Dutch filmmaker, she studied in The Netherlands and Brazil. While studying political science she got intrigued by the Middle East. She lived and worked in Damascus for about one year where she made her first short documentaries. After graduation she made her first feature length documentary Shout (2010) that is shot in Syria and the Golan Heights with co-director Ester Gould. She directed three 50 minutes documentaries for the Dutch national documentary program Backlight (VPRO): In Between Egypt and Gaza (2011), Power to the people (2012), and Hotel Europe (2013). She co-wrote and co-directed her last documentry film Ne me quitte pas (2015) with Niels van Koevorden.