He was born in
Deventer,
Netherlands. In 1979, he graduated from the
Netherlands Film and Television Academy in
Amsterdam, and was subsequently awarded a scholarship by the
Dutch Ministry of Cultural Affairs to study in the United States at the
AFI Conservatory (AFI), and earned the
Master of Fine Arts in AFI. He has worked frequently with the following directors:
Edward Zwick,
Alan J. Pakula, and
Michael Mann. He directed
The Clearing in 2004, and acted in
127 Hours in 2010. == Filmography ==