Klaas de Jong
Entrepreneur and film producer from Earnewâld, the Netherlands. From pop music and theatre to films for a wide audience, and from film to wine. What connects it all: real stories, beautifully told, for a big audience.
As a producer, Klaas is involved in a film from start to finish: he helps develop the story, co-writes, arranges the financing and marketing, and carries final responsibility. At WineMasters he is behind the camera himself, as director, cinematographer and drone pilot.
- Platinum Films
- 5 each over 400,000 cinema admissions, together more than 3.2 million
- Golden Films
- 11 each over 100,000 cinema admissions
- Biggest Dutch film of the year
- 4× and 3× the most-watched Dutch film on Dutch public television (NPO)
From sound to feature film and wine
- 1985
Sound and technology
Klaas starts his own businesses in professional audio: sales, rental, installation and import of sound and lighting equipment.
- 1985
De Kast
At the same time a boyhood dream begins: De Kast, the band Klaas grew up with. For the first ten years he is behind the mixing desk as sound engineer, then he becomes their manager. De Kast grows into the leading Dutch band of its day, with seventeen hits and major shows at Ahoy and the GelreDome.
- 1995
ProActs
Artist management, bookings and theatre productions for some twenty artists, including Het Goede Doel, Henk Westbroek, Kayak, Jovink and Twarres. He also directs the big shows, including those of De Kast, in venues and stadiums such as Ahoy, the GelreDome and the Abe Lenstra Stadium.
- 2002
Farmhouse TV & Film
The start of his own production company. De Schippers van de Kameleon (2003) immediately becomes the most-watched Dutch film of the year.
- 2005–2017
Film financing
Co-founder of MYM (Make Your Movie), dedicated to financing films. From 2010 to 2015 he serves on the board of the Netherlands Film Producers association.
- 2015–2018
Major historical films
Admiral (Michiel de Ruyter) and Redbad: productions of 8 to 9 million euros, with crews of more than a hundred people.
- 2017
WineMasters
Klaas founds WineMasters and builds it into an international streaming channel for wine, with its own cameras, lighting and sound and a small, versatile team of makers.
- 2026
Low Tide
His directorial debut: the crime thriller Low Tide (EB), set on the Wadden Sea and Ameland.
Company profile
Farmhouse Film & TV is a film and television production company specialising in popular entertainment. Its production focus is on regional and national stories, and above all on socially and culturally relevant issues and subjects.
The company aims to leave its audience feeling optimistic and motivated, and of course to create genuine entertainment: productions with a strong entertainment and ‘feel-good’ factor, on subjects that reflect the spirit of today. Farmhouse produces feature films, documentaries and television programmes from start to finish – from developing ideas, writing screenplays and script development to the financing itself, production and marketing.
Our approach
Farmhouse is involved in a production from beginning to end. This means we contribute to the concept, not just to its execution. Whereas many production companies focus mainly on the financial side of productions, Farmhouse Film is also the creative engine. This way of working keeps the concept clear and carefully safeguarded, which is essential if the production is ultimately to entertain and inspire its target audience.
To make sure every project is shown at its best, we work with people of many talents. We deliberately keep our organisation and production crews as small as possible, so that everyone is pulling in the same direction and as much of the budget as possible goes on what the audience sees on screen.
We are known for being exceptionally efficient, reliable and effective.