Portrait of Ben Sombogaart

Directing

Ben Sombogaart

Career

Active from 1989 to 2024, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Twin Sisters
Twin Sisters
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ben Sombogaart Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Dutch Cinema 2
  • Moral Dilemmas 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 63
Tegendraads
Tegendraads (2024)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

My Best Friend Anne Frank
My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

2010s

5 titles · average score 61
Rafaël
Rafaël (2018)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

In My Father's Garden
In My Father's Garden (2016)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

King of Katoren
King of Katoren (2012)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Isabelle
Isabelle (2011)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

Zieleman
Zieleman (2011)

Director

2000s

7 titles · average score 63
The Storm
The Storm (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Bride Flight
Bride Flight (2008)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Kunststof TV
Kunststof TV (2008)

TV show

Crusade in Jeans
Crusade in Jeans (2006)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Tow-Truck Pluck
Tow-Truck Pluck (2004)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

Ibbeltje
Ibbeltje (2004)

Director

Twin Sisters
Twin Sisters (2002)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

1990s

4 titles · average score 62
The Flying Liftboy
The Flying Liftboy (1998)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

The Boy Who Stopped Talking
The Boy Who Stopped Talking (1996)

Director

Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse
Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse (1996)

Director

The Penknife
The Penknife (1992)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

1980s

1 title
My Father Lives in Rio
My Father Lives in Rio (1989)

Director, Scenario Writer

1970s

1 title · average score 64
Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies
Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies (1975)
GoodWatch score 64

Boom Operator