Tim inspecting documents with librarian in Matanzas, Cuba.

Your Mission Is Clear.
Your Story Isn't.

I Find It.

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Tim inspecting documents with librarian in Matanzas, Cuba.

Your Mission Is Clear.
Your Story Isn't.

I Find It.

Request Strategy Session

The Deeper the Work,
The Harder it is to Explain

The Deeper the Work,
The Harder it is to Explain

You are building the future, solving an impossible problem, or navigating a controversial landscape. But the nuance gets lost in the noise. Your team needs to believe. Investors need to see the vision. The public needs to trust you. You are fighting a battle for clarity.

The Outsider's Perspective.

The Outsider's Perspective.

I'm drawn to missions that are complex, misunderstood, or polarizing. Not to 'fix' them, but because I'm genuinely curious what truth lives underneath.

Georg Simmel wrote about 'the stranger'—someone near enough to care, far enough to see clearly. Italian cities called their judges from outside because no native was free from entanglement.

That's the position I bring: a philosopher's mind, a filmmaker's eye, and the questions only an outsider can ask.

I'm drawn to missions that are complex, misunderstood, or polarizing. Not to 'fix' them, but because I'm genuinely curious what truth lives underneath.

Georg Simmel wrote about 'the stranger'—someone near enough to care, far enough to see clearly. Italian cities called their judges from outside because no native was free from entanglement.

That's the position I bring: a philosopher's mind, a filmmaker's eye, and the questions only an outsider can ask.

Profile of Tim van den Hoff
Profile of Tim van den Hoff
Profile of Tim van den Hoff

I Don't Just Pick Up a Camera.
I Pick Up the Question.

I Don't Just Pick Up a Camera.
I Pick Up the Question.

Two weeks on an island with Werner Herzog taught me a fundamental lesson: facts are for accountants, but truth is for human beings. He calls it the Ecstatic Truth—a story so profound it doesn't just inform, it transforms.

Two weeks on an island with Werner Herzog taught me a fundamental lesson: facts are for accountants, but truth is for human beings. He calls it the Ecstatic Truth—a story so profound it doesn't just inform, it transforms.

Tim van den Hoff discusses work with Werner Herzog.
Tim van den Hoff discusses work with Werner Herzog.
Tim van den Hoff and Werner Herzog scale a volcanic terrain in Lanzarote.
Tim van den Hoff and Werner Herzog scale a volcanic terrain in Lanzarote.

That is the foundation of my work. My process is not about capturing shots; it's about a relentless search for the heart of the story.

That is the foundation of my work. My process is not about capturing shots; it's about a relentless search for the heart of the story.

Stories That Don't Just Sit on a Shelf. They Do Work.

Stories That Don't Just Sit on a Shelf. They Do Work.

Still image from Camp TRT showing Tristan Tucker and a horse.
Still image from Camp TRT showing Tristan Tucker and a horse.

Impact

A video series that is fundamentally changing the welfare conversation in the global equestrian world.

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Still frame from Monumental Crossroads showing an African-American man waving a Confederate flag.
Still frame from Monumental Crossroads showing an African-American man waving a Confederate flag.

Scale

A documentary adopted as required viewing by hundreds of universities, shaping a generation's perspective.

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Still frame from Committed to Freedom showing a client looking at the forensic hospital from the outside.
Still frame from Committed to Freedom showing a client looking at the forensic hospital from the outside.

Longevity

A corporate story so essential, it's been the bedrock of their internal and external communication for a decade.

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Invited to Shape the Discourse.

Invited to Shape the Discourse.

Leading institutions don't just watch my films, they use them to challenge paradigms.


From guest lecturing at UNC Chapel Hill to collaborating with scholars at Princeton and Erasmus University, I partner with the world’s sharpest minds to translate complex theory into human narrative.

Leading institutions don't just watch my films, they use them to challenge paradigms.


From guest lecturing at UNC Chapel Hill to collaborating with scholars at Princeton and Erasmus University, I partner with the world’s sharpest minds to translate complex theory into human narrative.

Tim van den Hoff delivering a lecture at UNC Chapel Hill.
Tim van den Hoff delivering a lecture at UNC Chapel Hill.
Tim van den Hoff delivering a lecture at UNC Chapel Hill.

Your Mission Is Clear.
Let's Make Sure Your Story Is Too.

Your Mission Is Clear.
Let's Make Sure Your Story Is Too.

When the stakes are high and the context is dense, the real challenge isn’t explaining the work, it’s locating the story that holds it together.


This 45-minute strategy session is a candid conversation to explore whether my outsider’s perspective can bring it into focus.

Or Let's Connect.

Or Let's Connect.

If you're not ready for a strategy session,

you can follow my work and thinking on LinkedIn.

Based in Rotterdam. Working globally.