We are lovers of the magic, committed to the story.
Founded in 1990 Czar – Amsterdam is an award-winning production house and photography agency that creates content ranging from commercials, images, music videos, fashion films, short documentaries or any other form of media that demands high-quality production.
Our family consists of extremely talented directors, photographers and producers – from the young and curious to the established and seasoned – focused on creating films and images that represent the audience they are made for.
We are storytellers through and through; constantly adapting to the times without losing the signature Czar touch to everything we create.
Press
- Adweek: Affligem’s Make Beer, Not War
- Fonk: Maak bier, genen oorlog: Affligem lanceert eerste campagne in Nederland
- Shots: Brew Affligem, set aside arms
- LBBOnline: Knights Swap Swords for Brewing for Affligem Beer’s Action Filled Spot
- Metal Magazine: Joya Mooi
- XITE: Dit zijn de winnaars van Fullscreen op het NFF 2020
- Harpers Bazaar: Het Fashion Film Festival komt voor het eerst naar Amsterdam
- Fonk: Het Fashion Film Festival fffamsterdam komt naar Amsterdam
- VOGUE: Alles wat je wilt weten over het Fashion Film Festival Amsterdam
- ELLE: Fashion Film Festival komt naar Amsterdam
- Complex: adidas Originals and Foot Locker Launch the L.A. Trainer III S
- nssmag: L.A. Trainer III S: adidas Originals & Foot Locker tell the story of Gen Z
- Metal Magazine: Photographer Laila Cohen: When Days Were Orange
- VogueNL: 12x fotografie talent dat je in de gaten wil houden
- ADCN: Member in the Spotlight: Levi Rijper
- LBBOnline: Czar Amsterdam announces Levi Rijper as Head of Photography
- FonkOnline: Levi Rijper nieuwe Head of Photography
- Shots: Czar Amsterdam announces new Head of Photography
- ADCN: ADCN chats with the young director Marit Weerheijm about her nomination for Young Director
- Adformatie: KPN rolt 5G uit en laat voor- en tegenstanders aan het woord
- Marketing Tribune: KPN verbindt ‘alles en iedereen’ in nieuwe campagne
- Adformatie: Arjan Ederveen architect met minimalistisch stijl
- Fonkonline: Nieuwe Lotto campagne stelt geluk delen centraal
- Marketing Tribune: Lotto-winnaar laat lot niet liggen
- Adformatie: Nieuwe Donorwet
- Adformatie: Random Pic(k) Of The Day For A Week.
- Shots.net: Playlist: Floris Kingma
- ShootOnline: The best work you may never see: Czar Amsterdam’s Michael Middelkoop directs Joya Mooi’s “Bitter Parts” Music Video
- Shots: Joya Mooi’s mirrored fortress of solitude
- LBBOnline: Joya Mooi faces up to imperfections in hazy “Bitter Parts”
- Clash: Joya Mooi Channels her creativity on new single: Bitter Parts
- Shots.net: A world within a world for Kensington
- Shots.net: Five Questions from Quarantine: Floris Kingma
- Ourculturemag: Watch: Meeting Point by Michael Middelkoop
- LBBOnline: Creativity created hope and a new perspective
- Adage: Facebook captures real-life quarantine births to promote its paren support hub
- Booooooom: “Sister” by photographer Maxime Cardol
- Shots.net: When isolation is a traumatic experience
- LBBOnline: 23 Brilliant directors based in countries where you can shoot
- The Cut: 38 Glimpses of Social Distancing around the world
- It’s Nice That: It’s sporadic and random: Jackson Bowley on his experimental, hands on photographic practice
- NME: Orlando Weeks on his “very personal” debut album and being a reluctant frontman
- Refinery29: Tender Photographs celebrating the bond between sisters
- ELLE: MARTAN, presenteert House of Salt
- FonkOnline: Czar helpt creatieve community met virtuele ontmoetingsplaats
- Adformatie: Meet-Up tijdens quarantaine wordt “Hi Stay Connected”
- LBBOnline: Hi! Stay Connected keeps creatives talking during quarantine
- Shots.net: Meet the new meet-up from Czar
- VogueNL: De beste evenementen op Internationale Vrouwendag
- It’s Nice That: Maxime Cardol intimately photographs the unbreakable bond between sisters
- Adweek: Brands try for Authenticity on International Women’s Day
- 3voor12VPRO: De staat zet de wereld in de film in apocalyptische videoclip
- Shots.net: De Staat’s apocalyptic video sees a world on fire
- Adweek: What brands are doing to celebrate International Women’s Day
- C-heads: Sisterhood intimately documents the natural bonds of sisters
- Adage: A women’s pregnancy goes on for decades in this provocative ad highlighting equal pay day
- LBBOnline: New Talent: Marit Weerheijm
- Adformatie: Etos gooit reclameroer drastisch om
- Shots.net: Czar signs director Hugo Keijzer
- Adformatie: Nieuwe Lotto-campagne
- The Guardian: Behind TV drama “Ares” is chilling reality of student fraternities
- AD: Sanne Vogel
- Shots.net: Playlist Michael Middelkoop
- I-D: 20 Photographer to brighten up your insta feeding 2020
- Shots.net: New Hyundai Because of Your campaign from Czar
- Shots.net: Vita finds poetry in body positivity
- LBBOnline: Vita Emilie Thalund
- Shots: Danish Cancer Association Thanks Smokers
- LBBOnline: Canal+ Can’t Quite Tell You What’s It’s Announcing
- I-D: Jackson Bowley
- LBBonline: Domino’s introduce us to JOMO
- Shots: Stay in with a Domino’s for a slice of the action
- NooitMeerSlapen: The favorites of director Marit Weerheijm
- I-D: Music Video by Judith Veenendaal
- Shots: Museums à la mode
- Marketingtribune: For the first time
- LBBonline: Museumnacht Film Captures That Blissful ‘First Time’ Experience
- Shots: Marit Weerheijm: A few of my favourite things
- Vogue: Dutch Netflix Orginal
- Volkskrant: Giancarlo Sanchez
- I-D: Photography launch Czar Amsterdam
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