Director / Creator / ScreenwriterBrussels, Belgium

STIJN
VAN
KERKHOVEN

Stijn Van Kerkhoven on set, wearing headphones ↓

01 / Selected work

Two characters sitting together outside at night in Oh, Otto!
Series · 7 × 25′2025

OH,
OTTO!

Creator & director

After his first love leaves him, Otto searches for connection and his place in Brussels’ vibrant queer community. A tender, funny portrait of friendship, sex and love.

Eyeworks Film & TV DramaStreamzWritten by Ditte Jacoby & Emiel Van Wouwe
Best Short Form SeriesCanneseries 2025
Student Jury AwardCanneseries 2025
C21 International Drama Awards 2025
Nominee · Best Comedy Drama SeriesC21 ↗
Seriesly Berlin 2025
Official selectionFestival ↗
De Ensors 2026 · 5 nominationsDe Ensors ↗
  • Best Fiction Series
  • Best Direction, Fiction Series · Stijn Van Kerkhoven
  • Best Screenplay, Fiction Series · Ditte Jacoby & Emiel Van Wouwe
  • Best Cinematography · Kobe Vangronsveld
  • Best Supporting Performance, Fiction Series · Jennifer Heylen
View at Canneseries ↗

Director

2026

OH, OTTO! SEASON 2

Series · Creator & director
Pre production

2026

9TO5 · UWASE

Music video · Concept & direction

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2025

OH, OTTO!

Series · Creator & director

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2020

NA DE REGEN

Short film · Writer & director

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Assistant director

2024

THE LAST FRONT

Assistant crowd director

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2024

STYX

Crowd director

2023

ROUGH DIAMONDS

Crowd director

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2023

WIL

Crowd director

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2023

J’AIME LA VIE

Crowd director

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2022

HAZARD

Crowd director

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2021

RED SANDRA

Assistant crowd director

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2021

COOL ABDOUL

Assistant crowd direction

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2018

NIET SCHIETEN

Assistant crowd director

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2018

GANGSTA

Assistant crowd director

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2018

DE ZON IS EEN MAFFE GOD

Crowd director

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2017

SPITSBROERS

Assistant crowd director

02 / About

“A TRUE
REVELATION
OF A YOUNG
CREATOR AND
DIRECTOR.”

— Canneseries Artistic Direction, 2025

Stijn Van Kerkhoven (°1997) is a Belgian director, creator and screenwriter. His work moves between romantic comedy and drama.

His debut series Oh, Otto!, inspired by his experiences as a young gay man in Brussels, won both the professional jury prize for Best Short Form Series and the Student Jury Award at Canneseries 2025.

Before creating his own fiction, Stijn worked in assistant direction on international series and films including Rough Diamonds and WIL. He is currently developing new fiction projects.

Full profile / representation ↗

03 / Selected press

Interviews, reviews
& recognition

VPRO Cinema · 22 Jul 2026

“Everyday queer experiences are rarely shown.”

↗ Filmfestival Oostende · 06 Jan 2026

Five Ensor nominations for Oh, Otto!

↗ De Standaard · 12 Dec 2025

How Brussels became a leading character

↗ C21 Media · 10 Nov 2025

International Drama Awards finalists announced

↗ Screen International · 12 Aug 2025

Oh, Otto! heads to Seriesly Berlin

↗ Deadline · 12 Aug 2025

Seriesly Berlin announces its international programme

↗ Flair · 17 Jun 2025

Intimacy, friendship and the first Oh, Otto! trailer

↗ BRUZZ · 14 May 2025

“I could only have made this series in Brussels.”

↗ VAF · 29 Apr 2025

Oh, Otto! wins twice at Canneseries

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04 / Contact

LET’S WORK
TOGETHER.

STIJNVANKERKHOVEN@OUTLOOK.COM+32 498 45 82 39
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