Team

Artistic Directors

TEAM

Former Team Members

ASSOCIATED PARTNER: IMPROVE

BOARD OF LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES

Rutger Goethart
Chairman

In my work, for the last 15 years at HEINEKEN and most recently as an advisor to the European Commission, I have been responsible for shaping corporate responsibility for respecting human rights. Making prejudices and stigmas visible and open to discussion is of great importance in this regard. This is exactly what the work of LET does through storytelling. As a member of the LET Board, I hope to contribute to this important work.

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Bert Oele

I was born a rebel, living a vivid life and working for years, among other things as a health care manager. We—Erwin and I—have produced and directed theater performances from Amsterdam to New York since 1988. “The art of storytelling” is the red thread running all through the Dutch stories in “De Tijd Daarna” (2013) and the international Atlas2018 (along with the documentary and exposition “I will speak, I will speak!”). Now scheduled to appear in expanded form in San Francisco and Oakland as Atlas2020.

Erwin Kokkelkoren

In 1988, Erwin Kokkelkoren founded the Les Enfants Terribles Foundation. His goal was to create a home for all his own work. All his new writings and theatre productions were housed under one, rebellious name: ‘Les Enfants Terribles’. A few years later his partner, Bert Oele, joined the club and ‘The Terrible Children’ had found their leaders. After 20 successful years their theatre work was exchanged for filmed, photographed and written stories about the global HIV community. 40 million men and women with HIV needed to be given a voice and a face that would reach all of us. Another 20 years later Les Enfants Terribles have become the greatest Dutch club of storytellers, documenting the global HIV community.

Forty years looking at the world with a keen eye, to process everything we see into compelling, important stories that can be seen, heard and read by millions. That was, is, and will always be the goal of the inspiring Les Enfants Terribles. And I want to continue dedicating myself to this wondaful organization for many years to come.

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Annelouise Van Naerssen

When I worked with Erwin on a commercial project in 2005 it was clear that we clicked – both personally and when it came to storytelling. We went in different directions; Erwin and Bert created their impressive projects about HIV and I made my mainstream films. Yet we knew where to find each other and I hope to help them present their marvellous projects to a wider audience. But more than anything I think it’s wonderful to be able to work with such inspiring people.