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Alain de Levita (1959) was a freelance producer for more than 10 years before joining John de Mol Producties as a delegated producer. There, he was responsible for the creation of the successful RTL series Diamant [Diamond]. De Levita subsequently produced 55 episodes of Baantjer, a programme distinguished in 1997 by the award of a Gouden Televisiering. With an audience in excess of 2 million for each repeat, the film version of Baantjer (2001), directed by De Levita, became one of the most-watched Dutch TV films ever. Following Baantjer, De Levita went on to produce Combat (Veronica) and Spangen (TROS). De Levita was also co-producer of the highly acclaimed police series Russen [Russians] (KRO).
He founded NL Film & TV, together with Johan Nijenhuis, in 2001. De Levita is creative producer of the new law firm series Keyzer & De Boer (KRO/NCRV). He is also working on the first film by Matthijs van Heiningen jr. This will be an American co-production.
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Johan Nijenhuis (1968) started his career as producer of the television soap Good Times Bad Times (GTBT). He was responsible for launching stars such as Katja Schuurman, Georgina Verbaan and Angela Schijf. In 1995, GTBT was awarded the Dutch television audience award, the Golden Televizier ring. Johan Nijenhuis wrote, produced and directed the drama series Winds of the West in 1999. Over one million viewers per episode were glued to the tube, and the series scooped the Golden Televizier ring.
His cinematic debut kicked off with the release of feature film Costa!. As director and co-producer, Nijenhuis wrote the screenplay, in cooperation with Wijo Koek. The film, based on club scouts at the Spanish coast, broke all ticket sales records in its opening weekend. A total of 680,000 people viewed Costa! As a result, a television series was launced on pubcaster BNN. Nijenhuis’ second film, Full Moon Party, drew an audience of 500,000 people, making it the best-viewed Dutch feature film of 2002.
He joined forces with producer/director Alain de Levita and together they founded NL Film & TV in 2001. Ever since, Nijenhuis and De Levita have produced several drama series and features. | 
