Since 1988 I have been active as a director, producer and writer of feature documentaries, feature films and TV drama. I have made a number of documentaries in Africa, Asia and the USA. With three friends I made the 1994 prize winning  feature documentary film ‘Rock ’n Roll Junkie’ about Herman Brood. In total I have directed and/or produced more than 20 feature documentaries and 2 series of short documentaries including a series about traditional African healers called ‘Spirits of Africa’. My most recent project is the oral history project ‘Historias do Alentejo’ (2020-2023), a series of short films in which people remember the days of the dictatorship in Portugal.

I am currently also working on a documentary about shamanism in the Persian Gulf with Maryam Abbasai and Michael Morsch (University of Heidelberg and Erlangen).

You can read and watch an overview of my films on https://www.filmfestival.nl/persoon/ton-van-der-lee

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