Jacqueline van Vugt

Jacqueline van Vugt studied architecture at TU Delft followed by camera at the Dutch Film and Television Academy in 1991. She graduated as Director of Photography with the award-winning documentary 'Snow White', directed by Jelka Anhalt (1995). Ever since she has developed her own films in addition to her work for National television as a cinematographer or director of various short fiction and documentary-series.

In 1995 Jacqueline van Vugt directed and produced her first independent documentary with her company Melief Film; 'KPL 70-11-12-078' (16 mm) on Dutch soldiers in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Dutch National Television VPRO bought the film. Her next film was the feature length documentary 'Ofrenda de Primavera' produced by JURA Film in 1998. Awards for the film include amongst others the Amsterdam Arts Foundation Talent Award.
For her documentary 'Two Loves' (2001), on Bosie, the poet and boyfriend of Oscar Wilde, she won a Dutch Academy Award. Her short fiction 'Tomorrow' won Best Short at the Mannheim-Heidelberg Festival. 'Toda una Vida' and 'Bambara Blues' were her next feature-length documentaries. With her company Melief Film, Jacqueline van Vugt independently produced and filmed the documentary 'Mama don’t like no guitar pickers ‘round here', released by Cinema Delicatessen for cinema. Her documentary 'BORDERS' was produced by PVH-film. And directed and filmed by Jacqueline herself. Cinema Delicatessen released the film. 'BORDERS' has won several awards including FIPRESCI Award 2014, Krakow International Festival. It was especially mentioned for the camerawork with the CIVIS and SIMA-awards. Apart from directing and shooting the artists portraits of Toon Verhoef and Cornelius Rogge for the Dutch Masters, INTERAKT, she directed and filmed the documentary 'Refuge', produced in cooperation with Rosan Boersma from CTM/Nuts and Bolts, in 2017-2018. With her documentary 'Up to G-Cup', 2020-2021 which she shot in Northern Iraq Jacqueline has won the Dutch Filmcritics Award, KNF.

Jacqueline van Vugt now shot her first feature film 'CROSSING' with producer Revolver Film in co-production with A Private View Belgium and Nukleus Film Kroatia.