 years later in the documentary Mata Hari, honored at La Biennale di Venezia by James Smith and Joe Beshenkovsky. I was interviewed about my memories of those remarkable days—finding myself in front of the camera for a change. Above all, it remains a wonderful memory and a reminder of how quickly time passes.
Silence of the Tides is the book about the film that presents a stunning selection of images that ‘read’ like a film.
The images were sourced from the 146,880 frames that make up the 102-minute-long film. These Cinemascope ‘film frames’, which are the basis for the book, were personally selected by director Pieter-Rim de Kroon. So, the concept of the director’s cut takes on a special dimension.
• Opening film International Wildlife Film Festival 2021
• Opening film Northern Film Festival 2021
• Opening film Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival China 2022
• Special Jury Mention IDFA 2020
• Selection IDFA Extended
• Best feature film Natourale Nature & Environment Festival Wiesbaden 2020
• WWF Award Thessaloniki Film Festival Greece 2021
• Nomination best feature documentary Netherlands Film Festival
• Nomination best sound design Netherlands Film Festival
• Grand Prix Wildlife International Film Festival 2021
• Award for special contribution to Northern Cinema/Northern Film Festival 2021
• Best Cinematography Shape of Life International Film Festival Perm, Russia 2021
• Berlinale 2021 selection
•Audience Awards Festival by the Sea Schiermonnikoog
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival China
•Best Documentary Director Award & Nomination Best of Festival
