"As a fiction director and screenwriter, I approach stories with a lot of curiosity for the dark side of humanity."
My name is Ruwan Heggelman and I'm a filmmaker from the Netherlands.
I graduated from the HKU as a fiction director and screenwriter with the Tuschinski nominated film Best Friends.
Like life itself, I use multiple genres to tell a story with a lot of curiosity for the dark side of humanity.
After several years developing a feature film with Sony Pictures Entertainment and 21 Laps Entertainment that ultimately didn’t move forward, I am now exploring what my next step will be.
While developing the feature film adaptation of GNOMES! (based on the original short), I collaborated as director with the team at Sony’s Torchlight on a PreViz scene to share my vision with the studio. Torchlight, Sony’s new studio for creators, is involved in a wide range of projects—from movies and animation to video games and more.
The project was in development from 2023 to 2026, but ultimately stalled.
When something otherworldly has taken root in your apartment, is 'pure love' enough to save you?
Screener available upon request.
Unknowingly, a girl enters the habitat of a tribe of killer gnomes during her daily run. Lured by mysterious glowing mushrooms, she'll soon wish she'd stayed on her usual tracks.
The iconic mystery game that chilled you to the bone in the 90s, the 7th Guest, has been brought back to life with cutting-edge VR technology that delivers an atmospheric and haunting story. During the production of the 7th Guest VR I served as the volumetric director for the cute scenes featuring actors. Volumetric capture or volumetric video is a technique that captures a three-dimensional space, such as a location or performance. I also wrote, directed, shot and edited the trailers for the game.
A dimension-shifting mime player has his peace disturbed by a student fraternity. His response is unexpected: by using the fourth wall, he turns their world on its head, literally.
Lisa (Frieda Barnhard) is approached on the street by Sven (Josha Stradowski), after a flirt and a joke, Sven asks her: 'Do you believe that I can fly?'
Childhood best friends Ferry (Huub Smit) and Robert (Martijn Crins), now office colleagues, face the greatest challenge to their friendship yet when one of them begins to transform into a zombie.
A tale about two burglars and a fish.
Shot in 2013 and released on Eli Roth's 
Crypt TV.
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