Frederike Migom (born 1985) is a Belgian actress, screenwriter, and director. She is best known for the award-winning films Binti, Nkosi coiffure and Malakim.
Personal life Migom was born in 1985, in Antwerp. After moving to New York at age 17, she completed her education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. At age 21, she began to study filmmaking at the École supérieure d'études cinématographiques. After completing her studies, she returned to Brussels at age 24.
Career Migom started her career as an actress where she made her film debut with Miss Homeless in 2009. In 2010, she worked as the second assistant director for the film First Mission and then in Smoorverliefd as the third assistant director. In the preceding year, she held several posts in the film production crew such as production intern, post-production coordinator and assistant producer after moved to Brussels in 2011 and worked in film production for Caviar in Brussels. In 2012, she made the television acting debut with the serial The Out-Laws and played the role "Bloemiste". In 2013, she directed her first short film, Malakim. Then she made the shorts Adam & Everything in 2014 and Nkosi Coiffure in 2015.
In 2015, Migom directed the short film Nkosi Coiffure where it received critics acclaim and screened at the Tribeca Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival. In 2017, she directed a short documentary, Si-G. In 2019, she made her maiden feature film Binti. The film made North-American premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2020, and later screened at about 45 festivals worldwide. In the meantime, the film received positive critics acclaim and won several awards including: the ECFA award for Best European Film for young audiences 2020 and the Golden Lion at Cinekid in 2019.
In 2020, Migom co-wrote and directed an episode for the mini-series Lockdown for the Flemish television. At the end of same year, she wrote and directed the short documentary Angry. In 2021, she started her second feature film Tegenwoordig heet iedereen with the support of the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF).
Filmography
Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2009 Miss Homeless Actrice Film 2010 First Mission Second assistant director Film 2010 Smoorverliefd Third assistant director Film 2010 Bo Production intern Film 2010 Anneliezen Post-production coordinator TV series 2011 Dikke vrienden Assistant producer Short film 2012 The Out-Laws Bloemiste TV series 2012 The Spiral Assistant unit production manager TV series 2013 Los Flamencos Bankbediende Film 2013 Follow Jana Film 2013 Thuis Ella TV series 2013 De Verzamelaar Lana Short film 2014 Familie Gail Cockelaere TV series 2014 Booster Laura De Jonge Film 2014 I <3 U 4Vr Rebecca Short film 2014 De Bunker Journaliste TV series 2014 Malakim Director, writer Short film 2014 Adam & Everything Director, writer Short film 2014 Adam & Everything Producer Documentary 2015 Nkosi coiffure Director, writer Short film 2016 In goede en kwade dagen Ellen Short film 2016 Fifty Fifty Helena Film 2017 Si-G Director, writer Documentary short film 2019 Binti Director, writer Film 2019 Forgotten - Le Motel feat. Martha Da'ro & Miss Angel Producer Video short 2021 Lockdown Director, writer TV series 2021 Angry Director, writer Short film 2026 Everyone's Sorry Nowadays Director, writer Film
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