Lennart Verstegen

Lennart Verstegen (1985) is a director at Wefilm. In 2009, he graduated from the Dutch Film Academy with a degree in cinematography. In his first year as a director, he won the Young Directors award at ADCN 2010 and was shortlisted for the Young Directors award at the Cannes Lions 2011. His commercial for Megafon was awarded best Russian commercial in 2013.
Moreover, he won the VCP Kodak commercial award for best student commercial. After his studies, Lennart was the cinematographer for feature films like Rabat and Wolf. Lennart loves to find beauty in small things in life and the honesty of candid real images. For his commercial ‘Love life. Fight cancer’, Lennart was shortlisted for the Young Director’s Award at the Cannes Lions 2011. In 2012, Lennart directed the 4G commercial for the Russian brand Megafon. On some Russian weblogs, this commercial was called "one of the best Russian ads ever".