Job Roggeveen

Job Roggeveen (born 1979 in Geldrop) is a film director and writer.

He studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands.[1] He graduated in 2003. In 2007 he co-founded animation studio Job, Joris & Marieke together with Joris Oprins and Marieke Blaauw. Job, Joris & Marieke works on commissioned work, music videos and short animated films. Job is also an instrumentalist and a composer. He composes the soundtracks for all the films by Job, Joris & Marieke. In 2011 he started the music project Happy Camper. Happy Camper released two studio albums, an EP and a single. In 2011 Happy Camper won an Edison Award.[2] He is also part of the Dutch band El Pino and the Volunteers.

In 2013 Job, Joris & Marieke released their animated short film MUTE. MUTE won, among others, the Grand Prix and the audience award at the Holland Animatie Film Festival in 2013.[3]

In 2014 the City of Utrecht commissioned Job, Joris & Marieke to make the short film/music video Bon Voyage! This film was to promote the start of the Tour de France in Utrecht in 2015.[4] The title song Bon Voyage! was composed by Dutch singer songwriter Blaudzun

In 2015 their short animation film A Single Life was nominated for the Academy Award for best animated short film.[5][6][7][8] The film was also nominated for the Cartoon d’Or[9] and has won 15 international prizes.

In 2015 they made the short animation film (Otto). (Otto) is the official Dutch entry for the Academy Award for best animated short film.[10] The film had its international premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[11]

Their 2024 film Quota (Quotum) premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival,[12] where it received an honorable mention for the Best International Short Film award.[13]

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  2. ^ "Gevestigde namen winnen Edison Awards". De Volkskrant. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Winnaars Holland Animation Film festival". HAFF.
  4. ^ "Korte film BON VOYAGE! gelanceerd in Parijs". Nederlands Film Festival. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Oscars 2015: Nominations list". BBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Dutch Short animation film nominated for Oscar". De Volkskrant. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Oscars 2015: The Best Animated Short nominees". CBS News. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Oscars Nominees Animated Short Film 2015". The Oscars.
  9. ^ "Cartoon d'Or 2015 - Nominees". Cartoon Media.
  10. ^ "(Otto) Off To The Oscars". Eye International. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Programm TIFF 2015". TIFF. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  12. ^ Éric Lavallée, "2024 TIFF: Torill Kove, Andrés Ramírez Pulido, Rúnar Rúnarsson & Nebojša Slijepčević Shorts in Toronto". Ioncinema, August 10, 2024.
  13. ^ Steve Pond, "‘The Life of Chuck’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". TheWrap, 15 September 2024.