Fedor Limperg

Fedor Sendak Limperg was born on 26 July 1979 in Amsterdam. In the early 80s his parents belonged to the theatre group 'Dogtroep'; the family toured Europe whilst at the same time rearing their children. Limperg first became involved in films at eight years of age during the shooting of the feature film Op hoop van zegen (1986) ('The Good Hope') directed by Guido Pieters. He had a minor part in this film as 'Pietje'. In later years he became a young graffiti-artist with the tag-name 'Yuna' (inspired by graffiti-artist and heroine-junkie Ivar Vics, alias 'Dr. Rat'.) Limperg's own street-activities caused some trouble with the local authorities and he was twice placed in a young offender's institution. After graduating from high school he studied Contemporary Arts at the Rietveld Art Academy in Amsterdam, and later Film at St. Lukas Art School in Brussels, although he was expelled from both institutions. During his third attempt to study film, at The Netherlands Film Academy, he started to travel around the world. During his travels, he developed a keen interest in Asian countries, which was to influence him as a filmmaker. Unfortunately his graduation project in Thailand, called 'Pi Sao' ('Older Sister') was cancelled after one year because of disagreement with the NFA regarding the film's location. His next project was the script for Egofixe (2003), which was yet again rejected by the film school. However, despite serious resistance from the academy against the story, the film began production in 2002. Three well-known Dutch actors, Hugo Metsters (Jr.), Ellen ten Damme and Peer Mascini became financially and artistically involved, thus helping to finance and publicize the film. Besides film, Fedor Limperg also has an interest in music, art and photography. He works as a cartoonist and has so far illustrated seven children's books on philosophy. In 1999 he initiated the popular filmmakers start page www.filmstart.nl, now used on a daily basis by many Dutch film and television makers.