Documentary filmmaker Koert Davidse, born in the Netherlands in 1959, studied photography and visual arts at the St. Joost Academy in Breda. In 2004, After several years working as a scriptwriter and as a freelance documentary filmmaker, he started his own production company called seriousFilm with his partners Yan Ting Yuen and Marc Thelosen. He also teaches a course at the AV department of the Willem de Kooning art academy in Rotterdam.