Dirk Zeelenberg is a successful entrepreneur and well-known actor. He played his first film role at age 14. The last 25 years he played for all the great theatre groups in the Netherlands and had leading role’s beside renowned actors like Mary Dresselhuys and John Kraaijkamp Sr. He also played in films like Antonia, Simon and Zwartboek. On the small screen, Dirk was seen in several drama productions like All Stars, Meiden van de Wit, Wij Alexander, Pleidooi and Gooische Vrouwen. In addition to having a creative career, for the last 15 years Dirk has been mostly active in the business area. With his company, Omdehaverklap Producties, he organized exclusive (company)events and owned three clubs in Amsterdam. In the last 1,5 year, he was initiator for one of the fastest growing internet platforms.

Reinout Oerlemans, CEO Eyeworks Group: “Dirk is an energetic, inspiring man; A real expert and devotee for film and drama. He combines his creative talent effortlessly with his business capacities, like proven in his career. Within Eyeworks, Film and TV-drama is globally becoming more and more important. Together with Hans de Weers (producer and founder of Eyeworks Film & TV Drama/formerly Egmond) and Managing Director NL Stephan Warnik, Dirk Zeelenberg will work on the further growth of our drama department.”

Dirk Zeelenberg: “In this role, all my experiences from my previous career come together like never before, in a company, that I think, suits me really well. The speed and ambition in which Eyeworks has developed itself in Holland, but also internationally, really appeals to me. Just like their vision and plans in the near future for film and drama in Holland. I take it as an honor to - together with whole of the Eyeworks team - work on this. I see it as a really exciting challenge.”