Frederike Migom is a director and screenwriter. She completed her education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, before studying at the école Superieure d'Etudes Cinématographiques in Paris.
Her feature debut Binti (2019) had it's North-American premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2020, screened at more than 60 festivals worldwide winning 14+ awards, and was released digitally in 50+ countries.
Prior to Binti, Frederike's short film Nkosi Coiffure (2015) screened at festivals among which the Tribeca Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival, winning multiple awards.
In 2020, Frederike co-wrote and directed an episode for the Belgian mini-series Lockdown (2021), selected at Cannesseries 2021. Also in 2020 she wrote and directed the short documentary ANGRY (BOOS) (2021) as part of the series ket&doc, for Flemish television.
Currently, Frederike is in post-production for the series Alter Ego, co-directed with Mathieu Mortelmans. Alter Ego is a high concept mystery drama written by Bart Vaessen en Steve De Wilde, and produced by A Team Productions, for Streamz, Videoland and Play4.
Additionally, Frederike is developing her 2nd feature film Sorry with the support of the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF). Sorry is the adaptation of the successful novel by Bart Moeyaert, Everyone’s Sorry Nowadays. Moeyaert has won many awards, including the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, world's most prestigious award for youth literature. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
Her feature debut Binti (2019) had it's North-American premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2020, screened at more than 60 festivals worldwide winning 14+ awards, and was released digitally in 50+ countries.
Prior to Binti, Frederike's short film Nkosi Coiffure (2015) screened at festivals among which the Tribeca Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival, winning multiple awards.
In 2020, Frederike co-wrote and directed an episode for the Belgian mini-series Lockdown (2021), selected at Cannesseries 2021. Also in 2020 she wrote and directed the short documentary ANGRY (BOOS) (2021) as part of the series ket&doc, for Flemish television.
Currently, Frederike is in post-production for the series Alter Ego, co-directed with Mathieu Mortelmans. Alter Ego is a high concept mystery drama written by Bart Vaessen en Steve De Wilde, and produced by A Team Productions, for Streamz, Videoland and Play4.
Additionally, Frederike is developing her 2nd feature film Sorry with the support of the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF). Sorry is the adaptation of the successful novel by Bart Moeyaert, Everyone’s Sorry Nowadays. Moeyaert has won many awards, including the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, world's most prestigious award for youth literature. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
