Willemiek Kluijfhout (WJA) has directed several highly acclaimed and award-winning documentaries and fiction shorts that have been shown on television and at several international film festivals. Next to that she is working on podcasts and immersive visual stories.

The malleability of life is the main theme in all of her work. With her background as a philosophy graduate at the University of Amsterdam, filmstudent at the Dutch Film Academy, and combined with side jobs in the kitchen, her works shows her love for food, philosophy and cinema. 

Willemiek loves to teach and coach a new generation of filmmakers.. She was a tutor at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and coordinator at the Audiovisual Design Department for more than twelve years. Currently she is guest lecturer at the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam. She also works as a script and documentary advisor for filmmakers.

Willemiek works and lives in Amsterdam with her husband Bram de Goeij and her son Gilles and daughter Kee.