Miriam Kruishoop

Miriam Kruishoop is a Dutch-American, award-winning filmmaker. She graduated with honors from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. MK won the "Citroen Award" at the Dutch Film Festival for "Best Graduation Film", for her short Da Silva despite the fact she was only in her 3rd year. She wrote and directed her first feature film Vive Elle when she was in her 4th year, on an exchange program in Paris. While still in school MK won multiple awards for her short films Sometimes It's Hard To Be A Woman, De Silva and Vedette. Her debut feature film Vive Elle granted her a "Tiger Award" at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. MK received multiple "Gouden Kalf"Award nominations at the Dutch Film Festival for her second feature Unter Den Palmen, which was the openings film. She won the "Culture Prize of the City of Amsterdam" for her visual art and was a runner up for the "National Dutch Culture Prize". MK's work, from the stylized features Vive Elle and Unter Den Palmen, starring 70's film icon Helmut Berger, to the politically conscious immigrant story Greencard Warriors. MK's films center around individuals who struggle with their isolated, sometimes alienated existence. Fiction or reality, she focuses on people and their stories, using their narrative to amplify the conversation about the 'invisible' people in our society. The award-winning feature film Greencard Warriors tells the story of an undocumented family whose eldest son is recruited by the army with the promise of a greencard. The film has been awarded with multiple Best Director Awards, including Best Director at LALIFF. The film had a limited theatrical release through AMC Independent and was featured on HBO Latino.