Frank Houtappels (Writer)

12 steden, 13 ongelukken

Release Date1990-03-25

Charactersd Simon de Wit

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

TV7

Release Date2002-02-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Frenk Visschedijk

Episode Count9

Vote Count1

Love Is All

A romantic comedy told with a set of interwoven Christmas tales about life, love, forgiveness and caring. A heroic vagrant becomes a TV sensation Santa Claws, while a prince takes a menial job at a department store to woo his sweetheart.

Release Date2007-10-10

Charactersd Melle

Vote Count85

Oogappels

Four different families in a medium-sized Dutch city are followed. Their children attend the same high school. The parents all have their own way of raising children. But for all of them it is true that they set the bar very high for themselves and their little ones: life must be perfect above all!

Release Date2019-01-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count10

Vote Count8

Downtown

In 1988, three young gay men, Ronnie, Lennart and Bas, throw themselves into Amsterdam's nightlife scene. It’s a life full of friendship, sex and drugs. Until the mysterious AIDS virus casts a shadow over their lives and one of them disappears after becoming infected. Thirty-two years later, in the middle of the 2021 lockdown, Ronnie recognises the missing Bas in the subway. An evening unfolds that none of them had expected to see, but which had been in the air for years. The AIDS epidemic has had a major impact on all three of their lives. Where they lost each other 32 years ago, they hope to find each other again.

Release Date2026-06-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Hertenkamp

Release Date1998-02-26

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Episode Count36

The sheep with 5 legs

Set in Amsterdam’s Jordaan, the remake brings back the beloved café, its barman Kootje, mate Lukas, and neighbour Doortje, now facing the threat of a nearby highway endangering the pub.

Release Date2006-12-03

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Episode Count8

Vote Count3

Viper's Nest

Gooische Vrouwen (Vipers Nest) is based on a very popular Dutch TV series and can be described as a Dutch variation of Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives. The film tells the story of four girlfriends who live in the bourgeois area ‘t Gooi, where life always seems to run smoothly, but dark clouds are gathering on the horizon. A flight seems the only way out…

Release Date2011-03-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count53

't Schaep Ahoy

Kootje won a cruise on the Rhine and takes Door with him on vacation.

Release Date2015-03-14

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Episode Count8

't Schaep in Mokum

Release Date2013-01-07

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Episode Count8

Yes Nurse! No Nurse!

In the guest-house of sister Klivia, the inhabitants are very cheerful and good-hearted persons whose open communal lifestyle is contrasted with the life of somewhat nasty and complaining neighbour Mr Boordevool. Boordevool has spent ages looking for reasons to shut the guest-house. One day a girl from the guest-house meets a nice young guy Gerrit. Sister Klivia lets Gerrit stay regardless of him being a thief. Will that give a chance to the insinuations of the neighbour?

Release Date2002-09-06

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Vote Count25

April, May and June

To inform each personally about her impending death, Mies summons her three daughters home. The three half-sisters April, May and June, each of whom has a different father, start to question their lives: "Where are we at in life? What do we still have in common? What will happen to our autistic brother Jan?"

Release Date2019-12-19

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count31

Alles op Tafel

Seven friends meet up for dinner and decide to play a revealing game. During the evening deep personal secrets will surface and threaten their relationships.

Release Date2021-11-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count22

Neem Me Mee

Six people over seventy are at a turning point in their lives. Without knowing each other, they go on a journey together.

Release Date2023-12-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count6

Chez Nous

Chez Nous is a feel good comedy and the name of a gay cafe in the heart of Amsterdam that is on the brink of being closed.

Release Date2013-10-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count13