CURRICULUM VITAE
Name	Sil van der Woerd
Titles	Creative Director, Art Director, Writer, Visual Effects Supervisor, Producer, Compositor
D.O.B.	May 30, 1982
Nationality	Dutch (European Union) / Currently residing in Los Angeles, USA
Email	sil@silvanderwoerd.com
Website	www.silvanderwoerd.com
POSITIONS				City, Country
2009	Creative Director represented by Digital Domain (for North America)			LA, USA
	Creative Director represented by Annex Films (for Europe)			London, UK
	Creative Director represented by Tribe International (for Asia)			Shanghai, China
2008 / 2009	Creative Director / Visual Effects Supervisor at Gnomon, School of Visual Effects / Gnomon Workshop			LA, USA
2006 / 2009	Freelance Music Video and Commercial Director at Sil van der Woerd (own Company) Clients included New Line Cinema, RSA, OneSize & ID&T.			Arnhem, NL
PRIZES / NOMINATIONS
2010	White Swan	Winner	Special Jury prize, World Cinema Music Video, Amsterdam Film Festival	Amsterdam, NL
2009	White Swan	Winner	Best Music Video, HDfest Event	New York, USA
	White Swan	2^nd Prize	Best Dutch Music Video, Shoot Me Film Festival	The Hague, NL
2008	Worms	Winner	Best Music Video, Cyprus International Film Festival	Cyprus
	Worms	Nomination	Most Cutting Edge Dutch Music Video, Kosmopolis Hero Award	Amsterdam, NL
2007	Worms	Winner	November Edition of NPS New Arrivals Competition	Utrecht, NL
	Worms	Winner	Music Video of the Month by Dutch magazine Music Maker	NL
2006	Swim	Winner	Best Animation, In De Maak Final	Utrecht, NL
	Swim	Winner	Best Digital Short (national & intern. ), Playgrounds Festival	Tilburg, NL
2005	Swim	Winner	Academy Prize Arnhem, for best graduating student	Arnhem, NL
	Swim	Finalist	Global Student Animation Award competition	New York, USA
	Swim	2^nd Prize	Tent Academy Awards	Rotterdam, NL
2004	Duet	Winner	Teek Festival	Breda, NL
	Duet	Winner	Beeldbuis Festival	Zwolle, NL
FILMOGRAPHY
2009	Lolly Jane Blue - White Swan	Music video	Director, Producer	NL / BEL / USA
2008	Sensation White	Visuals	Director of underwater shoot & post production for / ID&T	NL
	My Sister's Keeper	Content	Content Creator of 6 shots for New Line Cinema	USA
	Lolly Jane Blue - tour	Visuals	Director, Producer of 10 clips projected during the tour	NL / HUN
2007	Lolly Jane Blue - Worms	Music video	Director, Producer	NL / USA
	KPN / NS	Pre Production	Content Creator for Motion Design company OneSize	NL
	silvanderwoerd.com	Website	Design and execution	NL
2006	Algebra - U do it for me	Music video	Visual Effects	USA
2005	Swim	Short film	Director, Producer	NL
	Spyder	Advertisement	Visual Effects for Dutch Motion Design company Onesize	NL / USA
2004	Duet	Short film	Director, Producer	NL
	Where birds fly	Short film	Director, Producer in collaboration with Director Floris Kaayk	NL
	Microbia leader	Advertisement	Director, Producer	NL
	Shapes	Fashion project	Camera & Edit for Fashion Designer Maria Blaisse	NL
2003	Two Entropies	Music video	Camerawork and Visual Effects for the video for The Proov	NL
EDUCATION & COURSES
2008 / 2009	Trainee Visual Effects Supervisor at Gnomon Workshop			LA, USA
2006	Match movement and Integration Course at Gnomon, School of Visual Effects			LA, USA
	Workshop KODAK Film Experience, Amsterdam Film and Television Academy			Amsterdam, NL
2005	Maya Fast Track Course, Maya Software Training at Gnomon School of Visual Effects			LA, USA
2001-2005	ArtEZ - ArtEZ Institute of the Arts - Degree: Bachelor Fine Arts - Cum Laud Specialties: Video and Animation (skills in Directing, Producing, Art Direction, Concept, Storyboard, Camera, Light, Editing, Compositing, 3d-Animation)			Arnhem, NL
2000	Graduated High School, degree allows to go to any university in the Netherlands or the UK			Tiel, NL
ONLINE SUCCESS
	YouTube.com – 2.000.000+ views
	Dailymotion.com – 200.000+ views
	Deviantart.com – 70.000+ views
PRESENTATIONS
2009	Master class and Guest Programmer Art House Theatre			Arnhem, NL
	Presentation at Gnomon, School of Visual Effects of White Swan Making Of			LA, USA
	Presentation at Beamlab			Amsterdam, NL
	Presentation at Pecha Kucha Night			Rotterdam, NL
2008	Master class at Playgrounds Festival			Tilburg, NL
	Presentation at Playgrounds Festival			Tilburg, NL
	Presentation at Gnomon, School of Visual Effects			LA, USA
2007	Master class at Amsterdam Film and Television Academy			Amsterdam, NL
	Presentation Playgrounds Festival			Tilburg, NL
	Jury member Woeste Weduwe Film Festival			Arnhem, NL
2006	Master class at Amsterdam Film and Television Academy			Amsterdam, NL
	Jury member Woeste Weduwe Film Festival			Arnhem, NL
2004	Appearance on Not the dr. Phil show			Zwolle, NL
INTERVIEWS / ARTICLES
2009	September edition of Shots magazine			UK
	CGchina Magazine			China
	Made In Arnhem Invites (Dutch)			NL
	Weekkrant (Dutch)			NL
2008	CG channel			USA
	Arts meets Science Magazine			NL
	Volkskrant (Dutch)			NL
2007	NPS New Arrivals (Dutch)			NL
	de stad Tiel (Dutch)			NL
	Radio Gelderland (Dutch)			NL
2006	Dif magazine (Dutch)			NL
	Rails magazine (Dutch)			NL
	Gelderlander (Dutch)			NL
	Gelderlander (Dutch)			NL
RELEASES
2009	17.5 hour, 4 discs of tutorials covering the making of the music video White Swan, a Gnomon Workshop release			USA
2008	10 hour, 4 discs of tutorials covering the making of the music video Worms, a Gnomon Workshop release			USA
2007	Worms DVD single: a Sil van der Woerd release			NL
2005	Syllabus: Compilation of Student Works, a Sil van der Woerd release			NL
DVD INCLUSIONS
2009	Inclusion in DVD compilation added to Shots Magazine			UK
	Inclusion in DVD compilation added to CGChina Magazine			China
	Inclusion in 'Kick Start Young Dutch Video' DVD compilation			NL
2007	Inclusion in Stash media Magazine			USA
2006	Inclusion in Siggraph Video Review DVD			USA
	Inclusion in Selection Dutch Shorts DVD 2006			NL
2005	Inclusion in Selection Dutch Shorts DVD 2005			NL
	Inclusion in Stash Media Magazine			USA
EXHIBITIONS
2009	Group Exhibition: Today It's Me - Museum of Modern Art Arnhem			Arnhem, NL
	Solo exhibition: White Swan – Gnomon Gallery			LA, USA
2008	Group Exhibition: Art Rotterdam - International Exhibition			Rotterdam, NL
	Group Exhibition: Gallery Willy Schoots			Eindhoven, NL
	Group Exhibition: Next Generation			Heerlen, NL
2007	Group Exhibition: Artgallery 300%			Schiedam, NL
	Group Exhibition - CBK Den Bosch			Den Bosch, NL
	Group Exhibition: Today’s Art, Villa Nuts			The Hague, NL
2006	Duo Exhibition: CBKG Arnhem			Arnhem, NL
2004	Group Exhibition: Bon Bon Sai – Gallery de Buytensael			Arnhem, NL
FESTIVALS
2010	World Festival of Animated Film			Zagred, Croatia
	Curtocircuito			Satiago de C, Spain
	Corti da Sogni - Antonio Ricci International Short Film Festival			Ravenna Centro, Italy
	Cortoons			Rome, Italy
	The Indie Music Video Festival			various, USA
	GoShort			Nijmegen, NL
	Hotel Modern Animation Festival			online
	De fantasiefabriek			Den Bosch, NL
	Utrechtse Festival aan de Werf			Utrecht, NL
	I've seen Films			Zwolle, NL
	Zwols Animatie Festival			Milan, Italy
	Amsterdam Film Festival			Amsterdam, NL
2009	HD Fest			NY, USA
	Holland Animation Film Festival			Utrecht, NL
	Shoot Me Film Festival			The Hague, NL
	Internationales Trickfilm Festival			Stuttgart, Germany
	Short & Sweet			London, UK
	GoShort			Nijmegen, NL
	White Swan Premiere			LA, USA
	CASZuidas urban screen festival			Amsterdam, NL
	Full Moon Night			Tilburg, NL
	What Talent			Watford, UK
	4 x Kaayk			Neerijnen, NL
	IDFA			Amsterdam, NL
2008	Lille International Film Festival			Lille, France
	Cyprus international Film Festival			Cyprus
	IAFF, International Amsterdam Film Festival			Amsterdam, NL
	Invideo			Milan, Italy
	Tindirindis			Vilnius, Lithuania
	Amsterdam Shorts Program			Amsterdam, NL
	Clip it			Berlin, Germany
	Balchik Festival			Sofia, Bulgaria
	Animanima			Cacak, Serbia
	Fest Anca			Zilina, Slovakia
	In the Palace			Balchik, Bulgaria
	Dutch Animation Tour, a tour to 14 Dutch cities			14 cities, NL
	Shortly speaking Dutch tour, a tour to 12 Polish cities			12 cities, Poland
	Dutch Film Festival			Utrecht, NL
	Film Museum			Amsterdam, NL
	Urban Explorers			Dordrecht, NL
	Cinedans			Amsterdam, NL
	Klik!			Amsterdam, NL
	Baxter Dance Festival			Cape Town, S. Afrika
	IFFR, International Film Festival Rotterdam			Rotterdam, NL
	Noorderslag, in collaboration with Lolly Jane Blue			Groningen, NL
	HAFF, Holland Animation Film Festival			Utrecht, NL
	Paard van Troje			Den Haag, NL
	Parallel Spaces			Nijmegen, NL
	Go Short!			Nijmegen, NL
	Kick Start Young Dutch Talent			Dum Umeni, Czech
	Talent In Motion			Tilburg, NL
	National dance week tour			4 cities, NL
2007	Playgrounds Festival			Tilburg, NL
	Worms Premiere			Arnhem, NL
	Amsterdam Underground Festival			Amsterdam, NL
	State of the Image			Arnhem, NL
	Theasis Ecofilms			Rhodos, Greece
	Lowlands			Biddinghuizen, NL
	Fourpack TV			Den Bosch, NL
	A season of Dutch Arts in the Berkshires			NY, USA
	12th International Comics Festival of Babel Magazine			Athens, Greece
	Short & Sweet			London, UK
	Unheard Film Festival			Amsterdam, NL
2006	4 Film Festival			Bolzano, Italy
	Holland Animation Film Festival			Utrecht, NL
	In de Maak Final			Utrecht, NL
	Playground Festival			Tilburg, NL
	Resfest			Amsterdam, NL
	Electronic Music Festival			Rotterdam, NL
	27th Annual New Music & Art Festival			Bowling Green, USA
	Todays Art Festival			Nijmegen, NL
	26th Atlantic Film Festival			Halifax, Canada
	Festival Boulevard			Den Bosch, NL
	Alter-native			Targu-Mueres, Romenia
	Portobello Film Festival			London, UK
	Stichting Slash			Amsterdam, NL
	Macht der Kurzen			Berlin, Germany
	Versions			Chicago, USA
	Mu:vi			Bistrita, Romenia
	Siggraph			Boston, USA
	In de maak			Utrecht, NL
	Careof			Milaan, Italy
2005	Dutch Film Festival			Utrecht, NL
	Kansk Video Festival			Kansk, Russia
	Media Art Festival			Enschede, NL
	Pek Film Festival			The Hague, NL
	Global Student Animation Awards			New York, USA
	Tent Academy Awards			Rotterdam, NL
	A Room with a View			Antwerps, Belgium
	In de Maak			Utrecht, NL
	Paraat, Veemvloer			Amsterdam, NL
	Lazymarie			Utrecht, NL
	LUX graduation program			Nijmegen, NL
	State of the Image			Arnhem, NL
	Cinematiek 't Hoogt			Utrecht, NL
	Submarine			Amsterdam, NL
	VPRO Dutch Television			Television, NL
	Submarine Fest			Amsterdam, NL
	Graduation Program Stichting GANG			Arnhem, NL
	Made in Arnhem, Avecom			Arnhem, NL
	Focus Film House			Arnhem, NL
	Short Digital Video Festival			The Hague, NL
	Luciole/Firefly			Indres, France
	A perfect World			Tilburg & Nijmegen, NL
	Adieu Melksalon Avecom			Arnhem, NL
2004	Beeldbuis Festival			Zwolle, NL
	Holland Animation Film Festival			Utrecht, NL
	Teek Festival			Breda, NL
	Uitmarkt CELL			Rotterdam, NL
	Lowlands			Biddinghuizen, NL