Michiel van Erp (Eindhoven, 1963) is an award-winning director of movies, TV series, documentaries and plays. He graduated in 1988 from the Technical University in Delft (Industrial Design). From 1988 until 1992 he worked as an actor. He started his career as a director in 1993. His documentary series Long Live…, about Dutch people and their hopes and desires, ran for seven years on Dutch television. It won national and international awards. His feature documentary debut A Funfair behind the Dikes (2007) was a huge success in Dutch cinemas. Many documentaries followed. His international feature documentary I am a Woman Now (2011) covers the experiences of the first generation of transsexuals. ‘MH17: A Nation’s Grief (2015) gives an impressive insight into the way the crashing of the MH17 in Ukraine affected the lives of the Dutch people. His drama debut, TV show Ramses (2014) was a huge success and won several international awards. In 2018 Van Erp’s first feature fiction film Open Seas (Niemand in de Stad) was released. It was nominated for nine Golden Calf’s (prestigious Dutch film prize). His next drama series, I.M., was broadcast in 2020 and nominated for a Prix Europa. In 2022 his second feature film Stromboli (for Netflix) was released. A Beautiful Imperfection is his second film in English language.