Roel Reiné is a renowned Dutch director with a diverse portfolio of feature films and television series for prominent studios and networks such as Universal, 20th Century Fox, Sony, Lionsgate, Netflix, Disney+, Starz, Showtime, and many more.
He won the Dutch Academy Award for Best Director in 2000 for his debut feature film 'The Delivery' and received a nomination for Best Director in 2015 for his historical drama 'Michiel DE Ruyter'. Reiné has also won multiple awards for his films 'Admiral' and 'Redbad' at international film festivals worldwide.
As a multi-talented artist, Reiné is known for his unique vision, broad artistic skill-set, and ability to excel in various roles, including directing, cinematography, writing, and producing through his production company Rebel Entertainment.
Some of his recent critically acclaimed works include the action movie 'Seal Team Eight' for 20th Century Fox, the supernatural western 'Dead in Tombstone' with Mickey Rourke for Universal, and two 'Death Race' prequels with Sean Bean.
Reiné's 2015 feature film 'Admiral', also known as 'Michiel DE Ruyter', is an epic historical Dutch-language movie that had a successful theatrical release worldwide, competing with 'Jurassic World' and 'Fast and Furious' in its release window. The film tells the story of 17th-century Admiral Michiel DE Ruyter, who protects the Dutch population from a civil war between two political factions while defeating English armadas in massive sea-battles.
At the Toronto European Film Festival, 'Admiral' received the award for Best Movie. The film was a major financial success worldwide and held a remarkable position among the top ten box office revenues of the Netherlands in 2015.
After a decade of working in Hollywood and building a reputation as a talented and visionary director, Reiné began directing prime-time US shows, including 'Black Sails' for Starz and 'Blood Drive' for Syfy. In 2017, he directed the pilot episodes of 'Marvel's Inhumans' for Marvel Studios and IMAX, which was globally released on IMAX screens and later broadcast on ABC and now on Disney+.
Reiné also directed the European feature film 'Redbad' in 2017, which was theatrically released worldwide and won several awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Foreign Language Movie at international film festivals.
In 2018 and 2019, Reiné directed epic TV shows like 'Knighfall' with big battle sequences and 'Wu Assassins' for Netflix. He also directed a TV movie for Shark Week and a highly acclaimed docudrama miniseries for History Channel about George Washington, which broke viewing records.
Currently, Reiné is directing two episodes of the science fiction TV show 'Halo' for Showtime and Stephen Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment.
