37 Dutch male screenwriters

Jandino Jullian Asporaat is a Curaçaoan-Dutch stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer, and voice actor.

Albert Cornelis "Appie" Baantjer was a Dutch author of detective fiction and police officer.

Maurits Binger was a Dutch film director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 39 films between 1913 and 1922 and is considered one of the pioneers of fictional films in the Netherlands. Binger's studio and base of operations was in Haarlem, North Holland. Between 1919 and 1923 he was managing director of Anglo-Hollandia an attempt to break into the larger British market. There is a film institute in the Netherlands in his name. He is sometimes referred to as Maurice Binger.

Jan Andries Blokker, Sr. was a Dutch journalist, columnist, publicist, writer, and amateur historian. In The Netherlands, Blokker was best known for his columns in De Volkskrant, which he wrote between 1968 and 2006.

Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessperson who served as European Commissioner from 16 September 1999 until 22 November 2004.

Bernard Gerrit (Burny) Bos is a Dutch producer, scenarist and children's book writer. He also works as an actor in children's programmes on radio and T.V.

Herman Bouber, born Hermanus Blom was a Dutch actor, screenwriter and playwright. He was married to the actress Aaf Bouber.

Stephan Brenninkmeijer is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Danniel Danniel was an award winning Israeli film director, screenwriter and film editor. He lived in the Netherlands since 1980. He died in the morning of 4 May 2017 in Amsterdam.

Adrianus Marinus Kyvon, known by his stage name André van Duin, is a Dutch comedian, actor, singer-songwriter, author, television presenter, television director, television producer and screenwriter. Van Duin is one of the Netherlands' best known entertainers, with a career spanning over seven decades.

Harrie Geelen is a Dutch illustrator, film director, animator, translator, writer and poet. In 2014, he was made a knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion.

Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch director and film and television producer, actor and author. He directed "Submission: Part 1", a short film written by Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which criticized the treatment of women in Islam in strong terms. On 2 November 2004, van Gogh was assassinated by Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan who objected to the film's controversial message. The last film van Gogh had completed before his death, 06/05, was a fictional exploration of the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002). It was released posthumously in December 2004, a month after van Gogh's assassination.

Nikolai van der Heyde was a Dutch film director and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1966 and 1987. His 1968 film To Grab the Ring was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. Five years later, his film Love Comes Quietly was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Theodor Holman is a Dutch journalist, presenter, and writer of Indo descent.

Ate de Jong is a Dutch film director. He is best known as the producer of The Discovery of Heaven (2001), nominated for a Golden Calf award, and Het Bombardement (2012).

Michaël Henricus Gertrudis (Michiel) van Kempen is a Dutch writer, art historian and literary critic. He has written novels, short stories, essays, travel literature and scenarios. He was the compiler of a huge range of anthologies of Dutch-Caribbean literature and wrote an extensive history of the literature of Suriname, in two volumes.

Anthonie "Anton" Koolhaas was a Dutch journalist, novelist, and scenario writer.

Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for Schnitzel Paradise (2005), Winter in Wartime (2008) and Brimstone (2016), which was his first film in English. It was released in 2017, after it premiered in the competition of the Venice Film Festival in 2016.

Arie "Aad" Kosto is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist.

Tim Krabbé is a Dutch journalist and novelist.

Pieter Kuijpers is a Dutch film director, producer and screenwriter.

Arjen Henrik Lubach is a Dutch comedian, author and television presenter. He hosts the weekly news satire television show Zondag met Lubach.

Johan Nijenhuis is a Dutch film producer, director and screenwriter.

Alphonse Marie "Fons" Rademakers was a Dutch actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter.

Victor Reinier Nieuwenhuijzen is a Dutch actor and screenwriter. Reinier is a son of Kees Nieuwenhuijzen and a cousin of Annet Nieuwenhuyzen. From his first marriage (1991–2007), he has a son and a daughter. From his current partnership, a daughter.

Tomas Ross is a Dutch writer who is famous for his historical criminal thrillers.

Tom Six is a Dutch filmmaker, writer, and actor. He is best known for his trilogy of body horror films; The Human Centipede , The Human Centipede 2, and The Human Centipede 3 . Six was an original director of Dutch reality TV series Big Brother, which has since become an international franchise.

George Sluizer was a Dutch filmmaker whose credits included features as well as documentary films.

Gerard Soeteman is a Dutch screenwriter. He worked together with Paul Verhoeven on several films, such as Turkish Delight and Black Book. He also wrote the screenplay for The Assault, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986.

Jos Stelling is a Dutch film director and screenwriter.

Jan Cornelis Terlouw is a retired Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and physicist and author.

Felix Thijssen is a Dutch author of crime novels, science fiction novels and books for children. He now lives in Saint-Germain-de-Calberte, France. In 1999 he won the "Gouden Strop", prize for the best Dutch crime novel, for "Cleopatra". In 2006 he won the "Diamanten Kogel", Belgian prize for the best crime novel, for "Het diepe water".

Jean van de Velde is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. He has directed twelve films since 1979. His film The Silent Army competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. He is the father of actor Yannick van de Velde.

Ben Verbong is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. He has directed 18 films since 1981. His debut film The Girl with the Red Hair was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.

Paul Verhoeven is a Dutch director, screenwriter and film producer active in both the Netherlands and Hollywood. Verhoeven's blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire are trademarks of both his drama and science fiction films. He directed the films Turkish Delight (1973), Keetje Tippel (1975), Soldier of Orange (1977), Spetters (1980), The Fourth Man (1983), Flesh and Blood (1985), RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990), Basic Instinct (1992), Showgirls (1995), Starship Troopers (1997), Hollow Man (2000), Black Book (2006) and Elle (2016).

Wim Verstappen was a Dutch film director and producer, television director, and screen writer.

Geert Wilders is a Dutch businessman and politician. He has been Leader of the Party for Freedom since he founded it in 2006. Wilders is the parliamentary leader of his party in the House of Representatives. In the 2010 formation of the Rutte cabinet, a minority cabinet of VVD and CDA, he actively participated in the negotiations, resulting in a "tolerance agreement" (gedoogakkoord) between the PVV and these parties, but withdrew his support in April 2012, citing disagreements with the cabinet on proposed budget cuts. Wilders is best known for his criticism of Islam and the EU; his views have made him a controversial figure in the Netherlands and abroad, and since 2004 he has been protected at all times by armed bodyguards.