Oscar Spierenburg

Oscar Spierenburg (1981) grew up in Spaarndam (The Netherlands) and moved to Belgium when he was 26. He is a painter as well as an auto didactic director and the founder of the well known Apertus° - open source cinema project. He strongly believes in the principle of 'learning while working' and has always found this to be true for his career particularly. He has taught himself how to paint and direct and has proved his skills with the short film "César's Spring", and earned quite a few prestigious nominations for his projects. This success was of course a motivation to continue on to something bigger. "Vanitas" is Oscar's first feature film. Alongside working as a director and Apertus° CEO, he owns a small art gallery in the center of Antwerp.