Thorgal Westra
director of photography, cinematographer, editor
Den Haag / NL
about me
Based in The Hague. Since 2016, I have worked in both Australia and China (Shenzhen) as Creative Director & Cinematographer. Clients worked with are Xpeng, Segway, Discovery, EcoFlow, Hisense and more. Multilingual, Dutch, English & Chinese.
ask me for
Documentary projects.
User stories.
Shortfilms.
Features.
Commercials.
remarks
Born & rased in The Hague, the Netherlands with a mother from a Moluccan/Indonesian heritage & father from the Netherlands. I've been exposed to different cultures from a young age.
Majored in Business Economics, I discovered my passion was somewhere else.
Telling stories but also getting to know and immersing into them is.
Having spent time living abroad (a year in Australia and six years in China) I enjoy working in a multi-culture environment.
Within these years I also discovered my knack for languages, being able to speak: Dutch, English & Chinese.
Although I operate within 3 essential parts of filmmaking: direction, cinematography and
editing, my passion lies in cinematography.
Using the right tools, whether its equipment, framing or lighting, to create and deliver a story with a cinematic approach.
trackrecord
Creative Director - Ecoflow's User stories.
Creative Director - Segway Navimow's (Ninebot) User stories.
Creative Director & DP - TÜV Rheinland x EcoFlow River 2 publication video.
Creative Director, concept to edit - Ecoflow's Earthday campaign video.
DP - "Found in Translation" short film for My Rode Reel short film competition.
DP - "一个明天 - A tomorrow" shortiflm for NEW ERA short film competition.
equipment
Sony FX6 - fully rigged.
SmallHD Cine 7.
Leica R set Cinemodded (19/F2.8 - 24/F2.8 - 50/F2.0 - 90/F2.0 · EF/E or L mount available)
Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro full rigged.
Easyrig Minimax.
DJI RS3 PRO gimbal.
DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone.
Sachtler Flowtech Aktiv8
Atomos Sumo 19 Directors / Field Monitor
Teradek Bolt 500XT 1TX 1RX
Bolt 500 RX
ProAim Breeza Pro Slider
Lighting:
Amaran 150C
Amaran 60D
Nanlite Pavotube
Lightstands
C-stands
Black bedsheet (Neg fill)
Diffusion sheet
5-in-1 diffusion
software knowledge
Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Lightroom)
Davinci Resolve.
Based in The Hague. Since 2016, I have worked in both Australia and China (Shenzhen) as Creative Director & Cinematographer. Clients worked with are Xpeng, Segway, Discovery, EcoFlow, Hisense and more. Multilingual, Dutch, English & Chinese.
ask me for
Documentary projects.
User stories.
Shortfilms.
Features.
Commercials.
remarks
Born & rased in The Hague, the Netherlands with a mother from a Moluccan/Indonesian heritage & father from the Netherlands. I've been exposed to different cultures from a young age.
Majored in Business Economics, I discovered my passion was somewhere else.
Telling stories but also getting to know and immersing into them is.
Having spent time living abroad (a year in Australia and six years in China) I enjoy working in a multi-culture environment.
Within these years I also discovered my knack for languages, being able to speak: Dutch, English & Chinese.
Although I operate within 3 essential parts of filmmaking: direction, cinematography and
editing, my passion lies in cinematography.
Using the right tools, whether its equipment, framing or lighting, to create and deliver a story with a cinematic approach.
trackrecord
Creative Director - Ecoflow's User stories.
Creative Director - Segway Navimow's (Ninebot) User stories.
Creative Director & DP - TÜV Rheinland x EcoFlow River 2 publication video.
Creative Director, concept to edit - Ecoflow's Earthday campaign video.
DP - "Found in Translation" short film for My Rode Reel short film competition.
DP - "一个明天 - A tomorrow" shortiflm for NEW ERA short film competition.
equipment
Sony FX6 - fully rigged.
SmallHD Cine 7.
Leica R set Cinemodded (19/F2.8 - 24/F2.8 - 50/F2.0 - 90/F2.0 · EF/E or L mount available)
Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro full rigged.
Easyrig Minimax.
DJI RS3 PRO gimbal.
DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone.
Sachtler Flowtech Aktiv8
Atomos Sumo 19 Directors / Field Monitor
Teradek Bolt 500XT 1TX 1RX
Bolt 500 RX
ProAim Breeza Pro Slider
Lighting:
Amaran 150C
Amaran 60D
Nanlite Pavotube
Lightstands
C-stands
Black bedsheet (Neg fill)
Diffusion sheet
5-in-1 diffusion
software knowledge
Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Lightroom)
Davinci Resolve.
Thorgal Westra
Den Haag / NL
director of photography, cinematographer, editor