Roel Reiné is an award-winning director from the Netherlands, whose works include multiple feature films and television series for Universal, 20th Century Fox, Sony, Lionsgate, Netflix, Disney+, Starz, Showtime and many more.
Roel Reiné won the Dutch Academy Award for Best Director in 2000 with his first theatrical feature 'The Delivery' and has been nominated for Best Director in 2015 for his historical drama 'Michiel De Ruyter'. At international film festivals around the globe he has won multiple awards for his movies 'Admiral' and 'Redbad'.
Roel Reiné is known for his impeccable, commercial & unique vision and broad artistic skill-set, ranging from directing, cinematography, writing and producing with his production company Rebel Entertainment.
His 2015 Feature film 'Admiral', a.k.a. 'Michiel De Ruyter', an epic historical Dutch language movie, had a very successful theatrical release worldwide. In spite of competing with 'Jurassic World' and 'Fast and Furious' in its release window. 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. The movie tells the story of a 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 Film Festival it got the award for best European movie.
After 10 years working in Hollywood and building a solid reputation as a very talented and visionary director, Roel Reiné began directing for prime-time US television shows; Series like 'Black Sails' for Starz and 'Blood Drive' for Syfy. By 2017, he directed the pilot episodes of 'Marvel's Inhumans', for Marvel Studios and IMAX. This TV series pilot was globally released, exclusively on IMAX screens and later broadcast on ABC and now on Disney+.
In 2017, Roel Reiné also directed another European Feature Film named 'Redbad'. This movie has been theatrical released all over the world and has won many awards for best Director, best Cinematography and best Foreign Language Movie on several international film festivals.
In 2018 and 2019, Reiné has been directing epic TV shows like 'Knightfall' with big battle sequences and 'Wu Assassins' for Netflix. Also, a TV movie for Shark Week and a highly acclaimed docudrama miniseries for History Channel about George Washington called 'Washington' that broke viewing records.
In 2020 & 2021, Roel Reiné has been directing two episodes of the epic Science Fiction TV show 'Halo' for Showtime/Paramount+ and for Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. In 2021 Roel has also been directing a new Epic TV serie for History Channel about the Rome Colosseum.
In 2021 Roel has also directed and produced an new feature film franchise for Netflix called ‘Fistful of Vengeance’, a martial arts action movie, shot in Thailand. The movie has been released on Netflix Februari 17th, 2022 and was a top 10 movie for many weeks and the number one movie in the USA. This movie stars Iko Uwais and Lewis Tan and has some groundbreaking fight sequences.
In 2022 Roel directed another Epic series for History Channel called ’Ancient Empires’. And in 2022 Roel is directing and producing another Dutch Feature Film called ‘Line of Fire’, a modern tale about a Dutch soldier who became a hero in Afghanistan war but when he returned to The Netherlands, his award for a daring mission becomes his downfall. This movie will be Theatrical released in Europe in September 2023 and on Netflix for the world in December 2023.
Roel started 2023 with directing the movie ‘Classified’ with Aaron Eckhart, Tim Roth and Abigail Breslin. An action packed thriller set in Malta, and this movie will be theatrical released in the beginning of 2024.
Roel Reiné is represented by agents David Saunders & Jack Leighton at APA and managers Amotz Zakai, Adam Riback and Chris Davis for Echo Lake Entertainment.