Biography

Dave Schram (Nieuwer-Amstel, August 23, 1958) is a Dutch film producer and film director. He is also one of the founders of the Shooting Star Film Company and Shooting Star Film Distribution. Schram is the father of actor/composer Quinten Schram and film director Tessa Schram.

History Schram has worked in the film industry since 1973. He first stood in front of the camera as an actor in the NCRV youth series Orimoa and in Behind the horizon is another country, later behind the camera in various disciplines: light, sound, camera, production and direction. He worked for various assistantships for productions such as: Sabine, Flodder, A flight of Whimbrels, Familiar Faces, Mixed Feelings, A Time to Die (or Seven Graves for Rogan) and Still Smokin.

As a 16-year-old boy, Schram founded his first production company D.E. in 1974. Film productions op. Through an interview in Het Parool, they received an assignment for their first 16mm film in 1976, [source?] a film about Formula 1 races in which James Hunt and Riccardo Patrese also spoke.

Course In 1977, Schram failed his secondary education by a tenth of a point,[source?] but he was nevertheless accepted at the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam with a dispensation from the Ministry of Education. During his training at the Film Academy, he and four friends bought their own film equipment under the name Quintetfilm with the aim of "being able to make films independently". Schram graduated from the Film Academy in 1981 with the short film Tussen de Regels and after his training he founded the successor to Quintetfilm: the Singelfilm company.

Film producer Schram made his debut as a film producer in 1988 with the feature film Loos by Theo van Gogh. Schram, together with Hans Pos and Maria Peters, founded their own distribution company in 1993 (Shooting Star Filmdistribution BV), because no film distributor wanted to show their film Daens in the cinema. A few months later, Daens received an Oscar nomination in Los Angeles.[source?]

Direction Schram made his debut as a feature film director in 2007 with the feature film Timbuktu. He then made Radeloos (2008), Lover of loser (2009), Razend (2011) and Regret! (2013).

Filmography Producer 2018 - The Conductor 2016 - Prey 2016 - Cutting 2015 - The Boskampis 2014 - Painkillers 2013 - Regret! 2012 - Greetings from Mike! 2011 - Sonny Boy 2009 - Lover or loser 2009 - Rico's wings 2008 - Film spot 2008 - Distraught 2007 - Captain Rob and Professor Lupardi's Secret 2007 - Timbuktu (After the book by Carry Slee) 2006 - Stay away 2006 - Uncertain time 2006 - Boxing 2005 - Dalziel and Pascoe (Wrong time, wrong place) 2005 - Movie(s) hit 2005 - My Skateboard 2003 - Pietje Bell 2: The Hunt for the Tsar's Crown 2002 - Splits 2002 - Pietje Bell, the Film 2002 - Bella Bettien 2001 - Baby Blue 2001 - First child on the moon 1999 - Crumb 1999 - Johnny ATB 1998 - Left Luggage 1998 - The rack 1998 - A real dog 1997 - Lovely Liza 1996 - Blind Date 1995 - The Purse Thief 1995 - Transit 1995 - Brylcream Boulevard 1994 - The good-for-nothing 1992 - Daens (1992 nominated for the Academy Award 'best foreign language film') 1990 - Play or Die 1989 - Loos Director 2013 - Regret! 2011 - Raging 2009 - Lover or loser 2008 - Distraught 2007 - Timbuktu
- IMDb mini biography by: D Schram

Founded 'Shooting Star Filmcompany' in 1987, with Maria Peters and Hans Pos.

Father of Tessa Schram and Quinten Schram both from Maria Peters.