Joren Molter is a film and commercial director. After Joren’s graduation from the Netherlands Film Academy, his graduation film “Greetings from Kropsdam” was selected for 54 international film festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, Busan, and Palm Springs. The film won 13 international awards, including the Audience Award at the Warsaw International Film Festival. Joren is the first Dutch director to be selected by the European Film Promotion for the “Future Frames: Ten New Directors to Follow” at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. His short film “Kind” and his television film “Dòst,” which he directed for the Dutch TV channel NTR, premiered in the Golden Calf competition (the Dutch Oscars) at the Dutch Film Festival. “Dòst” has been sold to Amazon and translated into 27 different languages.

In the summer of 2022, Joren directed his first feature film “Summer Brother” (Zomervacht) based on the novel “Zomervacht” by Jaap Robben. “Summer Brother” was selected as the official Closing Film of the Dutch Film Festival 2023. The film will be screened in Dutch and Belgian cinemas later in 2023. Joren is also a member of the Dutch Academy For Film (DAFF).

After Joren’s graduation in 2016, he began his career as a commercial director. His first commercial “When did you stop caring” was nominated for a San Accent Award. Since then, Joren has directed almost 100 commercials for television, cinema, and the internet. His “Amsterdam Pride” commercial was nominated for The Best Social Award Video 2020 in the Netherlands.