Cecilia Verheyden

Cecilia Verheyden was born on September 21, 1985 in Ghent, Belgium. She is a director for movies and series. In 2007 she graduated with her short movie Ou Quoi. This film won a lot of international awards. From then on wards Cecilia is on the lookout for stories that need to be told. Currently, she directs TV series and movies. Her first documentary Climbing Spielberg was selected for the IDFA, Docville and Planete Doc Review. Also her short movies and first feature film Behind The Clouds won awards on festivals all over the world. For television, she directed eight episodes of the very popular television series Missing Persons Squad, several sketches for What if? - a very popular television show that won an Emmy Award in 2014 - and other series such as Girlfriends - a costume series - Please Love Me - a very popular Belgian sitcom that won 'best mini series' at Seoul International Drama Awards, wtFOCK - an adaptation of SKAM and Undercover (Netflix). Cecilia is also well known for her commercial work, for clients such as Carlsberg, Coke Zero, Heineken, Watchdogs and Volkswagen. These commercials were huge online successes (with over 20 million views) and won a lot of awards, including a lot of Lions at Cannes Festival Of Creativity.