FilmWave is the UK-based TV and feature film production company, launched in 2016 by award-winning producer Paul Trijbits and a team of creative industry executives, including JJ Lousberg, Emma Clarke and Sylvie Richards.
Captivating storytelling is our passion. From intriguing adaptations to pioneering originals, we’ve built a highly original slate of high-end scripted drama with global appeal, working both with established and emerging talent.
The Letter for the King, our 5-time Emmy Award winner, Netflix Original Series, adapted by Will Davies, launched globally in March 2020. Dutch hospital drama series, The Shift, created by Lone Scherfig and adapted by Kim van Kooten, is currently in production.
FilmWave is fully committed to providing an inclusive, safe and supportive working environment and adopting the best industry safeguarding practices. We are determined to help inspire positive change by listening, engaging, and educating.
Team
Paul Trijbits – Co-Founder & CEO
Paul is the co-founder of FilmWave, whose credits include Disney’s BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated SAVING MR BANKS, J.K.Rowling’s THE CASUAL VACANCY for the BBC & HBO, and Cary Fukunaga’s JANE EYRE. When running Ruby Films & Television, and in his role as Head of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund, Paul has produced and executive produced many critically and commercially successful films and television dramas, including Andrea Arnold’s FISH TANK, Kevin McDonald’s TOUCHING THE VOID, and Paul Greengrass’ BLOODY SUNDAY. Although now far from the ten year old boy that was enthralled by Tonke Dragt’s The Letter for the King, he has now completed the Netflix Original Series of the book adapted by Will Davies, which launched in March 2020 into Netflix top ten lists across the globe.
JJ Lousberg – Producer
JJ joined FilmWave in 2018 from Focus Features and Universal where he worked across the slate as SVP International Productions and Acquisitions on films like Ex Machina , Mama, Dad’s Army and Theory of Everything. He also lead the local language strategy for the studio, acquiring films like Heartbreaker, Babysitting, Spanish Affair and Julia’s Eyes. Previously he was at the UK Film Council, overseeing international project investment and before that he worked at New Line Cinema in Acquisitions and Development.
Callum Dodgson – Development Producer
Callum joined FilmWave in 2021 after script editing three seasons of the BBC crime show Silent Witness. Before that he was a development executive at The Ink Factory, having joined the company at its inception, working on projects including The Night Manager, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Message for the King, and A Most Wanted Man.
Laura Douras – Head of Finance
Laura started her career at Mazars where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant. She has over 10 years’ commercial experience in the TV & Entertainment sector. Prior to working with FilmWave, she was Director of Finance for Avalon Entertainment in the UK. Before that, she spent 8 years at Fremantlemedia in a variety of roles gaining extensive exposure to the television sector in the UK as well as Fremantle’s global operations.
Candelaria Barandiarán – Executive Assistant
Candelaria joined FilmWave in September of 2022. Prior to joining FilmWave, Candelaria got her start in film as an Executive Assistant to Film Director Mat Whitecross. She continued developing her skills, this time in distribution, working at The Barbican while finishing her BA in English Literature at the University of Greenwich. She is passionate about storytelling and any form of representation.