Van Oostrum, Kees 1963- (Kees VanOostrum, Kees van Oostrum, Kees Van Osstrom, Kees Von Oostrum)

PERSONAL

Born July 5, 1963, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Education: Graduated from the American Film Institute.

Addresses:

Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Cinematographer.

Member:

Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (cinematographers branch).

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement in cinematography for a miniseries or a special, 1992, for Miss Rose White; American Society of Cinematographers Award nomination, outstanding achievement in cinematography in miniseries, 1993, for The Burden of Proof; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement in cinematography for a miniseries or a special, American Society of Cinematographers Award, outstanding achievement in cinematography in miniseries, 1994, both for Return to Lonesome Dove; American Society of Cinematographers Award nomination, outstanding achievement in cinematography in miniseries, 1998, for Medusa's Child; American Society of Cinematographers Award nomination, outstanding achievement in cinematography in movies of the week/miniseries/pilot for basic or pay television, 2005, for Spartacus.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

Nights at O'Rear's, 1980.

Certain Fury, New World Pictures, 1985.

Gettysburg, New Line Cinema, 1993.

Separate Lives, 1995.

Thinner (also known as Stephen King's "Thinner"), Artisan Entertainment, 1996.

Drive Me Crazy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

The Last Man Club, 2002.

Gods and Generals, Warner Bros., 2003.

Fields of Freedom, 2006.

We Fight to Be Free (short), Greystone Communications, 2006.

The Last Word, THINKFilms, 2007.

Film Director:

Het Bittere kruid (also known as Bitter Sweet), Concorde Films, 1985.

Dial 9 for Love (also known as Men Are Dogs), Amberlon Pictures, 2001.

We Fight to Be Free, 2006.

Film Work; Other:

Lighting, Vliegen zonder Vieugels, 1977.

Special effects director and special cinematographer, Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse, Intravision, 1984.

Film Appearances:

Cinematographer Style, 2006.

Television Cinematographer; Miniseries:

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North, CBS, 1989.

Son of the Morning Star, ABC, 1991.

An Inconvenient Woman, ABC, 1991.

The Burden of Proof (also known as Scott Turow's "The Burden of Proof"), ABC, 1992.

Return to Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1993.

(As Kees Van Oostrom) Degree of Guilt, NBC, 1995.

Medusa's Child, ABC, 1997.

Spartacus, USA Network, 2004.

Television Camera Operator; Miniseries:

Return to Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1993.

(As Kees Van Oostrom) Degree of Guilt, NBC, 1995.

Television Cinematographer; Movies:

Kwiek graal, 1982.

Is da graal, he, 1982.

Her Life as a Man, NBC, 1984.

Crime of Innocence, NBC, 1985.

Something in Common, CBS, 1986.

A Time to Triumph, CBS, 1986.

A Case of Deadly Force, CBS, 1986.

Roses Are for the Rich, 1987.

(As Kees Van Oostrom) Mistress, CBS, 1987.

(As Kees VanOostrum) The Karen Carpenter Story, CBS, 1989.

Day One, CBS, 1989.

The Incident, CBS, 1990.

A Son's Promise, ABC, 1990.

Ivory Hunters (also known as The Last Elephant), TBS, 1990.

(As Kees Van Oostrum) Long Road Home, NBC, 1991.

Never Forget, TNT, 1991.

The Story Lady, NBC, 1991.

Miss Rose White, NBC, 1992.

In My Daughter's Name (also kwon as Overruled), CBS, 1992.

Somebody's Daughter, ABC, 1992.

Heartbeat (also known as Danielle Steel's "Heartbeat"), NBC, 1993.

There Was a Little Boy, CBS, 1993.

Torch Song (also known as Judith Krantz's "Torch Song"), ABC, 1993.

Men Don't Tell, CBS, 1993.

(As Kees van Oostrom) Once in a Lifetime (also known as Danielle Steel's "Once in a Lifetime"), NBC, 1994.

The Enemy Within, HBO, 1994.

Children of the Dark, CBS, 1994.

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice, NBC, 1994.

"Hart to Hart": Old Friends Never Die, NBC, 1994.

Journey, CBS, 1995.

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, ABC, 1995.

Down Came a Blackbird (also known as Ramirez), Showtime, 1995.

Degree of Guilt, 1995.

The Christmas Tree, ABC, 1996.

Old Man (also known as William Faulkner's "Old Man"), CBS, 1997.

Before He Wakes, CBS, 1998.

You Know My Name (also known as Bill Tilghman), TNT, 1999.

Cupid & Cate, CBS, 2000.

A House Divided, Showtime, 2000.

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, CBS, 2004.

The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel, CBS, 2004.

Snow Wonder, CBS, 2005.

The Water Is Wide, CBS, 2006.

(As Kees Von Oostrum) A Perfect Day, TNT, 2006.

Television Camera Operator; Movies:

A House Divided, Showtime, 2000.

Television Cinematographer; Pilots:

The Gifted One (movie), 1989.

Homeward Bound, ABC, 2002.

Television Cinematographer; Specials:

The Hand-Me-Down Kid, ABC, 1983.

(As Kees Von Oostrum) Missing Persons—Four True Stories, HBO, 1984.

Alfred G. Graebner Memorial High School Handbook of Rules and Regulations, CBS, 1984.

Television Director; Specials:

(As Kees Von Oostrum) Missing Persons—Four True Stories, HBO, 1984.

Television Work; Episodic:

Cinematographer, Sable, ABC, 1987.

Director, "Dead Heat," The Hitchhiker (also kwon as Deadly Nightmares and Le voyageur), HBO, 1987.

Cinematographer, Second Noah, ABC, 1996.

Cinematographer, Profiler, NBC, 1997-98.

Director, "Lethal Obsession," Profiles, NBC, 1998.