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Johan Kramer

Johan Kramer is a Dutch commercial director and filmmaker based in the Netherlands.

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Production company & representation
Chelsea Pictures
Production company · US · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
Keeper – Netherlands Film Festival premiere; Dutch Film Critics award recognition (sources conflict on win vs nomination)
Netherlands Film Festival / Dutch Film Critics · 2019 · award
Best European Dramatic Feature for Sing for Darfur
European Independent Film Festival · 2008 · award
The Other Final – festival awards including Toronto, Berlin, Barcelona; named Best Sports Documentary of All Time in the Netherlands
Festival circuit / Netherlands (as cited by Chelsea; onepointfour) · 2003 · award
Selected clients
Hyundai Motor GroupFC HyenaVolkswagenŠkodaAdidasFox SportsCitizenSwisscomTelenetAlbert Heijn

Bio & background

Johan Kramer is a Dutch commercial director and filmmaker based in the Netherlands. Co-founder of Amsterdam agency KesselsKramer (1996, with Erik Kessels), he transitioned in the mid-2000s to full-time directing. His debut feature documentary The Other Final (2003), about a match between the world's lowest-ranked national soccer teams Bhutan and Montserrat, collected festival awards at Toronto, Berlin, and Barcelona and was named the Netherlands' Best Sports Documentary of All Time. Later films include Sing for Darfur (2008; Best European Dramatic Feature, European Independent Film Festival), Johan Primero (2011), Tribeca short Bye Bye Super 8, and Keeper (2019), which premiered at the Netherlands Film Festival. He directs documentary-style brand films for Hyundai Motor Group (The Call, profiling designer Peter Schreyer), Volkswagen (ID. Buzz), Škoda (Shot at Home miniature SUV series), Citizen (Wieden+Kennedy's Better starts now), Swisscom, Adidas, Fox Sports, Telenet, Albert Heijn, Pearle Opticians, Dar-Vida, NS, Eneco, and the Dutch Government. Recent pieces include an AI-assisted archival short for FC Hyena Cinema and a 35mm tribute to The Happy Reader. Kramer is represented in the US by Chelsea Pictures, in the Netherlands by Holy Fools, and on Trigger Happy Productions' Berlin roster.

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Awards
  • Keeper – Netherlands Film Festival premiere; Dutch Film Critics award recognition (sources conflict on win vs nomination)
    Netherlands Film Festival / Dutch Film Critics · 2019
  • Best European Dramatic Feature for Sing for Darfur
    European Independent Film Festival · 2008
The Other Final – festival awards including Toronto, Berlin, Barcelona; named Best Sports Documentary of All Time in the Netherlands
Festival circuit / Netherlands (as cited by Chelsea; onepointfour) · 2003
  • Hall of Fame ADCN
    ADCN
  • Press
    • Johan Kramer – Shot at Home / Discover New Possibilities (Škoda)
      onepointfour
    • Citizen 'Better starts now' campaign credit
      Ads of the World · 2014
    • Johan Kramer feature (KesselsKramer co-founder to Very Small Office director)
      Lürzer's Archive · 2012
    • Director Johan Kramer Profiles Car Designer Peter Schreyer for Hyundai
      SHOOTonline
    • Best Work You May Never See: Johan Kramer Pays Tribute to The Happy Reader
      SHOOTonline
    • FC Hyena Reimagines Its Namesake's Story
      shots.net
    • Bye Bye Super 8 – Tribeca Film Festival premiere
      Tribeca Film Festival